Posts Tagged "grass"

Summer Lawn Care 101

Posted on June 10th, 2021

It’s June, and your gloriously green, spring lawn, may not be looking quite as vibrant right now. So let’s do something about it! It’s time to give your lawn a little boost. As the weather turns hot, the cool-season grasses in our lawns start to suffer and could use a little of your help to […]

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Grass Seeding 101

Posted on April 11th, 2021

The season for seeding is upon us! If you’re ready to get to overseeding or spot seeding your lawn, the first thing you need to do is your yard clean-up. Use your heavy-duty rake and really go to town raking up the sticks, old weeds, and dead grass.  Your next step will be to decide […]

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Spring Checklist

Posted on February 17th, 2020

Spring is the busiest time in your garden, and it can be easy to miss some important tasks that you’ll kick yourself for later. But good news! This spring checklist is customized for you—gardening in the New England climate—and it’s what we follow to keep our own gardens in tip-top shape to enjoy for months to […]

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Dads Love Their Lawns

Posted on June 10th, 2019

Dads love their lawns. Lots of moms do too but today we are going to focus on the dads. Often while the family is off shopping for flowers in the greenhouse, the dads hang out in the lawn care corner with all the cool lawn stuff and lots of questions about how to get the […]

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Lawn Care Guide

Posted on March 1st, 2018

Van Wilgen’s Garden Center wants you to have the lawn that you desire.  Whether you are happy with, “as long as it is green”, or you want a lawn that is golf course worthy, we can help.  Here are some steps to take you through the year. We have been trained to think of lawn […]

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Patchwork Seeding

Posted on April 20th, 2017

(Seeding Small Patches of your Lawn) I know I probably sound like a broken record.  “Seed, seed, seed, okay, enough already with the seed!”  I know this is what you are saying to me but seed is just so darn good for the lawn.  It is the best way to fill in unsightly dirt patches, […]

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Green For Good Luck!

Posted on March 10th, 2017

St. Patrick’s Day is a good time to think about greening things up in the yard. If green is the color of good luck shouldn’t we be doing everything we can to green up our lawns and gardens this year?!  Who couldn’t use an extra bit of good luck?!  Let’s think green.  Let’s make our […]

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