Healthy Lawn Guide

Tips For Growing A Healthy Lush Lawn

The best lawn on the Block - Lawn Care Tips by Mark Cullen

As Canada emerges from the deep freeze we tend to get pretty antsy to get out of doors. Everyone, it seems, wants to have a...

Lawn Spreader Settings

Types of lawn spreaders: DROP SPREADER PRO-MIX SPREADER Application Patterns: HALF RATE (2 passes) FULL RATE (1 Pass) How to calibrate your fertilizer spreader If your spreader is not listed here, you...

All about soil texture

Soil texture will influence how you use fertilizer. Soil with good texture can hold adequate water, oxygen, and nutrients for plants. Soil with poor texture...

Aerating a lawn - why and how

Have you ever seen a lawn covered with small holes and plugs of earth? Those are the telltale signs that a lawn has just been...

3 Steps to a lush lawn - with Mark Cullen

Canada's Gardening Guru" Mark Cullen shares how to get a lush green lawn in only 3 steps.

Understanding soil ph

Have you ever stuck your finger in vinegar? It burns, right? That’s because it’s too acidic for the human body — it’s not pH balanced...

Why you need to rake your lawn

Your grass needs to breathe, too. Gently raking your lawn, or “dethatching", increases movement of air, water, and nutrients into the soil by removing debris....

Growing a beautiful lawn in the shade

We all love big shade trees. But growing grass under them can be a challenge. Trees not only block sunlight, but compete with grass for...

Understanding different kinds of fertilizer

There are several types of fertilizers: granular, water soluble, and liquid. You can easily tell them apart just by looking at them. Granular Fertilizers Granular fertilizers are...