There are many advantages to installing a lawn sprinkler system into your home landscape. Most importantly, by setting up one of these systems you will save yourself time, money and worry. Also, generally a lawn sprinkler system will help your… Read More
Posts Tagged ‘lawn watering’
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When is the Best Time of the Day to Water your Lawn?
Did you know that it matters when you water your lawn? Well, it does. Watering your lawn at the wrong time can actually been harmful to your grass. If you water at night, the moisture will sit on your grass… Read More
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Pros of Lawn Irrigation
Not everyone has the time to stand there and water their lawn every day. But that is what grass needs to stay healthy – a daily sprinkling with some good ole H2O. So what should you do if your life… Read More
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The Benefits of Lawn Irrigation
Any good homeowner knows that the key to a beautiful lawn is daily watering. But let’s face it; we do not always have the time in our busy schedules to give our grass the tender love and care it deserves,… Read More
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The winner for best variety …
In our last post, we talked about the different types of grass varieties you’re likely to find in Mid-Atlantic lawns. Now we’d like to go over which varieties are the best for the region. According to the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension, they are turf-type tall fescue and zoysiagrass. Here’s a little more about each.
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Know your grass
If you’re looking for lawn care advice, you usually won’t get to far before you need to determine what kind of grass you have. Proper seeding, watering, fertilizing, even mowing, all vary depend on the variety of grass you have. To make matters worse, lawns these days rarely consist of one variety but blend a number of grasses. Nevertheless, here are a few varieties you’ll probably encounter in the Mid-Atlantic area.
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3 watering myths refuted
There’s lots of misinformation and misunderstanding out there when it comes to watering your lawn, and we’d like to correct some of it. You don’t have to take our word for it either. The town of Chandler, Ariz., which knows something about maintaining lawns in dry, hot climates, has put together this myth-busting list.
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Go green with sprinklers
Installing an automatic sprinkler system in your yard may not seem like a particularly green thing to do, but there are many eco-friendly benefits that an automatic system brings over ordinary sprinklers or not watering your lawn. These benefits arise mostly from maintaining a healthy lawn and being able to better control your watering.