Ensuring your sprinkler system works properly is vital for a healthy lawn and landscape. If it is underperforming, you’re cheating your lawn out of the water it needs to thrive. A key component in an optimized sprinkler system is ensuring good sprinkler coverage. That means you need a minimum of two sprinkler heads for coverage […]
In spring, your lawn and plants are coming out of dormancy from the winter and your soil needs consistent watering. One of the biggest mistakes you can make with your lawn’s overall health is to not water properly for the season. We recommend that you water in 10 minute bursts one day per week at […]
The North Texas Municipal Water District have initiated Stage 3 seasonal watering of the NTMWD Water Conservation and Drought Contingency and Water Emergency Response Plan, which goes into effect November 1, 2014. You can read their full release here. You should verify your specific watering day schedule with your city or appropriate water provider. You […]
As the temperature gets closer and closer to the century mark, I get more and more questions about how to keep your lawn and landscape looking good in this Texas heat. Not to mention during Stage 3 water restrictions. First, you need to water for about sixty minutes per week in the summer. That can […]
The past few weeks I’ve spent most of my time visiting lawn after lawn and talking with customers about what’s wrong with their grass. In North Texas, we had one of the coldest winters on record, and it did a LOT of damage to St. Augustine. What a lot of people don’t realize is that […]
Say drip and water in the same sentence and most people will think of something negative, like a leaky faucet. But when you are talking about a drip irrigation system, a drip is a great thing that can help expand your Stage 3 watering window. We’ll talk more about that in a moment, for now […]
If you want to protect your landscape from freeze damage, don’t turn off your sprinkler system in the winter. Granted you don’t need to water as much as you would in the summer, but watering a small amount during winter will make sure your lawn and landscape are ready for the spring growing season and […]