by Cathy Rigsbee | Feb 16, 2016 | Clover's Blog, Enviromental Benefits
I am often asked what do we do during the winter months at GrowinGreen. The first thing that I must make clear is that the environment and educating our employees is our top priority! I am asked about this often and especially when there is snow on the ground. One...
by Cathy Rigsbee | Feb 4, 2016 | Clover's Blog, Enviromental Benefits
Below, you will find an article and picture that was printed in the October 8th, 2015 issue of “Lawn and Landscape” magazine written by Jerad Minnick. I have always stated that a natural lawn is very beneficial to the environment and this article does a...
by cleversupport | Dec 16, 2015 | Clover's Blog, Fall Seeding
Tommy Cowett’s On the Lawn updating us on the Turfgrass Soil Amendment Study. For this study, we laid out randomly three 10ft x 10ft plots per product including our control group. Every plot is being treated identically – all plots were aerovated, product applied and...
by cleversupport | Dec 2, 2015 | Clover's Blog, General, Winter Lawn Issues
In the Piedmont Triad, we never know what to expect during the winter. We may have snow, ice, spurts of warmth, too much precipitation and even dry spells. Chances are we’ll have mixed bag and while we’re warm by the hearth; our plants will have to weather...
by cleversupport | Nov 24, 2015 | Clover's Blog, General, Tree & Shrub
As Tommy mentioned many times, compost and compost tea help plants grow. Here’s some basic information to help you get started in composting. According to the EPA, 20-30% of what we throw away is food scraps and yard waste. These items should be composted. Doing...
by cleversupport | Oct 15, 2015 | Clover's Blog, Fall Seeding
Lawn Restoration is serious business and at GrowinGreen we do not make the recommendation unless it is necessary. A field manager visited a new customer to provide an estimate. The first two photos show what he found during that visit – the lawn was all weeds,...