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Let mother nature pay your utility bills


Keep energy costs down while making your property more environmentally friendly.
Wearing a windbreaker can cut the chill on a windy morning, and sitting in the shade can cool you down on a sunny day. These same principles can work for your home

Make money with your grass clippings


The AP reports possible ethanol base… your grass clippings! Financial freedom! Maybe not.
A report by the University of Nebraska  “shows certain prairie grasses grown using only moderate amounts of fertilizer on marginal land can produce significant amounts of ethanol.”
You may not become independently wealthy, but perhaps you can avoid some of those dump fees. Where […]

To thatch or not to thatch


Lawn thatch is an often misunderstood and miscontrolled problem.
Thatch, the buildup of dead grass between living grass and the soil, causes trouble for your lawn when it exceeds 1/2 inch thick. Excessive thatch prevents air, water, and nutrients from reaching plant roots. Cutting through and removing thatch combined with core aeration can improve your lawn’s health greater than […]

Aerating your lawn


Aeration, also called core cultivation or aerifying, is an important part of any lawn maintenance regimen.

It might be time for a landscape professional


Lawn care is just mowing the grass and raking the leaves, right? Who needs a company for that?
Lawn maintenance is more than just shortening the grass when it needs it, and mowing alone can be hard

A proper lawn maintenance regimen


Keeping your landscape beautiful all year long doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
It isn’t difficult to keep your yard healthy and lush. Good maintenance practices