East Cobb landscape
What Team Turf Is Up to This Week
So, we’re trying to get better about showing you all exactly what we spend our time doing other than making rounds at our regular maintenance accounts. Our install crews have been extremely busy this summer enhancing the outdoor living spaces of several of our existing clients, as well as new clients that sought us out…
Read MoreSpruce Up Your Yard Without Breaking the Bank
So many times I hear, “We’d love to make our yard look better, but it’s just not in the budget this year.” I imagine for some folks updating their landscape is never really in the budget, just like when you hear someone say that they’re not financially ready to have children. Those of us with…
Read MoreMarch Is the Time To . . .
Prune hollies, boxwoods, gardenias, spireas, abelias, butterfly bushes, evergreen shrubs, and most summer-blooming shrubs. Cut back and fertilize roses (although you can do this as early as Valentine’s Day). Cut hybrid teas back to 18″ tall, remove dead canes, and canes that rub. Knockout roses can be pruned back to half their size if necessary.…
Read MoreIt’s Time to Prune
This is the time of year that you will look outside and see our crews pruning and cutting back the perennials in your yard. So don’t get upset when you come home and things look tidier, and perhaps a bit smaller — we’re doing what needs to be done to get your yard ready for…
Read MoreConditions Are Right for Fall Armyworms
A lot of yards have suffered this summer. Scorching temperatures, not enough rain, too much rain — all of these factors have worked together to upset the very delicate balance that nature strives for in order to keep our grasses green and our flowers and plants thriving. One would think that with Fall creeping ever…
Read MoreA Big Dry Spell
I thought I’d share this article from a newsletter I received from Autumn Hill Nursery — one of our favorite places to shop for great yard additions: “This current dry spell has crept up on us after we enjoyed a wet spring, and with the soil as dry as it has become, we are fielding…
Read MoreGarden Update
Finally! Here are the pics of the new vegetable beds and surrounding area that we installed in our backyard this spring. I remember how excited I was to be able to plant even more vegetables this year, and I had some pretty grandiose ideas about corn and watermelon . . . well, let’s just say…
Read MoreRunning A Little Behind . . .
So, I know that I’ve promised you all a study of local vegetable gardens, and I will get to that soon. What with all the rain we’ve been having lately, coupled with the very high temperatures, our workload has been a bit stressful to say the least. Until I can get my veggies in a…
Read MoreNew Outdoor Watering “Rules”
So, not that many of us have had to really be concerned with whether our grass, flowers, and gardens have been getting enough water lately — thank you very much, Mother Nature — but you should take note of the new outdoor watering regulations that went into effect June 1, 2010. I want to point…
Read MoreHow Does Your Garden Grow?
What I love about a vegetable garden is that they come in all shapes and sizes. Take a look around on your next drive through the neighborhood, and you’re sure to spot all sorts of “gardening” in all sorts of places. Even though most of us live in a very suburban, or even urban, area,…
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