Lawn Care Blog
How to Create Outdoor Ambience with Lighting
At Arbor-Nomics, we consider outdoor spaces another room of your home. From hot summer months to late fall, we think it’s important to take advantage of your lawn as much as you can. Whether you want to extend your outdoor summer fun or enjoy your space when the days are short and cooler, lighting is a key element. Here are our tips on creating beautiful, ambient lighting for your outdoor…
Avoid These Three Common Summer Lawn Diseases
Atlanta’s hot summer temperatures unfortunately create the perfect conditions for a few summer lawn diseases that can be difficult to treat. Keep a close eye on your lawn during the summer months – since these conditions are common, they can appear relatively quickly. Here are three summer lawn diseases to watch out for this summer and a few tips on how to mitigate the risk of your lawn contracting them….
Attract Butterflies to Your Garden with These Plants
Nothing feels more like summer than seeing butterflies floating around a colorful Atlanta garden. And since Georgia is home to a number of butterflies like monarchs, painted ladies, tiger swallowtails, and black swallowtails, it’s relatively simple to attract them to your lawn. In addition to adding beauty to your outdoor space, they will pollinate your flowers and help sustain a healthy garden. Below, we’ve listed a few flowers that are…
Grow These Hardy Plants for Flowers All Summer
Though it’s late spring, it’s not too late to plant flowers for mid- to late-summer blooms. We’ve rounded up a few that require little maintenance and will yield beautiful flowers to enjoy during the hot months ahead. With these varieties, add color to your outdoor space or cut them for an arrangement you can enjoy inside your home as well. Zinnias. These hardy flowers are southern classics for a reason….
Enhancing Your Outdoor Living Space for Spring and Summer
Early spring is the perfect time to prepare your southern lawn and outdoor living space for the warmer months ahead. While your lawn wakes up and the days grow longer, take advantage of the natural beauty around you by creating an outdoor space for you and your family to enjoy. Read on for a few simple tips that will help you create an outdoor oasis at your own home. …
How Dog Owners Can Keep Their Lawns Healthy
While we all love our canine friends, keeping your lawn lush and healthy when you own a dog can be challenging. From territory-marking to digging, your pet may have your lawn looking a little worse for the wear. If this is the case, read on for our tips on how to keep your southern lawn looking its best. If you’re noticing yellow or brown dead patches in your yard or…
Lawn Maintenance Tools: What You Need and How to Use Them
We’re proud of our lawn treatment programs, but, like you, we are well aware that they are only part of a comprehensive lawn care regimen. Each of those tasks requires an appropriate tool. Walk into any home improvement store, and you’ll see an overwhelming selection. It’s hard to know where to start! To help you prepare for spring, we’ve listed the ones that are most important for keeping your Atlanta…
Seven Tips to Nip Southern Weeds in the Bud
Springtime is just around the corner! The grass will soon be green again, and your garden’s flowers will start to bloom. Unfortunately, spring’s arrival also means that some other plants will start to crop up in your lawns and gardens — weeds. Before it gets much warmer, here are some tips for how to nip those pesky weeds in the bud. Know your weeds. Most of the wide variety of…
5 Flowers to Plant Now for Early Spring Blooms
February means that spring is just around the corner. Though your lawn may look dormant, now is the time to start preparing for the upcoming warm season. Pre-spring treatments like aeration and fertilization are key to maintaining beautiful, thick grass. And if you’re anxious for some color to appear in your garden soon, try planting these five flowers that you’ll be able to harvest in early spring. Sweet Peas. Sweet…
Atlanta Georgia Planting Season: What to Plant and When
We’re at the start of a brand new year, a great time to plan gardening and landscaping for the months ahead. Read on for our breakdown of what and when to plant in your Atlanta garden. While maintaining a beautiful garden and lawn takes labor, you’ll be rewarded by a bounty of colorful, fragrant flowers, delicious vegetables, and a beautiful Atlanta lawn to enjoy throughout the year.