How Fairway Can Make Your Summer BBQs the Best on the Block
You’ve thought of everything this summer. The BBQ sauce is ready to marinate for the next couple of days in the fridge. The drinks are chilling in the cooler. The tables and chairs have been wiped down and spider webs removed.
Anthracnose Disease in Your Trees
Anthracnose disease occurs on many types of ornamental trees. This disease is most common on Ash, Maple, Oak and Sycamore. Anthracnose is also called “Leaf Blight” or sometimes “Leaf Spot”.
Things to Do (and not to do) in Winter Lawn Care
Lawn care often takes a break in the winter season. Especially once snow hits the ground. You can’t mow or water your lawn while frost covers it. And all you want to do is hibernate and stay warm. But that doesn’t mean that your yard needs to go forgotten! There are things you can do (and should NOT do) to ensure it comes out on the other end of winter ready to grow lush and green in the spring. And when it does you'll be thankful you put the effort into winter lawn care.
Lawn Winter Effects
The changes that the weather goes through in the winter times can define what your grass will look like and how it will grow in spring. Lawn treatment should be thought of and treated like house maintenance; it has to happen year-round to get the healthy lushness and beautiful green that make your neighbors want to know how you do it.
Fairway Lawn’s 5 Reasons for Raking
If you’re not a fan of mowing, raking may be even lower on your list of fun things to do. At least a mower has an engine! But disturbing the rest of those beautifully colored leaves sleeping on your lawn is a necessity. And not just for the curb appeal! There are actually health benefits to removing the leaves from your yard.
2015 Fall Fairway Lawn Trends
Just like clothing, accessories, interior paints, and even athletic teams, our pop culture revolves around what’s hot and happening in the moment. Twitter is the culprit of the quickest changing trend, switching out popular hashtags every 15 minutes! But in the landscaping world, the trends usually switch out annually and seasonally. Below is what’s hot for your outdoor fall Fairway lawn looks.
Fall Projects for Your Fairway Lawn
School is back in session. Fall work retreat next weekend. Football practice in the afternoons. Ballet rehearsals in the evening. Dentist appointment on Thursday. The weather has become calmer, but your life hasn’t slowed down. So we’ve come up with a list of fall lawn projects that take just a few minutes but make all the difference come springtime.
Prepping for a Fairway Fall
Summer of 2015 will go down in US history as the 6th wettest summer on record. Well, for some of us. Some of us are wondering where all that rain went. But if you're one of those lucky regions that got the downpour, that’s great news for your lawn and your water bill dedicated to the sprinkler. But that doesn’t mean the heat didn’t do its own work on your lawn. There may still be one or two – or three - bare areas that require additional Fairway seeding.
Heat Alert: Don’t Let A Southern Summer Sizzle Your Lawn
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.
Marigolds in June
With the onset of summer, many think it is too late to grow seasonal plants. However, June is the perfect time to plant some vegetables and flowers including beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, okra, sunflowers, and impatiens.