The Lite Gardener’s Services & Tips

According to the United States Department Of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service: "Mulching can be one of the most beneficial things you can do for your soil and your plants: (source) Mulches help to: keep down weeds, reduce the compaction and crusting...

To keep your lawn healthy and weed free it is important not to cut it too short.  The grass should not be mowed shorter done about 3 inches long.  Otherwise it goes brown during the heat of the summer.  It is also more susceptible to the growth of weeds. Grass should...

As part of our lawn maintenance programs we will monitor your lawn for the presence of chinch books and grubs and other insect pests and diseases.  If we find them, we have orgainc ways of controlling them as well as recommendations for you, the homeowner, to avoid...

From Seed or Laying Sod Seeding is usually the most economical method to establish a new lawn. It can be successfully started from anytime during the growing season but mid-summer is hardly ideal for seeding new lawns, since hot weather dries soil quickly.  Early fall...

Over Seeding Overseeding involves spreading grass seed over an existing lawn to make it thicker and better able to crowd out weeds and defend against disease, drought and insect damage and also can quickly repair a lawn that is patchy due to the very factors that...

Top dressing involves spreading a good quality mix of topsoil or compost on top of the lawn and letting it naturally compact down into the existing soil. The key to a successful organic lawn program is the soil; there are wide variety of beneficial microorganisms and...

The Lite Gardener uses high quality fertilizers that release nutrients more slowly into the lawn which helps to avoid burning and reduces nitrate contamination of the groundwater somewhat.