Category: Maintenance Tips

(Why Weeds Still Grow Through Mulch) Landscape fabric is usually installed underneath mulch during landscaping projects. It does not matter whether the mulch material is gravel, wood chips, or bark mulch. There is one main reason to install landscape fabric. It separates the native soil from the mulch layer. In other words, it helps prevent…

Last year, I finished the backyard garden for this client. This spring, we were planning to start the front yard project. But I received a message. Part of the front lawn, where we planned to install new sod, was badly damaged by European chafer beetles. The client was worried:“If we install new sod, won’t the…

This is a question I often hear from customers during winter: “When is the best time to cut ornamental grasses?” Ornamental grasses are different from regular lawn grass. They are grown on their own, often as a feature in the garden, and have their own shape. Grasses can be divided into two main types: deciduous…

When you work in a garden, sometimes you need to do concrete work. You might build stairs or retaining walls, make a pathway, stack blocks to make a wall, or fix the base of a column. But usually, we avoid doing concrete work in winter. Why? What is concrete?It is a mix of cement, sand,…