Landscape Group

Help keep your pets safe during the flea tick outbreak by keeping your yard healthy, staying on top of maintenance. Inbox us or call 706-836-1758 to see how we can help you have the best lawn possible.

Here are a few tips to help keep your yard looking good and green through the dog days of summer.

Early Summer Fertilization. Feeding in the early summer helps strengthen the lawn so it can better withstand heat and drought conditions that commonly occur during the summer.

Mid-Summer - Water deeply. Use a screwdriver or small trowel to check how deeply water is penetrating the soil as you water. The goal is to water long enough to reach a depth of 4 to 6 inches.

Late Summer - Water in the morning. As summer heat builds, your lawn will lose less water to evaporation if you time waterings for between 6 and 10 a.m.

An unusual lawn invader appears during wet weather. Fear not, the grayish-black sooty substance on your turfgrass is a harmless soil protozoa that has temporarily migrated onto blades and stems to produce and disperse spores.

An unusual lawn invader appears during wet weather Do you recognize this occasional lawn invader that can show up on lawns after a rain? The leaf blade appears to have black pin-head sized drops on it. The drops are made of a black powder. Take a guess as to what this is and then click on Read More to see if you are correct!