Posts Tagged "core aeration"

SPRING LAWN CARE MYTHS BUSTED

Posted by on Apr 12, 2013 in News | Comments Off on SPRING LAWN CARE MYTHS BUSTED

Many of the large SPRAY AND GO companies are eagerly out there applying pre-emergent control like corn gluten, seed and fertilizers. So understandably so, many customers are asking why is V.I.P, why aren’t you out there?  We are eager to be out there but we simply cannot apply lawn best practices if we know they are not going to work. We work on quality and not quantity.. Larger companies have a large downside, they have too many customers and only a finite amount of time to get all of there programs in. This article is intended to blow some myths up and provide the detail. This is our...

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Novel grasses may be the answer to the next generation of lawn care

Posted by on Mar 24, 2013 in Aeration, Grub, Landscape, Lawn Care, Nematode, News, Organic LawnCare, Property Maintenance, Uncategorized, Woodstock Ontario | Comments Off on Novel grasses may be the answer to the next generation of lawn care

With issues of lawn care inputs such as fertilizers, marginal effective weed control and water usage top of mind with homeowners, new varieties of tall fescues and perennial rye grasses may offer the solution. What to do with a terrible lawn? Simply the biggest reason for many poor lawns is that there is little or no soil underneath to support a thriving lawn on top. Without adequate soil, your lawn will always struggle to grow and sustain itself. Last year, we did a complete re-sodding of a lawn and found two 5 gallon oil barrels, a plethora of gravel, stones, mortar and about 1 inch of...

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