California poppy, beardtongue, chaparral mallow, pitcher sage, and manzanita are some of the best native plants for your Bay Area landscape.
Author: Abdul Wadood
Abdul Wadood is a professional writer and landscaping hobbyist who thinks beautiful lawns make the world a better place. When he’s not working in the yard, he enjoys visiting botanical gardens and relaxing in nature.
How to Winterize Your Lawn Mower
Emptying the gas tank, changing the engine oil, replacing the spark plug, servicing the air filter, sharpening the blades, lubricating moving parts, and proper storage are all the steps involved in winterizing your mower.
How to Tell If You Have Compacted Soil
If your lawn stays brown even after watering and fertilizing, compacted soil could be the culprit. Compacted soil happens when soil particles press together too tightly, blocking air, water, and nutrients from reaching the grass roots.
Common Spring Lawn Pests: How to Identify and Control Them
Spring creates the perfect conditions for pests to wake up. Grubs, chinch bugs, armyworms, billbugs, ants, sod webworms, mole crickets, and aphids are some common spring lawn pests.
How to Scalp a Lawn: Complete Guide for Bermuda and Zoysia
Scalp your Bermuda and Zoysia lawns when soil temperatures reach 60 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Lower the mowing height gradually, and bag the clippings and debris instead of composting them.
How to Get Rid of Gray Snow Mold on Your Lawn
Gray snow mold can leave your lawn looking patchy and matted, but the damage is temporary. Your lawn can bounce back as temperatures warm up and you rake out the matted grass.
How to Cut Long Grass (Even Without a Mower)
To cut long grass, check for obstacles, trim overgrown areas with a string trimmer, complete the first mow, allow recovery time, mow again, and repeat as needed.
How to Overseed a Lawn
To overseed a lawn, you need to dethatch, aerate, mow low, amend the soil, spread seeds evenly, apply starter fertilizer, and water properly.
When to Aerate Your Lawn
The best time to aerate depends on the type of grass. Aerate cool-season grasses from late summer through fall and warm-season grasses in late spring or early summer.
How to Reseed a Lawn
To reseed a lawn, you need to get rid of your old lawn, prep the soil, spread the seeds evenly, apply starter fertilizer, protect the seeds with mulch, and water properly.