Lawn

Irrigation 101 :: Basics of a Residential Irrigation System

Irrigation 101: A Guide to the Basics of a Residential Irrigation System

With the summer heat closing in on us, your lawn and landscape may need some extra TLC to stay both healthy and thrive throughout the season. Having an irrigation system can give...

by Matt Knowlton

Mowing in the Know :: 5 Common Lawn Mowing Mistakes

Homeownership

Last Spring I visited with John Deere - Horicon Works - I learned that Deere, in part, had perfected the art of grass cutting. Here, Deere offers tips for avoiding mistakes that...

by jb bartkowiak

Fall Leaf Removal :: Options for Lawn & Garden Care

Homeownership

But wait, "remove leaves" - and maybe that phrase is just a tab bit ... misleading. I mean - I don't know about you, but when I hear "remove leaves" I think...

by jb bartkowiak

Tips for Watering the Lawn :: Overseeding and Watering Grass Seed

Make-Maintain-Fix

If you've read my post on my visit to Oregon and the NexGen Research Center, you know, then, just how important conserving water is these days. And … if you're a red-blooded...

by jb bartkowiak

How to Grow a Healthy Lawn :: 5 Secrets to a Beautiful Lawn

How you seed can be broken into one of three areas, and which circumstance you encounter often dictates what type of product you need. We’ll call these areas: new seeding, re-seeding (or...

by jb bartkowiak

How to Prepare to Install an Irrigation System

I don’t know about you, but I dream of the day when I no longer need to move my sprinkler (attached to a hose) across my lawn in order to properly water...

by Rachael Jones

Ready, Set, MOW! :: Mower Maintenance Tips from John Deere

Make-Maintain-Fix

As the days get warmer and longer, lawn care will soon be part of the weekly routine. To ensure you’re spending more time enjoying your weekend, make sure you’re taking good care...

by jb bartkowiak

Keys to Green Grass in Spring :: How to Prep a Lawn for Winter

The type of care your lawn requires will depend greatly on where you live. In Florida, you may very well continue to mow your lawn throughout the year, but in Minnesota, your...

by Alex Wayne

Pennington Seed Smart Seed Sitting on a Prepped Lawn

Seeding a New Lawn :: My Own Personal Growth

Products

This front yard, when the home was purchased, had a rather medium-sized and unruly tree smack dab in the middle of it. In an effort to make the home more curb-appealing, Mrs....

by jb bartkowiak

Building Moxie is Growing Grass with Pennington Smart Seed :: Experiment & Results

Products

My results it seems are pretty consistent with those that I got in our trial, our growing experiment while in Oregon with Pennington Seed. But as I ramp up to essentially seed...

by jb bartkowiak

Stone Border Edging Installed 1 Step Complete Installed

Installing Stone Border Edging for a Garden & Patching Grass with a Lawn Repair Product

Make-Maintain-Fix

Now, it would have been lovely not to have disturbed the grass’s edge while installing this border. But of course that was not happening. I needed soil both behind and in front...

by jb bartkowiak

Pennington One Step Complete :: An Experiment & Results

In the NeighborHood

But just as Barry was dotting the t's for his trip to Genie Company HQ, I received an update on a growing experiment I participated in while visiting Pennington Grass Seed in...

by jb bartkowiak