Why should you top dress your lawn in North Carolina with sand? Many of our clients ask us about top dressing; what it is, and why you do it. Basically, topdressing a lawn refers to the process of applying a mixture of different materials over the lawn’s surface. There are a lot of methods and …
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Over time, the soil beneath your lawn will move and settle, leaving you with hills, hollows and undulations. Here are some tips from Turf Works Professional Landscaping to help you knock those uneven spots out of your lawn. To get that perfect fairway-green look for your own lawn, the surface of your lawn must be …
Regular aerating of your Raleigh-Durham lawn provides the roots of your grass with better access to oxygen, helps alleviate compacted soil as well as improving the ability of your soil to absorb the water that it needs to support a healthy lawn. There are two common types of aerators; spike and core. Spike aeration uses a roller …
1. It’s Fall or Spring The first and easiest sign that it is time to aerate and seed your lawn in the Raleigh-Durham areas is pretty simple; It’s either spring or it’s fall! The fall is usually the best time, but spring is also a good time to give your lawn the attention that it …
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Often times we find that when talking with homeowners they may not know the overall benefits of aeration, or even the best time to aerate your Raleigh-Durham lawn. So we hope to add a little light to the topic and hopefully answer questions like “when is the best time to aerate” or “what are the …
How to know: When choosing sod for your project, it’s always good to do a little due-diligence on the health of the sod before you have it installed. Here are a few tips to help you identify if your sod is healthy and ready to be installed! Healthy Sod will be dirt side out On …
Lawn Top Dressing If you want a healthy lawn, maintaining a healthy layer of topsoil is one of the first and most important steps you’ll need to tackle. Why? Well, nutrient-rich topsoil improves drainage, provides nutrients to the soil, and promotes moisture retention. What is Topsoil/Top Dressing? Topsoil refers to the top 2″ of your …
Lawn top dressing is the process of adding material to the surface of the lawn. This would normally be loam or sandy loam mixes, sand or organic material. Top dressing has a number of benefits: Smoothing the lawn surface Helps control thatch Improves the soil Improves drainage over time with repeated applications Helps in renovating …
Grading is critical to the healthy foundation of your landscape. Just as your home depends on its foundation, much of your yard relies on its grading. Proper grading does its job and goes unnoticed, but if your yard has poor grading, you’ll start to see problems arise that can eventually lead to expensive repairs. Proper …
First, why should you aerate? Punching holes into the soil with an aerator, a tool that has either solid spikes or hollow tines, improves the flow of air, water, and nutrients to your lawn. Aerating also solves such problems as soil compaction (an increase in soil density and decrease in soil volume) and excessive thatch …
