How to Properly Grade Your Lawn
One of the main purposes of yard grading is to make sure that water flows away from your home’s foundation. The grade of your yard can be the difference between runoff that flows away from your home and water pooling around your home’s foundation and causing serious problems. Experts recommend that the minimum slope away […]
Financing Your Dream Landscaping or Hardscaping Project
Landscaping is all too often overlooked when it comes to home improvement. But, it is just as important to beautify the outside of your home as it is to beautify the inside of your home. Like plenty of other home improvement projects, beautifying your home’s exterior can be expensive. Luckily there are a few ways […]
How to Maintain Your Landscape During the Winter
With winter well on its way here in Maryland, you may be wondering what – if anything – you need to do to protect your landscaping over the winter. While you can’t protect your landscaping from the snow, ice, and freezing temperatures, there are some things you can do to help it survive the winter. […]
Getting Started with Landscaping Design
If you are planning on upgrading your landscaping in the near future, there are some rules of landscaping design that would be good to know. You might think landscapers just plant things wherever it is convenient, but the truth is there is a lot of thought that goes into the design of your landscaping. Choosing […]
Tips for Dealing with Garden Pests
Imagine this, you’ve spent countless hours and a significant amount of money making your garden and flower beds look beautiful and just how you want them. You go to bed proud of your hard work and excited to see your garden grow. The next morning you wake to find your flowers missing, leaves chewed, and […]
The Emergence of Spring Weeds in Your Yard
Spring is coming in Maryland, and with it the grass is coming back full and lush, the flowers are beginning to sprout, and the trees are starting to bed. But along with the positive signs of life spring offers, comes the signs of a big problem in your yard, the emergence of spring weeds. As […]
Fall Lawn Clean-Up
Few things are more gorgeous in nature than the stunning golden orange leaves of fall. Nature puts on one last beautiful show before going to sleep for the winter, and we get to wonder at it all. What is not so wonderful however, is the yardwork that accompanies nature’s show. Weeding, preparing flowerbeds, and of […]
Landscape Design Tips for Maryland Home-owners
Maryland presents a unique environment when it comes to planting a new or improved landscape. Here are some of the basic tips and tricks from your local Catonsville, MD landscaping service on how to create a great landscape for your yard this year. Use Native Plants The biggest advantage to using plants native to Maryland […]
Mowing Tips from the Pros
Mowing a lawn is a more complex process than many believe. If you go about mowing the wrong way, you can seriously damage your yard. Lawn mowing tips from the professionals can help you develop the right strategy for keeping your grass in good condition. As any Columbia, MD lawn mowing service can tell you, […]
