Too much thatch can choke your lawn. For many years, professional golf course greens keepers have known that the secret to a beautiful, dense turf is aeration. By aerating their courses two to three times each year the grass roots grow more healthy and the plants thrive! What Is Core Aeration? Core Aeration is the… [Read More]
Lawn Care Tips – 3 Things You Need to Do To Your Lawn During the Fall To Get It Ready for Winter!
Although spring lawn care gets all the attention, fall lawn care is the make-it or break-it season for grass. The grass that grows this fall is what will be there next spring. Your lawn goes dormant in the winter. Yes lawns do have one amazing ability, in periods of drought they go dormant and they… [Read More]
Lawn Care Tips – The 5 Main Benefits of Lawn Aeration…
The build-up of lawn thatch makes it difficult for your lawn to breathe. Lawn aeration performed in spring or fall helps control lawn thatch. You need to perform core aeration. You should also faithfully remove as much lawn thatch as you can in fall by raking deeply, rather than just skimming the autumn leaves off… [Read More]
Why Your Lawn Needs Overseeding in the Fall and Spring To Promote New Grass Growth and Prevent Weeds From Spreading…
As a homeowner, you value curb appeal. You want your home to be the envy of the neighborhood. Routine lawn care is vital to maintaining the exterior of your home while providing a healthy, beautiful yard that not only looks great but adds value to your home. Despite the amount of time you’re able to… [Read More]
A&A Lawn Care & Landscaping Uses Nature Safe Fertilizer Because You Need Healthy Soil To Have Healthy Turf…
A & A believes that in order to have healthy turf you must have healthy soil that the turf feeds on. By incorporating Nature Safe this allows us over time to build the organic matter of your soil. Once this happens the soil goes to work for us! When Nature Safe, a carbon-based material, is… [Read More]
Aerate and Overseed This Fall to To Have a Beautiful Lawn Next Spring!…
The most beneficial thing you can do for your lawn in the Fall to assure a healthy yard with less effort in the Spring is aeration and seeding. Aerating and dethatching are best done when a lawn can take some abuse and recover easily. Fall is perfect due to the cool air temperatures and warm… [Read More]
Lawn Tips – 7 Situations That Could Be Causing Brown Spots in Your Lawn!
The summer season can be tough on your lawn and sometimes you will notice brown spots in the grass. It could be a number of things so let’s go through the usual suspects… Heat and Drought Stress? Only getting a little rainfall combined with excessive temperatures can force your lawn into “dormancy” which is a… [Read More]
The Benefits of Adding Lime to Your Lawn and When to Apply It…
When lawns are weedy, patchy in spots or turn yellow, it may be a sign that the pH balance of your yard is out of whack. One of the primary methods of correcting the problem is to add lime to your lawn to restore depleted nutrients and repair the damage. Liming a neglected lawn can… [Read More]
How to Prepare Your Lawn and Landscaping for a Long Winter Nap
Snow and ice can cause havoc on lawns and landscaping. In our cold winter climate take these steps to protect your plants, trees and shrubs from snow, ice, winds and winter temperatures… Fertilize For Future Growth Grass leaves grow much more slowly as the weather turns cool, but the grass roots and rhizomes continue to… [Read More]