Winter can be hard on all of us. It’s cold and dark and just when you think you’re almost through it, another ice storm hits and your walkways become death traps again. Many North Carolina homeowners find that using an ice melt product can significantly reduce the risk of falls on their property; however, the […]

The holidays are here, your family is together in your warm home, and you gaze out your twinkling light-lined window and see… a patchy, weedy, brown lawn. If you’re dreading staring at your not-so-green lawn for the rest of the season and into the warmer months, now is the time to start thinking about taking […]

In North Carolina, winter is here and many homeowners wonder what exactly happens to their grass during these cold months. Does it die? Go dormant? What do I need to do to care for it? Our team at Nature’s Select® are experts in all things lawn care, and we love to share our knowledge and […]

Fall colors are in full bloom in North Carolina, and with that comes the question of fall leaf clean-up. Many homeowners feel the pressure to immediately rake their leaves and dispose of them, while others feel that raking leaves isn’t necessary. After all, Mother Nature put the leaves there, won’t she take them away? So […]

Aeration or “core aeration” is the practice of punching small plugs or cores into the lawn in order to create openings in the turf to allow water and air to penetrate the soil. Overseeding your lawn is the process of planting new grass to fill in any bare or worn patches. Our team at Nature’s […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]