Archive for August, 2011

Fertilizing Your Lawn

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Fertilizing your lawn should be done 3-4 times a year. The best times to fertilize your lawn are in May around Memorial Day, the first week of July and near Labor Day.

Most homeowners have varied results when fertilizing their lawns and end up with light green spots, dark green spots or stripes in their lawn. There are several reasons for this.

The product that you get in the store is usually different than the product that your professional lawn service uses. Store fertilizers come premixed in bags and sitting on the shelves for quite a while encourages clumps of various components of the mix to stick together.

Your lawn care professional has access to fresher product that is usually mixed more thoroughly as well as having special types of spreaders that distribute the product more evenly on your lawn. Light green spots or dark green spots are from clumps of fertilizer not being properly mixed and spread on your lawn. Storing fertilizer in the shed or garage allows moisture to collect in the fertilizer mix and can cause even more clumping making the mix more difficult to spread evenly.

Parkway Lawn can apply fertilizer and weed control to your lawn so you won’t have to deal with a spreader, bags of chemicals sitting in your garage or stripes and spots in your lawn. Call Parkway about fertilizing today at 612-869-5878.

To read more about our services visit: http://www.parkwaylawn.com/lawn-care-services.html

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Minnesota State Fair August 25th – September 5th

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

Once again it’s Fair time at the State Fair Grounds in St. Paul, Minnesota. There is so much to do and see at the State Fair you’ll need the whole day to explore. It’s a fun place to bring the family too. You can save a little money by bringing your own cooler and attending on discount days.

The regular admission for Adults (ages 13-64): $12, Seniors (65 & over): $10, Kids (5-12): $10, Children (Under 5): Free. This is the discount day’s schedule:

Discount Days at the Minnesota State Fair

  • August 30th – Military Appreciation Day – Active and retired military $7
  • August 31st – Read & Ride Wednesday – Adults $10, Seniors $7, Kids $7
  • September 1st – Seniors Day – Seniors $7
  • September 5th – Kids & Last Chance Day – Kids $7

If you go to the fair this year we hope you and your family enjoy all the exhibits. For more information about the Minnesota State Fair Schedule visit:  http://www.mnstatefair.org/general_info/daily_schedules.html

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Wet Summer 2011 Minneapolis

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

The summer of 2011 was a very wet summer in Minneapolis, MN.  The rain and damp soil helped the grass and the flowers stay beautiful all summer. It also allowed many other things around your yard to flourish such as weeds, mold, and crab grass.

Mold can also be encouraged by wet and humid conditions. Slime molds for instance survive winters as spores in the soil or deep in thatch layers or mulch. When cool and wet they germinate and form mobile spores that feed on organic matter and microorganisms. At some point these spores may then gather together and move up out of the soil onto grass blades, mulch, plant stems, and even trees and shrubs. At this point they appear as blobby jelly-like masses.

Parkway Lawn can help you with infestations such as these.

Learn more about crab grass control:

http://www.parkwaylawn.com/crab-grass-cure.html

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Invasion of the Japanese Beetles

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

Japanese Beetles

We have had numerous reports of heavy infesta­tion of Japanese beetles this season. Japanese beetles have been active above ground feeding on the foliage of grass, plants, and ornamental garden plants such as vines. Adult Japanese beetles begin laying eggs in the ground typically during the month of July. The most effective way to control the Japanese beetle is to put down a granular application for grub control during the months of August or September. Parkway Lawn Service will be applying this insecticide to a number of our customers’ gardens this season. Please call if you have concerns or need help diagnosing whether tests are needed.

Japanese Beetle

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