BestYard Blogs

Mites and chinch bugs can cause considerable damage to your lawn if left undiagnosed and not treated in 3 weeks or less. Here is some educational information to help you diagnose your lawn. Mites Grass mite differs considerably in appearance from the other turf-damaging mites. It is smaller and lighter in color. During most of... Read more »

We are seeing the worst infestation of active mites and chinch bugs in 27 years. About every fifth client is calling in complaining about huge brown spots in their yard. It’s due to the extremely dry winter and lack of heavy moisture this spring. Signs of Potential Mite or Chinch Bug Damage Dry patches that... Read more »

Cut Your Watering Bill up to 50% with BestYard.com’s Moisture Manager Program! Are you upset at the high costs of watering your yard? Do you want to reduce your watering cost? Are you concerned that drought conditions will damage your yard? Do you still want to have a beautiful, lush green healthy lawn? How Does it... Read more »

Environmental Impact Good landscaping with healthy lawns and green spaces are a great benefit to our environment. A thick healthy turf helps trap pollutants and dust from the air. A healthy landscape helps lower temperatures in urban areas, and it even reduces erosion of soil into our waterways. These are just a few of the... Read more »

Minor Adjustments Can Make Major Improvements! Perhaps you have noticed that your sprinkler just doesn’t seem to be working as effectively as it did when you installed it. Or, you are concerned about high water bills this coming season. The following is a quick list of the 6 most common problems BestYard.com sees when inspecting... Read more »

Most of the people know that their lawn needs one inch of water every week, however, what most do not know is: for how long they have to run the sprinklers to have that one inch of water in their lawn? That is what we will discuss in this blog. The first thing that you... Read more »

Inadequate watering of lawn during summers or during water shortage periods, like in droughts, greatly damages lawn, sometimes permanently. During summers or droughts when we do not water lawn sufficiently, because of the inflation in the water bills, the root system starts to adapt to new water deficient conditions. One of the most significant effects... Read more »

We all know how watering a lawn inflates the water bill during a drought. Therefore, it is important to take necessary steps to cut your watering bill and summer expenses. However, to reduce watering cost, first, you need to know what it costs you. That is why, in this blog, we are giving a worksheet... Read more »

Nobody wants their lawn to look shaggy, coarse, or with brown patches. However, that is what the intense summer sun does to your lawn. It takes a lot of effort to have a manicured lawn with crisp edges and lush grass like that of a riverbank. For having a yard that looks nurtured in a... Read more »

You probably know how the root system of your lawn plays a very important role in the life of your grass. Like all plants, the root system in grass absorbs the minerals and water needed for survival. What you probably do not know is that it sends hormonal signals to the aboveground portion of the... Read more »