Have you ever seen a large ring of darker green grass in your yard? This ring can be anywhere from a handful of inches across to many, many feet across. However, there is no dead spot in the middle, so it most likely is not dog patch. What causes fairy ring, and what can be done about it?
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Have you ever noticed that brown spot with a dark green ring around it in your yard that shows up along the sidewalk, or near your mailbox, utility box, or fire hydrant? Your lawn was looking really nice and then this shows up. What a pain. This brown spot is considered dog patch, and by the name, you can tell where is comes from. Here is a quick explanation as…
Read MoreDormant Grass
Spring is underway, and the grass will be looking better and better every week as the weather warms up. However, you may notice that not all of the grass greens up evenly. Why is that? Why is there still dormant grass? Not all grass greens up from winter dormancy at the same time. Some species like Kentucky bluegrass, perennial rye grass, and fine fescue will green up rather quickly. They…
Read More2015 Growing Season Wrap Up
Here we are again, at the end of another growing season. Like any growing season from the past, there were some challenges from the weather and pests, and there were some blessings too. The beginning of the 2015 growing season was wet. Not too much, but enough to keep everything watered and happy. By the end of May into early June, that rain turned off, and the lawns started to…
Read MoreRound Up Damage
Weeds, they are very opportunistic. If they find a place to grow, they will take it. Many times it is not where we want any plant, desired or weed, to grow. So what do we do? We control the weed with a Round Up-like product. Excellent, but…sometimes things do not go as planned, and we plan kill more than we want with the Round Up…round up damage, bummer. Many times…
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