Mowing Heights are Key to Longevity – Raleigh Lawn Care Every year we see homeowners who love to mow their tall fescue at 2.5 inches.  This may look great and resemble carpet but add a little of our summer heat and the grass will burn fast, foster disease, harbor more weeds, and eat its own

Capital City Groundskeeping knows warm season grasses Warm season grasses, Bermuda and Zoysia, have struggled this year up until now. Sod farms have had a difficult time harvesting the sod due to the grass being slower to mature from a cold winter and spring. We also saw a much higher disease rate than we previously

Extended Winter Weather Keeps Blooms Delayed | Raleigh Lawn Care & Raleigh Landscaping Services Extended winter weather keeps blooms delayed. For plants and grass, soil temperature is the deciding factor when they pop out of dormancy. Although this winter seems colder than the past several years, this winter is actually a very normal pattern for

Now that Summer has officially begun, it is important to properly maintain your lawn and landscaping to withstand the summer heat. First, start off by watering your lawn deeply and infrequently. This mean you should water 3-5 times per week for 20-45 minutes in each zone to reach a good depth, so you train your

If you have bald spots in your turf or need a whole new lawn, we are the sod experts! With our wide variety of warm and cool season grasses, we can place your order and have the freshest cut sod in town the next day. Don’t trust sod from your hardware store that’s been sitting

When we see cold weather in the Triangle, I like to tell people to think of your lawn like a golf course, and not walk on the frozen grass. Preventing additional stresses can cause damage in the spring when your lawn is trying to green up. Also, when the grass is wet and dormant, you