The Value of Plants and Landscaping
If you are on the fence about landscaping your yard—here are some solid reasons that may tip the scales: Landscaping can add between 7 and 15 percent to a home’s value. Source: The Gallup Organization. Homes with “excellent” landscaping can...
How High Amounts of Moisture Affect Your Turf
When we consistently see above average rain fall throughout the growing season, this presents many challenges including flooding, field capacity of turf, damage to turf, and disease. Provided below is information regarding respiration of turf grass and how high...
Technology in the Landscape
The last few years have seen an influx of changes in the way we live our lives. It seems that technology has infiltrated every aspect of how we function. “The Internet of Things” as it is called is gaining traction for good or for bad. A common denominator to how this...
Grubs in Your Lawn?
Japanese Beetles have been a nuisance in Minnesota for a long time. Most of us know what they look like and the damage they can do to vegetation and the roots of turfgrass. The larvae stage feeds on roots while the adults will feed on over 300 varieties of vegetation....
Brown Patch Fungus
We would like to bring attention to a wide spread problem of fungus outbreaks in the middle of summer on turf grass, primarily Brown Patch. This disease affects every cool season grass which includes bluegrass, ryegrass, and fescues which are most prone for...Drip Irrigation – Emitter Line versus Individual Emitters
When installing a drip irrigation system there are many different ways to get water to the plant material. Today let’s talk about the difference between using emitter line versus individually emitting each plant. Emitter line is a drip line that has a built-in emitter...Seeding Your Turf
If you have some thin areas in your turf, Barrett can help! There is a general rule of thumb that overseeding should be done in the fall and in conjunction with aeration. This surely is an option, but it need not be observed as the rule. Spring can be a great time to...Proper Irrigation Head Adjustment
Proper head adjustment is a critical part to a properly functioning irrigation system. The best designed system can waste as much water as the poorest designed irrigation system if the sprinkler heads are not properly adjusted. This is a relatively quick operation...
