Want to green up you lawn but want to “Green up” your impact on the earth?
Weather sensing irrigation controller are you ticket. ET Clocks are another name for these Smart Controllers.    We can replace your old irrigation contoller with a smart controller and program it in about an hour. We have tried many brands of ET clocks and have found Weathermatic to be the most user friendly. Please contact us to discuss more!
Chason is back and running the show in Kalispell. He’s got a new sidekick Caitlin. These two are great! Chason loves feed back and would like to know what he can do for you.
THE WHITEFISH CREW!
You’ve know them for years and they are back again. Your trusty and faithful Brandy and Kat will continue to magically make your backyard into an oasis. Just think of all the time these girls save you in a summer!
Whitefish Mow Crew
They hope you are getting out and enjoying your family and town!
What is aeration? It’s those dirt and grass plugs you see laying on people’s lawns or at golf courses! Why?
It removes up to 50% of your thatch.
Reduces water needs up to 60%.
Provides roots with oxygen.
Stimulates root growth and more efficient fertilizer absorption.
Helps increase your lawns strength, disease tolerance and drought.
Over all it makes a thick, healthy, green lawn!!
Turfgrass cultivation activities include hollow tine aerification, solid tine aerification, spiking, slicing, and water injection. These activities, to varying degrees, can reduce thatch, prepare turf for overseeding, and relieve soil compaction.
We use a self-powered hollow tine aerifiers (core aerifiers) that insert hollow tines into the soil, removing a soil plug 3/4″ in diameter and 2″ to 3″ deep, depending on soil type and soil moisture.  In general, the more cores removed per square foot, the more effective the cultivation will be; removing fifteen to thirty cores per square foot is recommended. This is done by making 2 perpendicular swipes over the lawn.   This also must be done during active growth and a month prior to winter shut-down.
Golf courses do it every year!
Call us today to set up your aeration.
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Would you like a light dethatch? power de-thatch? or aeration? Don’t know how to answer the question?Â
If your lawn has thatch over a 1/4 to 1/2 an inch deep you have a few options to bring it back to a healthy depth. Well here are some ideas as to what each will do.
Light dethatch uses a spring tine rake on the front of our Walkers. This is great for spring time to lift up the matted grass and bring up the dead blades of grass from last year. This does not remove much thatch. It is great for cleaning up the yard and getting it ready to grow if it already has a healthy depth of thatch.Â
Power de-thatching uses a device that has a rotating drum with slicing blades on it. It aggressively cuts through the top layer of thatch and lifts it to the surface. It is set to leave 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch of thatch behind.  To power de-thatch we go over the lawn 2 twice in perpendicular directions.  We use the Walkers to pick-up the debris that are lifted. When you have an 1 or more of thatch you could benefit from an instant reduction that the power dethatching accomplishes. This should be done before the lawn starts actively growing or at the end of the season.
Aeration is the machine that pulls out the plugs of sod. This should be done once the lawn is actively growing. This increases air and water movement to aid the bacteria in decomposing the excessive thatch.  Aeration is an overall improvement to the health of the lawn which in turns allows the natural bacteria to keep the thatch in check so that you should not need to power de-thatch again.  Â
Our recommendation is a light dethatch with the Walker in the spring to lift the matted grass and give the spring feel. Then we recommend aerating yearly or a minimum of every 3 years to keep your lawn healthy. Call us to get you on the schedule!
Serving Whitefish, Montana
and the Flathead Valley.
