Taking Care of Trees in the Summer
A simple guide to taking care of your trees this summer. As it’s probably obvious, Summers in Arizona can be extremely harsh on your trees and it may take a lot to keep them healthy. To keep them from becoming infested, sick with a disease, or get destroyed in a summer storm, follow these guidelines to ensure tree care. Yard Inspection Checking your trees for warning signs of diseases and/or infestations early can save your tree and your wallet in the long-run. An unhealthy tree can also affect the surrounding plants as well. Pruning Dead or...
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Preventing serious heat damage with our summer lawn care tips During our scorching heat summer lawn care is important. Don’t worry, it is possible to conserve water while still maintaining a healthy lawn. Summers are brutal here in the Valley of the Sun and maintaining grass lawns can be quite the tedious task. With the extreme temperatures Arizona has in the summer, it’s important to know how to water your lawn properly in order to maintain a healthy lawn while still conserving water. With the dry summer heat, some people think they...
read moreHow to Prevent HOA Letters
Don’t get Penalized by Your HOA Green Keeper can help keep your HOA happy and your wallet happier! Have you ever received a letter like this or something similar from your HOA? Do you wish you had help keeping your yard spotless and your HOA off your back? Well, good news! Green Keeper wants to help put a stop to those inconvenient fines, keep your HOA happy and help keep your yard looking flawless. Green Keeper provides… Weed Control Lawn Care Tree & Shrub Care & Consultations (when something isn’t looking right in your yard.)...
read morePreparing Your Yard for Summer
It’s about that time to start prepping for summer. Are you ready? Spring is a wonderful time to get ourselves summer ready for all those lake trips and beach visits, but that’s not the only thing spring can help us prepare for. Spring is also a time to prepare our yards for the scorching Arizona heat that is bound to come. If you have a yard that you like keeping healthy and looking spectacular, you might want to check out the tips below. Tips to get Your Yard Summer-Ready: Aerate Your Lawn Aerating your lawn before summer allows water,...
read morePlanting and Pruning Your Landscape for Spring
Ready to Start Planting and Pruning Your Landscape for Spring? It’s time to begin planting and pruning again as the new season approaches. Winter is coming to a quick end as desert temperatures start climbing up the thermometer and cozy jackets become lighter sweaters. For the past few months, trees and shrubs have needed to be covered during the chilly nights and carefully watched. With the weather warming up, you may still need to cover those plants, but it’s also time to start prepping for spring and Arizona’s scorching summer. Growing...
read moreWinter Watering in the Desert
Rain, rain DON’T go away…but weeds please do! How Winter Watering in the Desert Works In most places, rain is depressing and ruins days, but when living in the desert, where the sun seems to never go away, rain is always a time to celebrate. This past winter, Arizona has been getting quite a bit of rain and it’s been nothing but great. However, with as much rain as Arizona has been getting, maybe it’s time to check on your watering schedule and check on those weeds that are popping up everywhere because of the rain. Watering In the...
read more3 Tips on Caring for Your Winter Garden in Arizona
Gardening is a favorite pastime for many people in Arizona and we have a climate that makes it possible to cultivate a garden all year long. Winter in Arizona does have a cold spell that consists of approximately two weeks where the temperature drops below freezing at night. If you happen to live in higher elevations, temperatures can be colder during the day as well, leading to some gardening difficulty. Here are 3 tips to help you protect your Arizona garden this winter. Cover Your Fragile Plants During Colder Arizona Nights If you have...
read moreHow to Prevent Winter Weeds in Your Rocks
Preventing winter weeds in your rocks In Arizona, there is no relief from the constant threat of weeds, even in the winter. While most of the country is covered in snow, our state is covered in weeds, so Arizona is still the better place to live, the weeds think so too. Weed seeds, lying in wait below your rock-yard, start to germinate and sprout as the temperature begins to drop, in our fall and winter months. Winter weeds you may see in your yard: Silver-Sheath Knot-Week (Polygonum argyrocoaleon). Spiny Sow-Thistle (Sonchus asper)....
read morePearlscale in Arizona Lawns
Pearlscale, The Scourge of Bermuda Grass As your yard emerges from a season of dormancy, it is refreshing to see that hearty green grass. It is not refreshing, however, to see the circular patterns of Pearlscale damage left in your yard. And the worst part is that this insidious insect lays about 100 eggs during the summer and that offspring multiplies the destruction of the lawn you have worked so hard to nurture. The tiny bugs we know as Pearlscale live deep in the ground and feed off of the roots of your grass, killing individual...
read moreFertilization and aeration
No Time Like the Present As June brings us beautiful sunshine and summer fun, it also brings us triple-digit temperatures. Now is the time to aerate and fertilize your lawn so that you don’t have to spend the time reviving it later in the summer when the heat gets really dangerous. Most of us here in the Valley of the Sun have Bermuda Grass, and with our desert climate, it is really thriving. But, what if it isn’t? Our soils are mostly a very dense clay, and this compaction can really hurt your yard. That’s why it is...
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