I know it may not feel like it with these 90 degree days, but the first day of fall is this Friday. Now is the time to to update your sprinkler’s settings to make sure you are getting adequate water coverage for your lawn and landscape in North Texas. this fall. How much should you […]
How about this weather? It’s hard to complain about these cooler temperatures and rain, but it does bring Brown Patch, which we’ve been seeing a lot of in the past week. We typically don’t see Brown Patch until later September in North Texas, but with these cooler temperatures at night we are seeing some brown […]
It’s a home owner’s nightmare. You look outside and realize your sprinklers are running, and judging by the water running down the street, they’ve been running all day long. You run to your sprinkler controller and turn it off, but nothing happens! Your sprinklers are still going full blast. You have no idea what is […]
It started with fall aeration. Which is not that unusual for Village Green. Most of our landscape projects start with us doing smaller jobs for a customer, earning their trust, which leads to future work. That’s how we’ve grown our business since day one, and how we ended up working with Mr. and Mrs. B […]
Every year I get a dozen or so questions regarding weird little balls customers find in their lawns. Our recent Quick Tips on out of the ordinary subjects, like dog vomit fungus, have been so popular I figured it was time to tackle this as my next Quick Tip subject. These little ‘balls’ are galls, […]
The first day of summer is one week from today, so it’s time to get ready to update your sprinkler’s settings to make sure you are getting adequate water coverage for your lawn and landscape in North Texas. How much should you water in the summer? During the summer, water two days per week and […]
I’ve received a lot of feedback on my Quick Tips about dog vomit fungus and crane flies. I have also received more questions about other things our customers have wondered about in the past. Today I’m going to tackle what one customer described as looking like a ‘giant wasp from an old Japanese horror movie.’ […]
I’m a firm believer that my job is to reduce your stress, not contribute to it, which is why I rarely sent out an alert like I’m doing today. In recent weeks, we’ve seen chinch bugs in a few of our customer’s lawns and today’s alert is to make sure everyone knows to be on […]
This is the time in North Texas when people start spending more time outdoors, often working in their yards and landscape beds on our pretty weekends. Without fail, each spring, when people start turning their soil for spring planting, they find grub worms in their soil and become concerned that they have a major problem. […]
Over the years, I’ve had numerous calls from Village Green customers trying to determine what this ‘disgusting’ yellow blob was in their yard or landscaped beds. These customers usually send a photo to me to help them diagnose this alien looking lump that appeared overnight. The funniest part is when they provide their own theories […]