Thursday, April 22, 2010

self watering bag


A proper way to water a new tree after planting it make just take five minutes with using a self watering bag. It holds about 20 gallons and takes roughly five minutes a week to refill the bag with a normal garden hose. It has an easy way to install by having a jacket like fit with a zipper that closes around the tree. Advantages of this product can cause a strong deep root growth or even reduce the risk of drought. These bags are also very easy to store away for storage and do not intrude with any part of the landscaping. This is a product that is very helpful when planting a new tree.

caring for the flower beds


An easy way to keep a clean cut between the yard and flower beds is to maintain a nice edge around the beds. This just doesn’t make it look nice but is quicker when mowing the lawn. Also eliminates the time it would take to spray the perimeter with a weed killer, which is harmful to the environment. When edging a flower bed it holds the mulch within the area of the bed from washing away. Using an edger can also be beneficially which can help get the job done more easily and quicker. There are many more reasons why to edge a bed with styles and pointers.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

How to Kill Crabgrass


Crabgrass is a warm-season annual weed, which means it reproduces by seed. People often ask how to kill crabgrass and a quick answer to that is preemergent herbicides at the right time is the best way to kill crabgrass. But really is what needed to know is the life cycle of the grass. When the ground reaches a certain temperature that’s when it starts to reproduce. So this is when the preemergent herbicides must be applied to start preventing the spread of the crabgrass. Crabgrass is produce by a seedling so proper times of the year must be known to get 100% free of it.

dangers in the grass


Lawn grubs live beneath the surface eating away at the roots. As they spread throughout the yard the little creeps destroy it by inviting others predators like skunks. Skunks don’t have any purpose besides putting holes in wherever they can dig to fine one of these grubs. They are ways to protect against grubs. First is known when the time of year grubs laid their eggs so that a treatment can be applied. Any type of treatment applied by hand is environmentally safe. Also with treating the yard it can help with Japanese Beetles, due to the grubs forming from them. That all you really need to know about treating your yard for grubs.