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How to Help Your Lawn Weather the Dog Days of Summer
“Hello, August. Please be gentle on my lawn.” A late-summer prayer spoken by many Anonymous Iowa Homeowners The dog days of August can be all-out bummers for lawn. For a lawn already burnt out from baking under two months of summer and unprepared for the grueling harsh heat and humidity of summer’s closing act, […]
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Aug 03, 2022
Inflation Comes For America’s Lawns
Inflation today spares no one, not even the most evergreen and pristine of lawns. “Inflation is coming for your lawn,” Linkedin’s Mischa Fischer warns. Soaring gas prices, escalating labor costs and equipment shortages are helping send the price of the average lawnmower, both manual and riding, rocketing skyward with no cap ceiling in site. Even […]
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Jul 17, 2022
Lawn Fungus: Could be an Irrigation Problem
What is causing grass fungus in the lawn? Fungus is the most prevalent in irrigated lawns. Homeowners often water at the wrong time. Setting your irrigation for the middle of the night is usually what triggers fungus to form. The reasoning is that the water sits there soaking into the ground and not evaporating,which is what we […]
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Jul 07, 2022
One Year Lawn Transformation
This irrigated lawn has been battling a soil borne disease for several years. We came in and quickly got it on a fertilizer and fungicide program. After feeding the lawn the nutrients it needed, we came back in the fall to aerate and overseed. It has come a long way but there is still room […]
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Jul 07, 2022
Common Lawn Issues During Hot Iowa Summers
As sweet as summertime is, it’s not all ballgames, barbecues and suntans for grass. Only the strongest lawns survive an unpredictably hot Iowa summer still looking seasonably green by Labor Day. On average, the sun beans toasty 83-degree rays on Iowa during the sweltering days of summer, per RSS Weather.com. And your yard, which never […]
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Jun 14, 2022
Why Grub & Weed Control is Essential for a Healthy Lawn
The phantoms come out of the shadows every spring on unprepared lawns. You can bet your lawn mower on it. They announce their buggy and weedy selves without warning. One day you have a seemingly weedless lawn. The next day they are seemingly everywhere. Grubs and weeds often appear out of nowhere, instantly dulling the […]
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May 06, 2022
Clumping Tall Fescue: The Unwanted Grass Clumps in Your Yard
It is a perennial nemesis of every home owner that rears its aggressive self every spring: Clumpy grass. While pretty in the right natural setting, this nuisance grass is never going to end up on a Better Homes & Gardens cover and can dampen the overall look and health of your lawn. It stands out […]
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Apr 05, 2022
Dethatching vs Aerating: Which Is Right for Your Lawn?
“A beautiful lawn,” the oldest saying in lawn care notes, “doesn’t happen by itself.” Any homeowner through the history of time can attest to the truth of this timeless lawn care proverb. For lawns don’t mow themselves (at least not until robo lawnmowers get here). But what lawn care method produces the most beautiful, healthiest […]
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Mar 09, 2022
Best Time to Aerate and Overseed the Lawn in Iowa
If your grass could talk, the things it would say. “Can somebody keep an eye on the neighbors’ new collie?” “Anybody know tomorrow’s weather forecast?” Our bet for a lawn’s likely first words are, “Anybody got a glass or few gallons of water?” Our lawns are more than just the scenic landscaping of our home […]
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Feb 04, 2022