It’s the last thing you expect from a spring frost. You expect flowers…tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths…to freeze. You expect fruit trees…apples, peaches, and cherries…to freeze. And, you even expect some of the growth on your perennial shrubbery to show the effects of sub-30-degree nights. But you don’t expect it to show up on your lawn,
It’s a question we’re accustomed to hearing, particularly during harsh winters with a lot of sub-zero temps and persistent snow. The question: “Is snow and cold weather a good thing – or a bad thing – for my lawn?” Well, in the absence of snow cover long-term sub-freezing temperatures can be hard on your lawn.
With so much misinformation out there about feeding (fertilizing) your lawn, here’s some scientific fact about why fall (and winter) feedings are often the best. One, any time is a good time for nitrogen, but the best time is when it can be rapidly absorbed into the root system, and fall rains pretty much guarantee
To those who are committed to their lawns fifty two weeks a year, the next eight weeks are some of the most important. Why? Because fall fertilization, in the estimation of most turf experts, is the most important feeding for your lawn in the entire year. Here’s why. In the spring added nitrogen usually contributes
As we enter the fall season there’s one simple test to tell whether the lawn program you’re currently using is doing its job. The test? How does your grass look? With the recent dry weather has your efforts to feed and water produced the color, turf density, and vigor you desire? Is your lawn populated
Now that we’re into summer it’s showtime – for those who annually bathe their beds and landscaping with the rich, varied colors of the season. For many, it’s a yearly labor of love; something looked forward to throughout the cold dreary months of winter. Many browse catalogs. Others search online. Always seeking that new look,
Yes, you’re mowing more than you usually do. It’s been raining since the end of February, and you probably started mowing about the last week of March. And you probably spent the first two weeks of mowing just ‘dead-heading’ your lawn – that is, cutting off the brown, dead tops from last fall’s growth…which, by
More than 60,000 youngsters, mostly foster children, reside in long-term mental health treatment centers nationwide. Ever-Green Turf and Landscape of Troy, and Abbott Laboratories, in Tipp City, are partnering with “Project Believe” to make Christmas special for 70 of these youths in two facilities. Ever-Green owner, Joe Duncan, has donated 70 Christmas stockings, which employees
