It’s normal to be a little nervous about your new sod installation.
It’s a big investment. You’re bound to have questions. Our comprehensive sod care guide offers detailed information about watering your new lawn.
But we’ve rounded up a few other common questions we get, from rolling to fertilizing to spacing.
Technically, there are a lot of things that can ruin your new sod.
A bison stampede. A pro football team practicing on your lawn. A groundhog convention.
Those would all be big new sod problems.
But let’s stick to the scenarios more likely to happen as you embark on new sod lawn care.
Maybe you’ve noticed your pool or lanai area needs some pizzazz.
It’s understandable. These leisure areas are so popular here in Florida can be tough to spruce up.
Pools are often covered with large screens that are great for keeping bugs out but pose pool landscape design challenges.
It’s easy to take your home’s walkway for granted.
There it is, dependably leading visitors to your front door, or maybe offering a solid path to your side door when you carry in groceries.
Zzzzzzzzz. Sorry, did we nod off for a minute?
It’s time to add some wow to your walkway.
If you’re getting ready for a whole bunch of new landscaping plants at your house, you’re really excited.
You can’t wait.
But please wait, just a minute. A bunch of new plants is a big deal. You should ask a few questions before you sign that contract with your Orlando FL landscapers.
What questions? Here you go.
Sprinkler systems are mysterious contraptions.
On one hand, it seems simple: turn it on, it sprays water.
But there’s a lot going on, from your controller (which can be confusing enough on its own) to parts underground you can’t even see.
When they say a picture is worth a thousand words, they’re talking about photos like you see here, the before and after photos of this Windermere, FL front yard.
Before: scruffy old shrubs; a leaning, aging palm tree; a bunch of brown sticks; ratty old mulch.
After: Wow.
You know a nice green lawn when you see it — the kind that makes you slow down and say, “Man, I wish I had a lawn like that.”
But how do you make sure your sod is great before it becomes your lawn?
Maybe your first question is “Where’s the best sod near me?”
If you look out your window and see a family of otters frolicking in your yard, you have a drainage problem.
No otters? That doesn’t mean you’re out of the woods. Or in this case, lake.
When you shell out $3,000+ for a sprinkler system, what do you get in return?
Besides water spraying out all over your lawn and garden, we mean. That’s a given.
How much does a sprinkler system actually cost? And what value do you get in return?
Let’s take a look.