Welcome Spring! Officially, spring is 9 days away. In truth, winter has been all but non-existent, with only a couple very minor snow events and no extended cold spells. The National Weather Service says this winter is the warmest on record, thus replacing the winter of 2017. There’s certainly the possibility of a significant snow […]
Dormant Feeding of Small Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Bulbs and Ground Covers – Landscapes and woodland areas are heading into hibernation now, with the exception of lawns and some cool weather lawn weeds. Scatter granular fertilizers liberally over or at the base of perennials, ground covers and small shrubs and water in thoroughly. Be sure NOT
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Mowing and Leaf Removal – Grass is still growing and leaves are still falling. We encourage you to continue managing both of these actions through the end of November. Because soil temperature is still warm and we’re getting regular rainfall now, lawns are still growing pretty fast. We don’t want leaves to accumulate on lawns
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Finally. We’ve finally gotten the regular, soaking rains we’ve been waiting for, for more than 2 months. Over the past several weeks, we’ve had several soaking, more than ½-1” rain events that have softened the earth, and returned lawns to the beautiful, lush, dark green we expect in this
Dormant Feeding of Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Ground Covers, and Bulbs – Dormant feeding can begin once the majority of leaves have fallen from deciduous trees and shrubs. This timing can be anywhere from mid to late October when the growing season is over for all the plants in the landscape except the lawn. Trees and
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