When you own a dog, having a great lawn can be ruff.
Urine causes yellow and brown spots. If you have a digger, look out for sudden holes. And if you think a lawn is meant to stand up to the frequent exuberant running of an energetic pooch, you’re barking up the wrong tree.
How to prevent your dog from ruining your lawn?
Fetch these tips:
Do you speak sprinkler system, or is it a foreign language?
If you call any irrigation system part “that thingy,” you should probably brush up on your sprinkler system vocabulary.
Not only will it help you communicate intelligently with your irrigation technician, but it also makes you look extremely knowledgeable during chats with your neighbor.
“Hey, Howard, I noticed one zone of your sprinkler system is out. Might be a shot solenoid.”
Of course, you could be way off base. But you still sound smart.
Once you decide on a new sod lawn, who wants to wait, right?
Get that lawn in, kick off your sandals, and fire up the grill!
So, just how fast can you have that pretty green grass? If you’re in a hurry, you chose the right state to live in.
Have the lawn chairs handy and take a look at the timing.
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 about sod, 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?
Planning on installing a new paver 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 to have your plants installed.
But please wait, just a minute. A bunch of new plants is a big deal. You should ask landscapers some questions before you sign that contract.
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.