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  1. Here’s What You Should Know About Sustainability, Water Conservation, and Irrigation

    Here’s What You Should Know About Sustainability, Water Conservation, and Irrigation
    When talking about the importance of water conservation, watering the lawn is something that’s bound to come up. According to the 2015 publication “Water Conservation by the Yard” from the Texas Living Waters Project, “Outdoor water use, particularly lawn watering, accounts for almost one third of annual residential water use in Texas.” That’s a lot of water! Reducing water use...
  2. How to Fertilize a Lawn Using Compost: A Guide to Organic Grass Feeding

    How to Fertilize a Lawn Using Compost: A Guide to Organic Grass Feeding
    Do you want a nice, healthy lawn but don’t like the idea of putting lots of fertilizer on it? To stay green and growing, lawn grass needs water, good soil, and just the right amount of nutrients. Supplying those nutrients is where lawn fertilizer comes in. Applying fertilizer at regular intervals throughout the growing season helps keep the lawn lush...
  3. Take a Break From Your Lawn Care and Enjoy the Benefits of Spending Time in Nature

    Take a Break From Your Lawn Care and Enjoy the Benefits of Spending Time in Nature
    Saying the last couple of years have been difficult feels like an understatement. We’ve been dealing not just with the Covid-19 pandemic, but also with the stress, supply chain uncertainties, price increases, and other challenges that go along with it. In a time that’s been hectic and full of uncertainty, it’s easy to forget to take a moment for yourself...
  4. Should You Make The Move From Gas To Battery-Powered Electric Equipment?

    Should You Make The Move From Gas To Battery-Powered Electric Equipment?
    In recent years, there's been a significant push to find more environmentally friendly alternatives to gasoline-powered lawn equipment. Typically, this means cordless electric equipment powered by lithium-ion batteries. (There are also corded models available, but they're not the focus of this post.) Switching from gasoline to battery power means no more engine emissions, which makes battery-powered lawn equipment a “green”...
  5. Composting 101 – A Simple Guide For Getting Started

    Composting 101 – A Simple Guide For Getting Started
    You've probably heard how great composting can be for both the environment and your garden. It gives you a way to recycle natural waste and turn it into free fertilizer for your lawn and garden. If you've never tried composting before, now is a great time to start. Composting is a great way to reuse kitchen scraps and yard waste...
  6. 5 Sustainable Soil Management Tips For Making Better Garden Soil

    5 Sustainable Soil Management Tips For Making Better Garden Soil
    Soil is a whole lot more than just dirt. While dirt is dead, soil is alive with microorganisms. You've got bacteria, fungi, and nematodes eating dead plant and animal matter and turning it into nutrients. You've got insects and worms breaking up organic matter and creating burrows in the soil that let nutrients and water reach plant roots. When soil...
  7. 5 Steps Toward Making Your Landscape Business Green

    5 Steps Toward Making Your Landscape Business Green
    Have you noticed a spike in customers asking your lawn care or landscape business about green options? If not, there's a good chance you soon will. Going green is already a huge trend. And as environmental friendliness and sustainability topics get more media coverage, more and more people will be looking into greener options for taking care of their yards...
  8. Learn About 4 Great Advantages To Offering Organic Lawn Care In your Business

    Learn About 4 Great Advantages To Offering Organic Lawn Care In your Business
    As questions about the safety of chemicals used in lawn care get more media coverage, you're going to see more customers asking about organic options. On August 10 of this year, a San Francisco jury awarded $289-million to Dwayne “Lee” Johnson. He is a California public school groundskeeper who said his terminal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma resulted from using Roundup. With this...
  9. Is Green Lawn Care Turning Into An Assault On Turfgrass?

    Is Green Lawn Care Turning Into An Assault On Turfgrass?
    Over the past few years, we've been hearing more and more talk about “green lawn care.” These articles often include advice to get rid of your lawn. They say homeowners are wasting valuable time, money, and water to keep a useless patch of green grass healthy. Plus, the chemicals American pour onto their lawns each year aren't good for the...

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