Fall is a great time to aerate. Aeration, either core aeration or liquid aeration, can be very beneficial to a lawn, breaking up compaction and improving the environment for your grass. If you’re on a budget, aeration can give you a lot of benefit for comparatively little money. How do you know if you need …
Are you lucky enough to live in a place where water is cheap? That’s awesome! But you still shouldn’t run your sprinklers too often or too long. Besides the waste of resources, you could be opening your lawn up to a whole host of issues. In some cases, more water means more problems. To learn …
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Today’s episode was inspired by a walk Ete took around his neighborhood. After a recent lawn mowing, a neighbor’s lawn service had blown grass clippings into the street. So what? Well, after a little digging, Ete found that this fairly common practice can actually have some pretty big consequences. What damage could grass clippings in …
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Today’s episode was inspired by a walk Ete took around his neighborhood. After a recent lawn mowing, a neighbor’s lawn service had blown grass clippings into the street. So what? Well, after a little digging, Ete found that this fairly common practice can actually have some pretty big consequences. What damage could grass clippings in …
Continue reading “Who Knew?: The Dark Side of Grass Clippings”
We talk a lot about weed prevention and use of chemical solutions for weed control, but there are other solutions for getting rid of weeds. You can also “mechanically,” or physically, remove weeds. It’s a terrible job, but sometimes it needs to be done. What do you do if you have giant thistle stalks making …
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This week on Eco Lawn Science, Ete chats with Hunter Dalsing, a licensed technician who spends his days battling Noxious Weeds. Hunter explains what it’s like to be out there fighting these invasive weeds on a daily basis. He describes the weeds he’s seeing most often, gives some advice on some best practices for getting …
