In winter, even though your lawn and plants are dormant, your soil still needs consistent watering to keep it healthy. One of the biggest mistakes you can make with your lawn health is to turn your sprinkler system off during our winter months. This means in winter, we recommend you water one ten-minute burst one […]
A critical component in a happy and healthy lawn and landscape is proper drainage. Your lawn’s health depends on how well it can retain and drain water. While grass needs the right amount to grow, too much water can impede oxygen uptake, slow metabolic processes and invite root rot. To make matters worse, in North […]
At Village Green a sure sign that spring is near is the arrival of henbit North Texas lawns. And while any sign of spring is at some level is welcome, henbit is a weed. As far as weeds go, henbit is pretty, with a rich green and cute purple flower, but we still don’t like […]
This is Village Green’s 39th year in the lawn and landscape business in North Texas (I’m getting old!) Seriously though, I’ve seen a lot of unhealthy lawns over the years with the same common problem. They were not watered properly. Especially during our North Texas winter. I’d go so far as to to say that […]
Founded in 1980 by Ken Hyatt, Village Green is a family owned business that specializes in lawn care, landscaping, fertilization and weed control, sprinkler repair, and mosquito control. During the Holiday Season we also professionally install lights for both business and residential customers. Ken has always felt that the people behind Village Green are as important […]
Village Green Landscape e-Tour from Ken Hyatt on Vimeo. Ken Hyatt, the founder and owner of Village Green gives a quick e-Tour of a Plano, Texas landscape project. Ken likes to keep Village Green on the cutting edge, and armed with his smart phone, this e-Tour is an example of one of the many ways […]
Here is your fall landscape to-do list… Apply Pre-Emergent – In bermuda lawns you’ll want to apply a pre-emergent to your lawn to prevent the winter weed seeds from germinating. Check your local nursery for a pre-emergent with an active ingredient of Simazine or Pendimethalin. St. Augustine doesn’t like herbicides – pre-emergents tend to stunt its […]
How much should I water in the Fall? From mid-September through November your lawn requires on average half of the water it did in the summer. If you have the typical heads like this photo you can set your controller to water one day per week. Have your sprinklers run three times in the morning, […]
Daryl is repairing sprinkler heads at this Plano home. He has cut the sod out in a donut shape from around the head. He has installed the new Rain Bird sprinkler head level with the soil. His next steps will be packing soil around the head and setting the sod back in place. When he […]
Here’s some good news if you have a smart controller, otherwise known as an ET Controller, most north Dallas Cities are giving exemptions from their water restrictions. You have to register with the city to notify them that you have one, but once that’s done, as long as your controller is watering a reasonable amount […]