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Ken’s Quick Tip: How to Prevent Poa Annua in your Lawn.

By Andrea
March 9, 2020
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Poa Annua is a very common weed for us to see in North Texas in early to mid-spring. It is a grassy type of weed, with little seed heads. It comes up from seeds, which makes it an annual weed. Learn more about the causes and prevention of Poa Annua in this informative quick tip […]

Ken’s Quick Tip: What’s that Grassy Weed in my Lawn?

By Andrea
February 19, 2020
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Rescue grass is common in wintertime in North Texas. In our area, it germinates in mid to late December and is around through January and into February. The best way to get rid of rescue grass is to prevent it. At Village Green, we use a pre-emergent that works well. Like most things in life, […]

Ken’s Quick Tip: Why You Should Aerate Your Lawn.

By Andrea
February 8, 2020
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If you live in North Texas, one of the most important things you can do to help your lawn thrive is annual lawn aeration. The reason why is our North Texas soil. It is made up of tiny particles that compact over time. The longer you go without aerating your lawn the harder it is […]

By Andrea
April 25, 2019
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“I had my plants installed 8 years ago and they are the same size today as they were when they put into our landscape?!?” I hear that statement often when I’m out on landscape project calls. The home owner is usually looking to make some updates in their landscape but are afraid they’ll get lackluster […]

Ken’s Quick Tip: Drip Irrigation 101

While I spend quite a bit of time talking about how to water using spray and rotary heads, we’re seeing more and more drip irrigation systems being installed and I’ve begun getting questions about where they should be used and how long they should be run. Drip systems put water exactly where you want it […]

Ken’s Quick Tip: How to Kill, Control & Prevent Chinch Bugs in your Lawn

As I’ve said in many a Quick Tip, your lawn needs three things to thrive: sun, water and food (fertilizer.) If you are doing everything right, but your lawn still looks wrong, you may have chinch bugs. Chinch bugs are bad news. Over the years I’ve seen them cause more lawn damage than any other […]

Ken’s Quick Tip: How to Recover from Drought Damage

In my last Quick Tip I gave valuable advice on how to spot drought stress in your lawn (and what could be causing it.) What should you do if your lawn has been under watered?: First, you need to make sure you’ve fixed whatever problem caused the drought stress. Assuming you’ve done that it is […]

Ken’s Quick Tip: Signs of Summer Lawn Stress

North Texas summers are hard on your lawn and landscape, and 2018 is no exception. We are seeing many lawns in our area suffering drought stress. Drought can be defined as the absence of rainfall or irrigation for a period of time sufficient to deplete soil moisture and injure plants. It is serious business, because drought stress can reduce […]

Ken’s Quick Tip: Can Grass Grow in the Shade?

As I mentioned in my last Quick Tip all you need for a healthy lawn is sun, water, and food (fertilizer.) If you have those three things grass will fill in by itself. If you don’t, it doesn’t matter how much time, effort or money you throw at the problem, you will end up with that […]

Ken’s Quick Tip: The Perfect Spring Lawn Requires a Consistent Watering Plan

I know it seems hard to believe with our recent hot and sultry weather, but we had a lot of cold weather this past winter with many days in the 20s. Add in a fairly cool spring and North Texas was slow to green up this spring. Now that we’ve skipped from spring to summer heat wise, […]

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Ken’s Quick Tip: How to Prevent Poa Annua in your Lawn.

Ken’s Quick Tip: What’s that Grassy Weed in my Lawn?

Ken’s Quick Tip: Why You Should Aerate Your Lawn.

Ken’s Quick Tip: Make Your Bed!

Ken’s Quick Tip: Drip Irrigation 101

Ken’s Quick Tip: How to Kill, Control & Prevent Chinch Bugs in your Lawn

Ken’s Quick Tip: How to Recover from Drought Damage

Ken’s Quick Tip: Signs of Summer Lawn Stress

Ken’s Quick Tip: Can Grass Grow in the Shade?

Ken’s Quick Tip: The Perfect Spring Lawn Requires a Consistent Watering Plan

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