The smell of fresh cut grass.  The feel of a thick lawn brushing up against your bare feet.  The eye candy of a well-manicured yard.  All of these experiences would make anyone smile.  Well, maybe not everybody.  We are talking about you Mr. Belichick.  Smile more.  For everybody else, here are some lawn tips so you can have lush green grass in Cincinnati and Dayton Ohio. 5 Lawn Tips for Green Grass in Cincinnati and Dayton Cut the Grass Tall – Your lawn is not a fairway at Augusta National Golf Course.  Don’t mow it short.  In Cincinnati and ..read more

Leaves are changing color and falling. Halloween is past us and Thanksgiving is around the corner. Here are a few late fall lawn tips to keep your Purelawn looking spectacular!   Feed the Roots – This is the ideal time to feed the roots of the grass.  The energy of the plant is going down into the roots of the turf, so give it some food.  This is the most important fertilizer treatment of the year.  It helps with Spring Green Up too! Clean up the Leaves – Don’t let the leaves sit on the grass too long.  They can cause damage to the grass if the leaves stay on the heal ..read more

It will officially be the Summer soon and that means the nuisance insects are arriving. You may start noticing mosquitoes while you are grilling out or sipping an iced tea on the back patio. Hopefully you don’t start finding ticks on the children’s clothes or fleas on the dog after it comes back inside. Maybe some spiders are creeping you out inside. Here are some tips on keeping these nuisance insects away from your property. 1) Eliminate Poor Drainage Areas – Mosquitoes love to breed in areas with standing water. Even if that water is the size of a bottle cap. If your property has poor drain ..read more

Winter dormant seeding is the act of spreading grass seed in bare/thin areas during the winter months.  You want to wait until the temperatures are consistently low.  Often folks put the seed down before snow arrives.  The freezing and thawing pull the seed into the soil and it stays there until warmer temperatures in the Spring.  Let Mother Nature work for you by planting the grass.   Advantages of Winter Dormant Seeding: Low Maintenance – You can sprinkle some grass seed in bare/thin areas before a snow and the freezing and thawing of the ground will pull the s ..read more

It is nearly Winter and the lawn will soon hibernate until the Spring here in Ohio.  Here are 3 Late Fall Lawn Tips to help your grass continue to be beautiful next Spring.    Mulch or Rake Leaves – Do not let your leaves sit on the grass too long or for the entire Winter.  This can kill healthy grass.  Chop up your leaves with the mower.  This adds extra organic matter into the soil.  It is free fertilizer.  Everybody needs something free these days.  If you don’t like how it looks when you mulch up the leaves, then you must remove them in another ..read more

It is time for grass to slow down its growth and we have been applying our late fall fertilizer treatments to lawns here in Cincinnati and Ohio.  The grass is going into hibernation for the Winter like the Cleveland Browns offense. We often get asked what does this final fertilizer treatment actually do for our lawn?  Well, the lawn may be going into hibernation, but the roots of the grass are having a party right now below the surface. There are 2 Important Late Fall Fertilizer Benefits:  The Root System is Having a Party – The party is happening in the soil right now.  T ..read more

Football is on TV, leaves are changing colors, and the temperatures are starting to drop.  Fall is here and it is time to put your lawn to bed for the season.  Here are 5 Fall Lawn Tips that will help your lawn stay green and healthy next Spring: Fall Lawn Tip #1 – Rake/Mow the Leaves – Make sure you are not allowing the leaves from your trees to sit on the healthy grass too long.  It can kill grass if it sits on healthy grass too long.  Rake or mow the leaves up.  Mulching them up with a mower is going to add organic material right back into the soil. Fall Lawn Tip #2 ..read more

It can be frustrating when you are trying to enjoy an evening in your backyard and you keep getting mosquito bites.  Mosquitoes feed on your blood, so you are their evening meal.  They are attracted to the CO2 you breath, but are looking for the protein and iron in your blood.  Below are 5 Tips on How to Reduce Mosquitoes. First though, some interesting facts about mosquitoes. Did You Know? Only Female Mosquitoes Bite (there is some sort of gender joke here, but I can’t afford to go back into the doghouse with my wife Nikki) Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest animals res ..read more

It is Fall here in Cincinnati and Dayton and swarms of obnoxious insects may be ricocheting off your face as you mow or ride your bike.  What are these flying insects?  Many confuse them for giant mosquitoes.  They are not some sort of mutant mosquito that was infected with COVID.  They are actually Crane Flies. Are crane flies dangerous?  No.  They do not bite/sting or cause issues with pets.  They just simply fly around looking to mate before they die.  The adult stage usually only lasts about two weeks. What can I do about them?   Tolerate t ..read more

What are the best watering tips for a lawn in Cincinnati and Dayton Ohio?  How often should I water my lawn?  How long should I water my lawn? Lawns in Cincinnati and Dayton do not like when the temperatures start reaching into the 80’s and 90’s consistently.  The grasses in this part of Southwest Ohio are considered cool-season grasses and prefer temperatures in the 60’s and 70’s.  Normally you see lawns in Cincinnati and Dayton go dormant (tan but not dead) during the hot part of the Summer unless you are watering the lawn.  Here are a few watering tips for your lawn ..read more