What’s the Best Landscaping Grass? 

What’s the Best Landscaping Grass? 

So, what’s the best landscaping grass? The answer is it depends. There are many factors including climate, soil, and usage. Landscaping grass plays a crucial role in enhancing the beauty and functionality of outdoor spaces. With so many varieties available, choosing...
Keys to Selecting and Planting Spring Flowers

Keys to Selecting and Planting Spring Flowers

Selecting and planting spring flowers can be a fun and rewarding experience. It can transform your garden into a vibrant display of colors and fragrances. However, to do it right means more than planting a few flowers. The process involves choosing the right flowers...
What is Perimeter Insect Control?

What is Perimeter Insect Control?

What is perimeter pest insect control? Last week, I found a small brown ant in my bathroom sink. It was late January in Indiana. It’s cold. I can understand the ants wanting inside where it’s warm, but I don’t like sharing my sink with insects, do...
How to Manage Pythium Blight

How to Manage Pythium Blight

How to manage Pythium Blight begins with knowing what Pythium blight is. It’s a destructive turfgrass disease caused by various species of the Pythium genus. It primarily affects cool-season grasses, such as bentgrass, fescue, and ryegrass, but can also impact...
Landscape Design Makes A Difference

Landscape Design Makes A Difference

As I look out my window at the snow-covered lawn there’s not much to see of my landscape design. Besides, it’s below zero with a wind chill in the minus 20s. So, I’m not spending much time outdoors. However, spring is right around the corner and whether it’s...
What Is Tree Surgery?

What Is Tree Surgery?

So, what is tree surgery? The answer is many procedures. It can be as simple as pruning or as complicated as properly guying a tree. I walk at least 30 minutes 5 days a week. I like to walk in local parks, but I’ll walk in my neighborhood if I’m running...
7 Steps to Hitting Your New Year’s Resolutions

7 Steps to Hitting Your New Year’s Resolutions

Most of us have made New Year’s resolutions only to abandon them after the mood was gone. I once had an employment candidate tell me, “Character is the will to follow through on a good resolve after the mood wore off.” Good point. I’m not...
Who Is Going to Snowplow Your Parking Lot?

Who Is Going to Snowplow Your Parking Lot?

Who is going to snowplow your parking lot? It might be more challenging an answer than you think. Or it could be. Let me explain. Many years ago, I worked for a mid-size business that employed more than 100 people. Their office building had a front parking lot with...
Tips for Clearing Snow from a Large Driveway

Tips for Clearing Snow from a Large Driveway

Clearing snow from a large driveway can be challenging, but with the right approach, it can be made easier. Here are some tips to help you effectively clear snow from a large driveway. Tips for Clearing Snow from a Large Driveway Start as Soon as Possible It’s...