Late Spring in North Texas is a busy time for many trying to get their lawn ready for Summer. What you should be doing over the next few weeks boils down to two things. What kind of lawn do you have, and how have you been taking care of it the past 12 months?
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Mid to Late April must be the weediest time of year for North Texas. This is caused by our weather, which can be warm and humid one day, and cool and blustery the next. Add decent rainfall in April and you have the perfect environment for the weeds you may be experiencing in your yard […]
Spring has sprung and the warmer weather and blue skies always gets people out into their yards to poke around in their yards and start their spring planting. When they turn over their soil they often will find grubs which concerns them and causes a lot of calls and emails to come into Village Green. […]
Now is the time to update your sprinkler system to make sure you are getting adequate water coverage for your lawn and landscape in North Texas this spring. How much watering is enough water in spring? In the spring your soil loses about 1/2 the water it loses in the summer. To help illustrate, imagine […]
This is the time of the year when many of your neighbors will butcher their poor crepe myrtles in an effort to ‘prune’ them for the upcoming growing season. I’m amazed at how many people still believe they need to chop their crepe myrtles back at this time of the year to promote extra blooms […]
I don’t want to jinx us with only four weeks left until the first day of spring, but this winter has been one of our warmest in recent years. It’s been so warm in fact that many of our customers are calling us and asking if they should be following our winter watering schedule. The […]
The State Fair of Texas starts Friday, which means fall has arrived in North Texas! I kid, fall officially began last week, but with a daytime high temperature in Dallas of 95 degrees on the first day of fall, I didn’t want anyone to change their watering schedule just yet. Typically in North Texas we […]
Drought stress is almost always caused by under-watering. In my experience, the two likely culprits are not watering long enough and/or unknown sprinkler system issues that cause under-watering. If you are unsure if you have drought stress, you can watch my short drought stress video here. It will show you the telltale signs. If you do […]
The only thing hotter than our weather at this time of year are our phones! We are getting bombarded with calls and emails about watering guidelines and sprinkler repairs. Long time readers of my Quick Tip series know I’m a big believer in education which is why I wanted to send you our summer watering […]
I can tell it is summertime by the amount of inquiries we’ve been getting about our mosquito control program (we call it the Village Green Mosquito Assassin Program!) With our mild winter and a lot of rain this spring the conditions are perfect for mosquitoes which are plaguing many of our customers. We’ve made a […]