Preparing a new lawn for grass seed is a bit of work, but it’s not that difficult to do successfully if you are armed with just a bit of basic information. A few basics that you must get right… The area has to be properly graded before you start. It’s best if you have a… Click here to read more…
How to Get Rid of Standing Water in Your Yard.
If you have a place or places in your yard that have standing water and I know a lot of people do, there are ways to make that water disappear and in this post and video I’m going to explain how you can go about that. Filling with Topsoil Seldom Works. Typically people try and… Click here to read more…
Fall is the Ideal Time to Repair Lawn Damage.
Maintaining a Beautiful Lawn is Not that Difficult. If you know a few simple tricks. Summertime is great! By far the best season of the year if you ask me. I have a Jeep Wrangler. Around Memorial Day I take out the canvas windows, pull the top down and take the doors off and leave… Click here to read more…
Fall Lawn Fix Up Tips
By this time of the year most of our lawns have some “issues”, and they are a lot easier to fix than you think. Two of the primary “issues” are weeds, and ugly, thick bladed grasses. A lawn with a lot of weeds is probably quite thin which is why the weeds have been able… Click here to read more…
Lawn Rust
A lot of people have been wondering about the orange powder that’s getting all over their feet and shoes when they walk across their own lawn. It’s called Rust. It’s a turf grass fungus that forms on lawns when the temperatures are warm and the air is humid. It’s much worse if you water your… Click here to read more…
Lawn Watering Tips
It’s getting to be that time of the year when many of our lawns start to dry out and go dormant. If you water your lawn, or have new grass seed that you are watering, here are a few tips to make sure you are helping your lawn and not doing it harm. When watering… Click here to read more…
Hot Summer Lawn Survival Guide
It’s hot, it’s dry, and you might be experiencing near drought conditions if you’ve had no, or little rain in the past few weeks.How do you keep your lawn alive? If you’re in a northern climate your lawn is likely made up of cool season grasses. Cool season grasses green up very early in the… Click here to read more…
Tips on Planting Grass Seed
How to Repair Winter Lawn Damage Each winter all of our lawns incur some damage. If heavy snow lays in one area too long it can cause snow mold which can kill grass. Or usually we all incur some kind of “snow plow” damage, or somebody drives off the driveway leaving a muddy track in… Click here to read more…
DIY Irrigation System for Lawn, Garden or Greenhouse
People have been asking me how I water all of my plants. The best thing that I have found, and that all the nurseries around me use, is the Nelson Whiz Head sprinkler [Amazon]. It’s fairly inexpensive and it fits right onto a ½ inch fitting on a ¾ standpipe. I run 5 of these… Click here to read more…
How to Kill Bermuda Grass Organically
How to Kill Bermuda Grass Organically Bermuda grass is a warm season grass that spreads by underground roots that slowly creep in all directions. It can be very difficult to remove and many commercial companies and homeowners will use chemicals to kill it before removal. There are however some organic approaches to removal of Bermuda… Click here to read more…
Grass Seed Germination Time
Time seems to freeze when you’re waiting for a lawn to grow. Most people expect fairly quick results, but the truth is different types of grass germinate at much different rates. Some can be expected to sprout within a week. Others can take almost a month. Click here to learn about planting grass seed. How… Click here to read more…
Repairing Your Lawn from Damage Done Over the Winter.
During the winter a lot of not so good things can happen to your lawn. If the snow lays on the grass for too long you can get snow mold, which is a fungal disease that causes brown circles in your lawn. These circles can be as large as 12″ or just a couple of… Click here to read more…
Top Secret Irrigation Tips for Your Yard.
This isn’t really top secret stuff about setting up simple irrigation for your gardens and yard area, but they might as well be, because few people ever really think about this and they often make the most basic mistakes when buying hoses, sprinklers etc. If you want to see these Wiz Head Sprinklers in action,… Click here to read more…
Lawn Installation. Hand Seeding, Hydro Seeding or Sod? Which is better?
Mike’s Plant Farm 4850 North Ridge Road Perry, Ohio 44081 It doesn’t matter whether you are installing a new lawn at a new house, replacing an old lawn at an existing home, or rejuvenating the lawn that you have, you have options of how the grass seed is applied or whether or not it makes… Click here to read more…
How to Repair a Drought Damaged Lawn
Repairing a Drought Damaged Lawn is Fairly Easy to do. People say to me; “I don’t water my lawn during the summer, I just let it go dormant. It will come back.” Well . . . there’s a fine line between dormant and dead and this year I’m seeing a whole lot of dead. There… Click here to read more…
How to Plant Grass Seed
Planting grass seed. Planting grass seed is a pretty simple process, but there are a few things that you should know. What Kind of Grass Seed Should I Buy? There are People in Your Town that Would Love to Buy Small Plants from You. Seriously! Click to learn more. First, let’s start with selecting a good… Click here to read more…
Zoysia Grass. Is it a good thing or not?
I wrote this article about Zoysia grass and sent it to my newsletter list. Living in the north I truly am not much of an expert on Zoysia grass so I did a little research to write this article. But once I sent the article I received feedback from my subscribers. Some it very positive… Click here to read more…
Quick Easy Technique To Fix Areas In Your Grass
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