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Have You Started Seeing Grubs In Your Lawn This Year?
I recently received a call from a Spring-Green Franchise Owner about dealing with grubs in the spring. He had received a call from a customer who stated that they had grubs feeding on their lawn . This confused the Franchise Owner and the customer as they both thought that grubs were only active during late summer and fall of the year. The typical annual white grub female lays her eggs in late spring through mid-summer. These eggs hatch in late summer/early f
4 Lawn and Landscape Chores to Get Your Yard Ready for Spring!
Spring has officially begun, so it is time to get ready for the coming growing season. Here are a few tasks that you can take care of now as the weather begins to warm up.
Avoid Doing This To Your Lawn...
In one of my recent training seminars, one of the Field Service Professionals, Jason who works in our Plainfield, IL office, sent me this picture of a lawn with a good deal of damage. My first thought was that the homeowner applied too much fertilizer to the lawn using a drop spreader, but the more I looked at it, the more I started to second guess the cause of all of the browning. The reason why I don’t think it is caused by fertilizer is that the browning is too consistent, although there are several areas that appear
Have You Seen These Bees Flying Around Your Lawn?
Franchise owners from both Charlotte, NC area and the Birmingham, AL area both sent in pictures of small earthen mounds of soil that resemble ant hills, but the openings are much larger. The mounds are the result of Ground Nesting Bees making burrows in thin or bare areas of lawns and landscape beds.
Lawn Care 101- Are You Up for the Task?
Pushing a spreader across a lawn is not all that difficult and spraying a few weeds doesn’t take an advanced degree. Here are some things to take into consideration when deciding between taking care of your lawn yourself or hiring a lawn care company to do the work for you. No offense to my friends who own lawn maintenance companies, but it does not take much expertise to mow a lawn or use a weed whacker. Most homeowners hire a maintenance company because they are tired of doing the work themselves. H
Now This Is Something You Don't See Every Day!
Chad Wilkens, who works for Spring-Green in our Baton Rouge, Louisiana location sent in a picture of a plant growing on a tree. Wilkens originally thought it may be a type of lichen, the plant-like structures that grow on a number of trees or even rocks and are pale green in color. However this plant was a bit different and growing along with the lichens on the tree. I have actually seen these plants for sale in gift shops at botanical gardens and
Should You Overseed Your Lawn This Spring?
A common question we receive in the spring is in regards to overseeding your lawn. If you live in an area with warm season grasses, like Centipede or Bermuda grass, reseeding is not a very common practice and it does not work all that well. For those who live in areas where cool-season grasses like bluegrass or turf-type tall fescue grow, seeding can be a successful and a necessary part of caring for your lawn. The best time to overseed an existing lawn is late summer until early
How to Reduce Mosquito Bites With 5 Simple Steps
Zika Virus, Dengue Fever, Chikungunya Virus, West Nile Virus, Yellow Fever and Malaria. These are major diseases that are often discussed as it relates to a person who may contract something as the result of a mosquito bite. Some of these diseases make headlines almost every night, like the Zika Virus, while others are rarely discussed. It seems like we should be afraid to venture outdoors for fear of getting one of these diseases.
Your Guide On How To Attract Different Species of Birds.
I subscribe to a Do-It-Yourself newsletter put out by one of my favorite stores, Home Depot and from there I get a lot of creative ideas. I thought I would share one of my favorites with our readers. In the current issue, there is a clever idea on making a bird house and incorporating a succulent plant in the design. It looks like an interesting project and one that could easily be completed in a weekend.
Mother Nature Can Be The Ultimate Tease
Every once in a while, Mother Nature teases us with some very warm temperatures while we are still mired in winter. The teasing comes in the form of a brief warm up where temperatures climb well above normal only for a day or so. Such was the case this last weekend when temperatures on Friday and Saturday topped out in the mid 60’s for Northern Illinois. A temporary warm up on a weekend is a true blessing. It was nice to go for a walk without being bundled up against the cold. Then about a week ago we experienced a h