The weather is starting to heat up (Finally!). Now is the time to sit back, relax and enjoy your new lawn. What? You’re still looking at dirt? Why? It’s still a really good time of year to lay sod. The heat we love so much just means that the grass needs a little more water. The nights are still cool. I’ve found that watering in the early morning or late evening works best for my lawn and I don’t have to water as often.

With the increasing gas prices, bumper to bumper traffic and all the hassel that comes with traveling,  what could be better than a vacation in your own backyard on beautiful Kentucky Bluegrass. Still too hot for all that work? Let us do the install for you. Our install crews are professional and very fast. You could have the sod delivered in the morning, installed in the afternoon and enjoying your new lawn by evening. Pretty cool.

With all the rain we’ve recently gotten, does your lawn need water? The best way to decide is to take a long screwdriver and push it into a few different spots in your yard. Does it slide into the ground easily? If it does then the soil is moist enough and does not need watering right now. It can wait for a few days. If the screwdriver won’t go into the ground easily, now is the time to water.

So the next question is how much to water. We recommend 1 1/2 inch every 7-10 days for established lawns. Handy tip: an empty tuna fish can is about 1 in tall. Place the empty can in a non-overlapping sprinkler area and time how long it takes to fill. This would tell you how long you need to let your sprinklers run to get 1 1/2 in on your lawn.

Enjoy the beautiful sunshine but keep the Ark handy. This is Utah after all.

Knowledge comes with experience and yet if we don’t have the knowledge how are we going to get good experiences that don’t turn us completely away from the knowledge-gaining opportunities.  Instead of wandering around blindly, you seek out others who already have the knowledge.  And we are going to give what you so desperately need—some knowledge to get you started.

If you are looking for sod you want to know you have the best quality sod for your yard or business. So how will you know if it’s sitting right in front of you or if you need to continue looking?  Here are some key signs to know if you are looking at quality sod or not:
•    Consistency
•    Fertilization
•    Maturity
•    Time of Harvest
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July Lawn Care Tips

For Mother’s Day, when I was 13, I decided to save up my allowance and get my mom a nice gift. I started saving and watching the newspaper ads in March to find just the right gift. A couple weeks before Mother’s Day I saw an ad which read, ‘Make Mom’s Life Easier With These Great Gifts!’. In the ad were various gifts, but my eyes were caught on the kitchen appliance section. There was an electric meat cutter and an electric mixer on sale (neither of which we had) and I had just enough money to get both. And since, almost every Sunday we had a big roast with mashed potatoes, I felt they were items that would be used and appreciated.

I started building up my mom’s expectations from that point on. I kept telling her, “You’re gonna love your gift! It is so great! It will make your life easier!” I had a hard time waiting for Mother’s Day. I almost couldn’t stand to watch as she unwrapped the gifts, I was soooo excited! Needless to say, I didn’t receive the reaction I was hoping for. And I took a mental note to NEVER buy a woman an appliance for a birthday or holiday ever again.
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June Lawn Care Tips

When I was first married I had a sporty little silver car with a sunroof. After several years and 2 kids, I graduated to another sporty silver car, this time a little larger so that we could fit 2 car seats. Next trade in forced me to give up on the “sporty” cars and get a minivan. It took me several weeks to accept the fact that I was a full-fledged family man now and since a car couldn’t fit 3 car seats comfortably, a minivan it was. The minivan seats 7 and I felt fairly confidant that we could run that one into the ground with the current and future composition of our family. I was wrong! We are having twins, which brings our family up to a total of 5 children, and although the van seats 7, it does not seat 7 when 5 are in car seats.
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May Lawn Care Tips

I arrived home for lunch on Friday and my 4 year old girl called me over to the edge of the lawn. “Daddy, daddy. Come look at the pretty yellow flower!” I walked over and saw a solitary dandelion at the very edge of the lawn. As I bent down to eradicate the weed, horrified she yelled, “Daddy, NO! I Loooooooooovvvvvveeee it soo oo oo ooo much.” I tried to explain to her that if we left it there pretty soon our lawn would be covered with dandelions. She thought that would be a dream come true. I, on the other hand, would rather not have the pretty yellow flowers in the lawn.
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