Lawn Care Tips

Sod Removal
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Install a New Lawn
STEP 1 - Soil Preparation If the old lawn has not been removed, we recomend using a sod cutter to remove the existing lawn. Run a rototiller over the area, loosening the soil 4 to 6 inches deep. If the soil has a high clay content, we recommend rototilling in Turface Soil Amendment, at the rate [...]

Renovate an Existing Lawn
When a poor lawn has the proper grade and a well-drained soil, it can be more easily improved through renovation, rather than complete reconstruction. Using professional quality tools and top-grade products available at Hobbs & Hopkins, allows most residential lawn renovation projects to be accomplished in a single week-end. We have developed this no-till method [...]

Spot Repair
  When the whole lawn doesn’t need overhauling and problems are localized, spot repairs can eliminate problem areas and prevent further trouble. Getting good seed-to-soil contact is a key to successful spot repair. Broadleaf weeds like dandelion and clover and weedy grasses like Johnson grass and crabgrass can be controlled using a proper herbicide. Ask your Lawn [...]

Soil Enrichment: The Key to a Beautiful Lawn
Remember to treat your lawn as you would your vegetable garden, with yearly soil enrichment from organic fertilizers and soil modifiers made possible through core-aeration. The most important key to a beautiful, healthy green lawn lies hidden just below the surface. Often ignored and abused, the soil itself plays an important role in the success or [...]

Moss in the Lawn: Solve the Real Problem
Moss grows in the lawn because conditions are not suitable for a dense, healthy turf. Moss is usually associated with factors such as low fertility, poor drainage, soil compaction, heavy shade and wet conditions. Any one of these can inhibit lawn grass vigor and create an environment that heavily favors moss growth. To win the [...]

Fertilizing Made Easy
All fertilizers are not created equal. The two basic types of fertilizers are water-soluble and slow release. Water soluble fertilizers disappear like sugar in hot coffee as they travel rapidly out of the root zone, completely dissolved in the water that runs through it. This type of fertilizer causes a rapid flush of growth and must [...]

Managing Your Wildflowers
Wildflowers are an ever-changing display of nature’s most beautiful flowers participating in the inevitable cycle of the seasons. During the first year, the annuals in the mixture offer a spectacular display of colors, along with green growth of the biennials and perennials. Many of the annuals will reseed and bloom the second year, if allowed to [...]