Lawn Care

How to Protect Grass and Trees During This Week’s Scorching Weather

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 7, 2023 /

It seems like every day we are breaking a new record for heat here in Texas. Even the most seasoned Texans are having a hard time coping with this extreme heat. As you look around, the highway medians are scorched, trees are weeping, and aside from the old reliable crepe myrtle, there is not a…

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Home Turf: Keely Knight Gives the ‘Mow-down’ on Making the Most of Your Lawn Investment

By Heather Hunter / July 5, 2017 /
Synthetic Turf

We don’t have grass in our front yard. Every weekend, my husband and I diligently mow our wretched weed patch and dream of the day we can afford to set the whole thing on fire and put down some real, honest-to-goodness sod. Okay, we won’t actually set fire to anything. But it would be so…

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