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Grass clippings produce waste that needs to be managed and that is heavy to carry. Grasscycling can actually improve your turf while also reducing mess and strain. What is grasscycling? You've probably been doing it without realizing. Essentially, it's "mow and go," not just for the lazy gardener, but it has a host of other advantages. Let's further discuss grasscylcing to help you avoid its common problems. What is Grasscycling? Knowing how to grasscycle can take the chore out of mowing the lawn. You don't even need a mulching mower to grasscycle. The key to grasscycling is how and when you mow to prevent thatch buildup and unpleasant grass debris. Instead of being a pain in the neck to bag and dispose of, your grass clippings can turn into a precious resource. The idea is to allow clippings to fall, this allows them to release nitrogen and reduce the necessity for watering, thereby decreasing the incidence of fungal disease such as rust and leaf spot. Grasscycling not only helps you save time but also doesn't contribute to thatch build up. As the clippings break down, [...]

Spring In the early spring, the weather is notoriously unpredictable. One day, sunny, the next cold rain, even a snow shower is not an uncommon event. But early spring is the perfect time for home gardeners to "get in the dirt" and take care of their garden and lawn maintenance. Here are a few spring garden and lawn maintenance tips: Prune Your Damaged Branches If winter has damaged any of the branches on your trees or shrubs then now is the time to prune them back to live stems. In March, inspect the trees and shrubs and cut off broken branches using a hand pruner or a handsaw for branches greater than 1⁄2" in diameter during garden and lawn maintenance. Make sure you finish pruning your fruit trees before buds swell. Roses can also be pruned now. Fertilize The month of March is the time to think about fertilizers. This is especially true when there are no dark or thin green color in your grass. Grass and plantings have been missing out on essential nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and iron [...]

Jack Frost may not be done in your neck of the woods yet, but Mother Nature will inevitably bring you warmer temperatures and more sunshine. Your thoughts will hopefully change with the changing seasons from how quickly you can get indoors to spending as much time as possible in the other parts of your home; like your landscape & garden spaces. The trends of landscapers and gardeners this year center around making your outdoor oasis easy, natural and ideal for a little solitude or quiet moments with loved ones. 1. Fire is Hot Firepits may not be as important as it was to Tom Hanks in Castaway, but homeowners still want a fire. Wood, gas and crystal fireplaces are still popular sources of light, temperature and finally atmosphere in 2019. 2. Landscapers And Gardeners Utilize Heavy Metal In landscape circles, this year's accent will be made of iron and steel. Your patio will look professionally designed with accessories and functional metal parts. Metal is a great way to spruce up your outdoor space and increase its resale value from beautiful [...]

Yard - Why it Really Matters For any homeowner, lawn & yard care tips are likely not their main concern. Even veteran homeowners and house renters will likely not consider their yards important. This is especially true for those who don't like landscape design and mowing. While this may be a good approach for concentrating on more urgent matters, it does not recognize the importance of lawns and yards. 79 per cent of people in the United States say a lawn is an important element in buying or renting a house. This statistic is according to a survey conducted on behalf of the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP). The people looking to buy or rent homes are taking note of their lawns' size (and probably state). If this majority of people regard lawns as important, they probably also pay attention to all the lawns they pass. According to the survey, lawn size was even the number one priority for millennials. Anyone who puts off starting with some lawn care tips in the spring and thinks that most people will not [...]

Winter has arrived. And your lawn takes a beating with cold, dry winds and other winter weather. You can protect your OK lawn this winter when you hire your local lawn care company to apply winter fertilizer, also known as winterizer, to your property. HOW WINTER DAMAGES OK LAWN GRASS Frosty mornings, winter winds, and freeze/thaw cycles in late winter and early spring can damage your lawn. Frost isn’t dangerous in itself. However, if you, your family or your pets walk or play on your lawn a lot when there’s frost on it, your yard grass is at risk for death. Why? The cells within the plant burst, hemorrhaging moisture out of the grass plant. Also, winter winds whipping across your lawn will lead to desiccation (drying out) of your turfgrass. Finally, early spring freeze/thaw cycles damage the crowns of turfgrass because of the sudden warm-up and a thawed ground only to refreeze again during the night. Learn more: Read how different cool-loving plants can brighten up your landscape. WINTERIZER DEFINED Winterizer’s ingredients have more phosphorous and potassium that promote better water and nutrition [...]

10 FALL YARD AND LANDSCAPE JOBS TO COMPLETE BEFORE WINTER It’s fall clean up time when you rake the leaves, pull out tired annuals and apply a fresh coat of mulch on your Oklahoma City, OK lawn. What’s the big deal about fall clean up? At the very least, you want to make sure all of the leaves are removed from your lawn so that there are no bare patches or diseased turfgrass next spring. 10 THINGS TO CLEAN UP IN YOUR OK YARD AND GARDEN You want your lawn grass to survive over the winter as well as keep a tidy landscape. There are 10 jobs you must do in the fall to get that look before winter when it’s too cold to work outside: 1.    Don’t let leaves pile up on your lawn or in your flowerbeds: You don’t want piles of leaves accumulating on your property. Your turfgrass underneath can get a disease or just die because there’s not any sunlight or oxygen penetrating through the leaves. Plus, it’s impossible to mow your lawn with a layer of leaves on [...]