Helping or Hurting? Why Topdressing Composition Matters
Did You Know Topdressing Could Scorch Your Lawn? Certain types of topdressing, even those sold at local [...]
Summer Rain in Central Texas: 6 Things You Need to Know about Your Lawn
We love summer rain here at Emerald Lawns. But, how does that rain affect your lawn in [...]
Good Lawn Watering Habits
Watering on a consistent schedule works well. It makes it harder to forget to water your lawn and it helps you follow the designated watering scheduled placed by the city of Austin. However, be conscious and considerate of your grass’ response to this given schedule.
Grass Cycling: Save Time and Money while Growing Your Lawn
Grass cycling, or leaving your grass clippings on the lawn after you mow, helps you recycle your yard waste.
How to Fix and Prevent a Yellow Lawn
Naturally, you want your grass green again, and fast. But what caused the problem?
Benefits of a Healthy Lawn
Emerald Lawns wants to improve your grass so you can get these five benefits to your home.
Functional and Decorative Landscape Mulching
Landscape Mulching inhibits weed germination and growth, helps hold in soil moisture, moderates soil-temperature fluctuations and can help keep plant roots cooler in summer months.
5 Tips for Eco-Friendly Lawn Care
If you’re interested in eco-friendly lawn care, then, we have some suggestions for you. A lawn doesn’t [...]
Why is Soil Carbon Important in Your Lawn?
Carbon is one of the pieces of the soil food web puzzle that often goes overlooked. Maintaining a balance of Carbon to Nitrogen at 20:1 in the soil directly helps support a healthy soil food web. This will give you healthy plants. It is the energy/food source needed for the beneficial microorganisms within the soil.
What are the components of healthy soil?
Soil is the source for all food and fiber consumed on Earth. It is a medium composed [...]