A new year, a new year landscape spotlight! And today’s is perfect. Like 2017, which is wide open in front of us, Ms. J’s home in Frisco, Texas was the very definition of a ‘wide open space.’ Ms. J called us soon after moving into her newly built home for some recommendations on what kind […]
The past week I’ve had time in the office to answer many fall related questions that I think would benefit all our customers. I hope you find the answers to these common fall questions helpful! What should I do with the leaves on my lawn and landscape? Short answer is that leaves left on your […]
Each year there’s a surefire way I can tell fall has arrived in North Texas beyond shorter days and the cooler night-time temperatures. We start getting calls about brown rings (or patches) in our customer’s lawns. These brown rings are called Brown Patch and is a fungus that attacks St. Augustine in the fall (and […]
I’m excited about showcasing this project for Barry T because it illustrates that Village Green has the capabilities to handle a wide variety of landscape jobs. Barry, who lives in Richardson, is a single dad who doesn’t have a lot of time to spend working on his lawn and landscape. He also didn’t want to […]
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 […]
Lawn aeration is an extremely simple process that anyone can do to their lawn. Whether you want to do it yourself or hire Village Green boils down to the amount of time you want to invest punching thousands of smalls holes in your turf. If you would like for us to do it for you, […]
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 […]
This is the time of year when we get a lot of calls and emails from people who are frustrated that they cannot grow grass in certain parts of their lawns. The location where they have bare dirt varies considerably, but the root cause is nearly always the same. Too much shade. Grass isn’t that […]