New Landscaping For Your Hernando County Lawn December in Florida is breathtaking. The temperature has become more tolerable and the torrential downpour season is over, allowing us to enjoy the outdoors, and our Spring Hill lawns are dormant, giving us additional hours to spend with friends and family instead of mowing. It’s no wonder the…
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle – Your Water? Everyone knows about the swamps in Florida, but only natives know that with our daily deluges, even our Hernando County lawns can become swamp land. So if our St. Augustine is looking and feeling more like the Everglades, then why should we be concerned with water conservation? For…
When To Hand-Water Your Lawn and Landscaping With our daily summer downpours, it’s hard to imagine any circumstance that would require you to hand-water your Hernando County lawn. When your Hernando Sun is water-logged before you even get a chance to read it, it’s downright easy to forget the months of drought that – without…
Is It Time For New Sod? Nature can wreak all kinds of havoc on our Hernando County lawns: we experience droughts, floods, funguses from the perpetual humidity, and destructive bugs galore. If the majority of your lawn has been damaged by any of these things – or if you’re simply building a new home –…
Protecting Irrigation System From Power Surges You can count on it every summer. The afternoon thunderstorms roll in and Hernando County is mesmerized by bolts of lightning and the cacophony of thunder. The show is dramatic, and often short-lived, so we’ve come to appreciate our storms; except when we are affected by power surges or…
Alternatives to St. Augustine Grass Hernando County and the surrounding areas have unique concerns when it comes to maintaining a lush lawn. Because of our heat, we need to use grass and plants that are drought resistant; because of our torrential summer rains, we need to use grass and plants that are also flood resistant.…
How Grubs Can Ruin Your Lawn As Florida residents, we expect insects to be part of our lives. Palmetto bugs, mosquitoes, slugs…they all come with the territory. But one insect that can wreak havoc on your Hernando County lawn is the dreaded grub. Grubs are most prevalent in the summer, yet can destroy your yard…
Is It Time To Upgrade Your System? Like anything else associated with your home – your air conditioner, your water heater, your roof – sprinkler systems wear out over time. Sure, they don’t receive the daily workout that our ACs do, but they are still subjected to extreme Hernando county heat, hard water, and mower-related…
We’ve had a pretty dry year, so far. Lawns are dry, brown and crunchy beneath our feet, lakes and ponds are well below normal water levels (if not completely dried out), and everything else is wilting away right before our eyes. We can usually count on a few good soakings before the summer storms begin,…
One of the perks of living in Florida is that we get to enjoy wildlife year-round. As our communities grow, however, we encroach on the natural habitats of some of the most beautiful species local to Hernando County and the surrounding areas. Many of the animals we displace play a vital role in our ecosystem:…
