SEANSCAPES » disaster http://seanscapes.com commercial and residential » landscape services Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:27:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 More Delays http://seanscapes.com/2009/10/29/more-delays/ http://seanscapes.com/2009/10/29/more-delays/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:28:55 +0000 sean http://seanscapes.com/2009/10/29/more-delays/ Forecast is calling for another 5 to 7 inches of rain over the next 36 hours. I’m planning on working Saturday, if the lawns—and weather—will permit. Leaf removal will be done to the best of my ability, however, there will undoubtedly be areas of many lawns I won’t be able to clean. I’m as frustrated as anyone—thankfully, next week looks nice ‘n dry.

(0)]]> http://seanscapes.com/2009/10/29/more-delays/feed/ 0 And It Rained http://seanscapes.com/2009/10/22/and-it-rained/ http://seanscapes.com/2009/10/22/and-it-rained/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:13:40 +0000 sean http://seanscapes.com/?p=70 And then the rain came… again, and again, and again. In the 10 years I’ve been doing lawncare, I can’t recall having seen more rain in such a short amount of time—and during this time of year. Sadly, with the amount of rain we’ve had, I’m also seeing a tremendous amount of soil erosion. Soil erosion is bad. To put it bluntly: there is nothing that can be done about losing areas of turf due to soil erosion, other than replacing it in the spring, or—preferrably—preventative measures (ie., French drains, gutter downspout relocation). I have have seen soil erosion in excess of 3″ this year alone; exposing tree roots and carving deep ruts along fence lines and pavement. We’ll need to address these problems before Spring arrives.

We will see a spike in turf diseases this Autumn as well… namely, Brown Patch. As a homeowner, the one thing you can do to lessen the likelihood of turf disease in your lawn, is to disable your irrigation… Now. Brown Patch disease thrives in cool temperatures and damp turfgrass. Additionally, if your lawn is chemically treated, the fertilization being applied during this time of year will increase the rate and spread of Brown Patch—this is especially true in Zoysiagrass and St. Augustine lawns. My advice for you, would be to to ask your lawn chemical specialist to delay application until your lawn has had adequate time to dry.

We have had an extraordinarily wet Summer and Autumn; which can lead to all types of lawn problems—let’s try to stay ahead of Mother Nature.

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