We just posted on the use of boulders, rocks, and stones as landscape design elements. Here is a maintenance customer that implemented that idea on a grand scale! But first, let's take a look at what our maintenance crews can do. Here are photos from a month or so back of the front lawn after … Continue reading Landscaping on the Lake
Rocks rock - when it comes to our yard and garden. Rocks come in all sizes and shapes, from LARGE decorative boulders, anchoring a stonework planting bed ... ... to small Delaware Chalet River Stone, protecting and embellishing garden plants. But first, where do rocks come from? They are frequently found in the wild, … Continue reading Landscape Design – Boulders, Rocks, Stones, & Gravel
Ben's Creek Nursery can design, source, and install a landscape and garden plan with decorative plants and specimen trees, as well as popular varieties of trees, plants, and shrubs for screenage, property line definition, shade, design emphasis, and overall esthetic satisfaction. All materials are, of course, subject to market and seasonal inventory variations. But if … Continue reading Decorative Plants … & More!
Lawns - like all God's creatures - have seasonal cycles and each season brings its own needs for nurture and growth. Just in time for October, we woke up this morning and received timely lawn tips from our friends at Super-Sod. Here are some highlights of their recommendations for warm season grasses like Bermuda, Centipede, … Continue reading October Lawn Care Tips
We are re-posting this article from years past because ... well, its that time of year! Armies are good, especially our army. And worms are good things, too. But armyworms … that's a different story. We like our lush, green lawns, and so do these little pests. Armyworms (commonly referred to as fall armyworms or … Continue reading If It’s Fall These Must Be Armyworms
Here is an unnerving update from the Turf Pathology division of NC Extension, whose team of research agents has been tracking the effects of the unseasonably hot weather on fescue and other cool season grasses. They summarize just how hot its been: This summer has been extremely tough, to say the least. Raleigh, New Bern, … Continue reading Report: High Heat & Fescue/Cool Season Grasses
This is a lawncare update followed by a recommendation regarding warm season grasses. Information about cool season grasses like fescue can be found here. For those with warm season turf (zoysia, centipede, or bermuda), you may have noticed a slight wilting and grayish or purple-to-blue discoloration to parts of your lawns. This is actually not … Continue reading Warm Season Grasses & Summer Heat
