Insight and industry knowledge on all things important to your lawn.
From landscaping tips to fun ideas for yard play, we cover a wide range of meaningful topics on our blog page.
July 22, 2015
Fairway Lawns is proud of the 7 states they have the opportunity to serve, so we doing a special feature each month on our states! Mississippi is July's feature, so here are some tips we recommend for lawn lovers in the Magnolia state.
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July 15, 2015
As Peggy Lee famously sung - "Fever in the morning, fever all through the night." Do we actually think everyone in America is sick right now? No, of course not! It just feels like it with this sizzlin' summer heatwave! It can be difficult to remember to stay hydrated as temperatures climb steadily into triple digits, but it's incredibly important for you AND your lawn to take in more water. Here are some obvious and not-so-obvious tips to help your lawn survive the summer.
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July 8, 2015
P. Allen Smith is an award-winning home and garden designer. Host of two public television programs and best-selling author, Smith shares his expertise on all things natural and organic to over 161,000 fans. Below is his to-do list for all those who want to know how to keep their lawns and gardens looking beautiful in one of the hottest and driest months of the year.
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June 24, 2015
Just how important is curb appeal to your home? Apart from having a lawn that makes your neighbors envious, curb appeal - how the outside of a home looks - can dramatically impact a house when buying or selling. The appearance of a home’s lawn often indicates the status of a home’s maintenance on the interior as well. If a house and lawn are well-maintained (green grass, a mowed yard, properly-sized shrubbery, etc.), buyers are immediately given a positive reaction, leading them to believe the rest of the house is kept at the same standards.
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June 17, 2015
Keeping up your lawn in the in-between times of lawn service shouldn't be difficult. That's why Fairway Lawns, along with a leading consumer advocate magazine, suggests using one of Honda's mowers, specifically the 21" Walk Behind Mower.
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June 3, 2015
Many homeowners have different reasons for installing a fence: pets, children, or simply for better curb appeal. Below we have a detailed How-To guide on what you will need for this project and some video links to help you through it. It’s a big undertaking but with this guide, we think you’ll have your wooden fence surrounding your lawn in no time.
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May 27, 2015
So what exactly is overwatering? It can mean different things for different regions, but for southeastern US in the spring, overwatering means you are using an irrigation system, like sprinklers, every day or even every other day. We are getting plenty of rainwater right now, so sprinklers should be shut off until summer when the southeast can go a week or two without rain. Then it’s time to crank those sprinklers up!
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May 19, 2015
Fireweed, also known as American Burn Weed, is a weed that pops up in lawns every spring (April - June) and seems to be increasing over the last few years in our area. This weed is short-lived and is not controlled by a pre-emergent.
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May 14, 2015
Gardening specialist and author, Evelyn Hadden, has a couple of solutions of adding some spruce to your yard in some of those tough, hard-to-grow spots. She suggests starting on slopes, which are difficult to seed with lawn because of erosion and, if you do get the lawn established, are tricky to mow.
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