How To – Village Green Lawn and Pest

Your Essential Summer Lawn Guide + Programming Tutorial

By Stuart Tinsley
May 30, 2025
Fertilization & Weed Control, How To, Lawn Health
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As North Texas temperatures continue to climb, we want to remind you that proper watering is absolutely critical to maintaining a healthy, thriving lawn this summer. We cannot stress enough how important it is to adjust your watering schedule for our intense summer conditions. Summer heat puts extraordinary stress on your lawn, causing soil to […]

Vital Watering Tips for New Sod During the Heat of Summer

It’s no secret that installing sod in the dead of summer in North Texas isn’t the best time. But sometimes there isn’t a choice, and in today’s quick tip video, Hannah, our Landscape Manager, explains how her team waters new sod by sharing our steps to ensure a new sod project we installed in June […]

Tips for Pruning Trees

By Stuart Tinsley
April 18, 2023
How To, Ken's Quick Tip, Landscape Solutions
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With our warmer weather, more people are working on their lawns to get them summer ready. In today’s landscape quick tip, Ken advises on proper tree pruning. This video is a must-watch to see an example of what to do and, more importantly, what not to do with your trees. If you are considering a […]

Important Tips on Transplanting Plants

By Andrea
March 29, 2022
How To, Ken's Quick Tip, Landscape Design & Installation, Landscape Solutions
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In today’s video, Ken shared a couple of tips that are helpful to note when transplanting plants. When you dig the plant up, if the soil drops off the root ball and the roots are exposed, the plant will likely not survive. If we have a good and large enough root ball, the plant typically […]

Don’t Commit Crepe ‘Murder’ this Spring

By Andrea
February 27, 2022
How To, Ken's Quick Tip, Landscape Design & Installation, Landscape Solutions
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Mid-winter and early spring is the time of the year when many of your neighbors believe they should dramatically prune their crepe myrtles, so they will have extra blooms come summer. They may call it pruning. At Village Green, we call crepe murder. The thing to remember about crepe myrtles is that they are a […]

The #1 Thing To Do To Prevent Winter & Springs Weeds

By Andrea
November 11, 2021
Fertilization & Weed Control, How To, Ken's Quick Tip
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As we head into late fall and winter Village Green will transition to a fall pre-emergent to reduce fall and winter weeds in our Fertilization & Weed Control Program lawns. For this preventative to work, it is vital that you properly water your lawn within two weeks of the application. Download our Fall Watering Guide […]

What To Do If You Have Leaf Cutter Caterpillars

By Andrea
August 21, 2021
Best Plants Series, How To, Landscape Design & Installation, Landscape Solutions, Lawn Solutions
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We recently featured the Canna Lily as one of our picks for our Best Plants Series. The Cana Lily is a great choice for a customer who is looking for tropical looking plant for their landscape. They come in a variety of colors (both their blooms and leaves.) They also work well in certain spaces […]

This is What We’re Doing in Your Lawn in Spring

By Andrea
March 31, 2021
Fertilization & Weed Control, How To, Lawn Solutions
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A little over a month out from our record-breaking February freeze, most of our lawns are in what we call a tweener stage. There is a little green here and there in some lawns, but most are not out of dormancy yet. Probably only 20% to 30% in our area. That will change over the […]

Our Annual Plea To STOP Crepe Myrtle Murder

How To Know If Your Plants Survived The Winter Storm

By Andrea
March 12, 2021
How To, Ken's Quick Tip, Landscape Solutions, Lawn and Landscape Care
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We’re getting many calls and emails from customers trying to determine if their plants survived our epic February 2021 winter storm in North Texas. Sadly many plants will not survive our record-breaking cold weather, but the good news is we see signs that many will survive. Curious if your plants will survive or not? Watch […]

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