Sod Blog

Sharp spiny seed heads, called burrs, are painful when stepped on or get lodged in your socks.  Plus, they’re difficult to control along with other weeds in what you may call a lawn.  If you can’t freely frolic across your...

The naked eye can’t see the influence agriculture (Ag) has on consumer horticulture.  Chances are if it’s in your landscape it was initially tested, to one degree or another, in Ag.  The most popular of which are fertilizers and irrigation. ...

Have you ever noticed a blue/gray tinge on the top of your lawn a couple of hours after mowing it?  Or, how about lines of grass that don’t seem to make it into the bag?  Is anyone still mulching their...

The scent of freshly cut grass can transcend you to memories: lazy Saturday mornings, a picnic at the park, a winning ball game or maybe a place of tranquility.  In fact, studies have shown that chemicals released from cut grass...

Who are we kidding…lawns need water.  The thing about it is it’s not as much as you may think. Lawns are the perfect companion for cooling down in summer heat.  A twenty-five hundred square foot lawn has the cooling capacity...

You just might be going crazy and not even know it.  Have you ever put to thought the health benefits and psychological effects grass has on you and your family?   Let’s take a glance at why it’s important to have...

Summer is a time for watching the grass grow.  Pull out the lawn chairs, grab a book, a glass of iced tea and relax while the kids chase each other on the lawn and play with the hose.  Sounds utopian,...

When you step out on the front porch do you immediately do a turnaround and slam the door from an embarrassing lawn or do you stop, take a deep breath and revel in the glory of it?  Transforming your lawn...

Chances are the reason you have a lawn is that you care about the positive contributions to our ecosystem like the cooling benefits it offers.  It could be the way it produces more oxygen than a tree can.  I know,...

In the early 1900’s people traveled the globe to  “put down roots” in southern California for a menagerie of reasons.  Amazing weather was one of them. The tie to human settlement and the rooting of plants is so important as...