A lush, weed-free lawn is one of our major lawn goals. Achieving this can seem like a non stop process of back breaking weed pulling but it doesn’t have to be. Not only do we have herbicides to kill existing weeds but a pre-emergent can prevent a weed (particularly...
Winter grass or Poa annua is exactly as the scientific or botanical name describes it. Poa meaning grass and annua meaning annual. In this blog we deep dive into the weed that is wintergrass, exploring its life cycle, ways to treat it both curative and preventative,...
Nutgrass, more like not grass. It is after all actually a sedge and while it does have some similarities, it is also very different. Here we discuss some of the differences, why it's so hard to kill nutgrass, how to make sure you get rid of it and how to reduce the...
What exactly is a weed? Well, it's basically a plant that's growing where we don't want it and while Creeping oxalis isn't exactly the fastest grower and it doesn’t have spikes that ruin your backyard cricket game like bindii but it is something that has been slowly...
When Sun Zhu said “know thy enemy” I'm sure in part he was probably referring to bindii, that painful thorn that ravages backyard cricket games, super soaker fights every Summer across Australia. Ok, I’m willing to concede that maybe he wasn't but it's an idea that is...
Spring makes the most sense right? It’s the time of year when Winter is over and lawns are starting to grow, soil temperatures are warming up so why not get out there, give the lawn a bit of a mow, the edges a trim and kick start your lawn in the right direction with...
Lawn mowed, edges done, weeds killed, fertiliser applied and watered in. Well you have probably deserved a well-earned rest in our eyes. So what's next after doing a weed and feed, or in other words how do I take my lawn to the next level? In this blog we explore the...
I'm often asked what to do when it comes to lawn care, beyond mowing the lawn, what’s next? Well, there are the obvious ones like watering and edging the lawn. Those are the basics, beyond that the next task to consider is a weed and feed. This involves killing off...
