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Try as we might to hold onto summer, back-to-school season is here. And, before we know it, the air will turn crisp and fall will be here. As the seasons change, so does your lawn’s needs. Instead of growth, it needs maintenance and fall is the prime time to set the stage for a beautiful […]

If you’re a new homeowner, you might not yet be fully accustomed to caring for a lawn. You may think you can skip things like watering and fertilizer, and just let nature do its thing. However, our team at Nature’s Select® is here to tell you that, if you want a lawn to be proud […]

Is your irrigation effective? Don’t you wish that watering your lawn was like a “one size fits all” t-shirt? Wouldn’t it be nice to follow one set of guidelines, set your irrigation unit once, and forget about the whole thing once and for all? Unfortunately, when it comes to watering the “set it and forget […]

With the change in climate and the presence of boxwood blight in the landscape, it is now more important than ever to change pruning philosophy and adapt old ideologies to accommodate current status. Opening up boxwoods to create oxygen flow diminishes micro climates responsible for the promotion of fungus and disease. Visual data suggests that […]

When healthy, boxwood’s glossy, deep green leaves, tidy shape and fine texture make them popular and effective landscape plants. Unfortunately, boxwood are often yellowed or dull in color, plagued by insects or disease pests, poorly maintained and “ratty” looking. There are ways to improve the look of your problem boxwood with regular maintenance-read on! The […]

Summertime is so close we can smell it. Weekday evenings and weekends are starting to fill up with plans of baseball games, cookouts, and time outdoors with family. But wait, when are you going to find the time to care for your lawn? If lawn care is starting to get in the way of your […]

“If any single aspect of turf management ranks above the others, it’s soil”, says Dr. Nick Christians, an agronomy professor at Iowa State University’s Ames campus. And at Nature’s Select®, we couldn’t agree more. As you prepare your lawn and plant beds for the spring and summertime, it’s important to start from the ground up, […]

We are asked frequently about when the best time is to reseed fescue lawns. The answer really depends on the current condition of your lawn and how you feel about weeds. Spring and fall are the best times to seed, simply because fescue prefers the cooler temperatures at those times of year to the scorching […]