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Tell Us What You Need Home & Garden Survey
Tell us what you need, what you would like to know, what home and garden issues are important to you, and we will try to respond with the type of information that best meets those needs! It is as simple as that! We want to serve you with the home and garden info that [...]
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Changing Lawn And Landscape Design
Native habitats and evolving lawn and landscape design
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Lawn and landscape design is changing to meet the challenges of new water requirements and a revived interest in native habitats that encourage native wildlife.
Traditional lawns
Everyone loves a beautiful, freshly cut green lawn, well, almost everyone. More and more people are moving away from the traditional large [...]
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Backyard Wildlife Habitat Requirements
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Traditional backyards, with their non native lawn grasses, and non native landscape plants have a few problems. There is now a trend which replaces these with native plants, and less grassy lawn area.
Backyard wildlife habitats can soften the environmental impact of the backyard, and can soften the economic impact to your wallet.
Backyard habitat savings
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Lawn Care And Lawn Pest Control
Proper lawn care and lawn pest control go hand in hand. In fact, if your handle your lawn care properly, most of your lawn pest control problems will be gone.
Lawn care and lawn pest control
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In this, like most other activities, balance is the key. Balancing your lawns water and fertilizer needs with your mowing [...]
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Lawn Treatment And Cultural Practices
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The best lawn treatment for any lawn, is to make sure that the lawn is healthy. No amount of any other lawn treatment can overcome the damage done by poor cultural practices. No lawn treatment known to man can benefit a lawn as much as good cultural practices!
What are cultural practices? They are the [...]
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Lawn Clippings Environment and Fertility
Lawn clippings and fertility
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Want to save money on fertilizer? Why not take advantage of the free fertilizer available from your own lawn?
That’s right, lawns produce fertilizer. The fertilizer they produce comes from the grass clippings. It is possible to recycle as much as 60 percent of the nitrogen from the clippings by doing nothing [...]
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Bahia Grass Control In Lawns And Turf
Bahia grass control in lawns and turf
Bahia grass is an invader!
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Bahia grass is an invasive weed in the southern United States. No matter what officials may say. Sure, it can help to control erosion along highway right of ways, like almost any aggressive grass or vine species, but what is the cost of the [...]
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Lawn Alternatives Native Habitats
Traditional lawns are expensive
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Of all the home maintenance operations, lawn care takes the lions share of resources. The average home owner spends more on lawn care than any other aspect of managing property.
Add up the cost of weekly mowing, fertilization, irrigation, and pest control, and a half acre lawn can cost as much or [...]
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Preventing Insects And Rodents: Eliminating Cover
Brush weeds and debris as cover
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Weeds, brush, and debris feed and hide insects and rodents. These insects and rodents are continually probing for better circumstances, and human housing looks like ideal lodging to them.
Brush, weeds, and debris serve as hiding spots or cover for insects and rodents. Getting rid of brush, debris and weeds [...]
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Lawn Management Frequently Asked Questions