Effective Drainage Solutions for Thriving Lawns in Rainy Seasons Many parts of British Columbia experience heavy rainfall in winter, and this can be both a blessing and a challenge. While the abundant moisture can provide homeowners with lush, beautiful lawns, proper lawn drainage is necessary to avoid issues such as waterlogging, root rot, and poor [...]

For you to achieve the best possible results when laying new sod, the installation site needs to be properly prepared. The best time to deal with weeds, uneven surfaces, and other landscape issues is before you attempt to put down the new lawn. Here’s how to prepare for a sod installation: Test the Soil Your [...]

When you lay sod, there are several steps you can take that will help ensure it takes root properly. One of those steps is to install it at the right time. You may hear conflicting results about when it should be done, with some suggesting that springtime is best, while others will tell you it [...]

Driveways can be problematic. When you move into a newly built home, you may have a gravel driveway, or possibly just a patch of dirt. Neither one is a terribly attractive option and snow, and rain can cause gravel to move around, creating ruts and sinkholes. Weeds can grow and cleaning or snowplowing is difficult. [...]

Your property is a considerable investment that is more than just the readily visible elements—certain features help to make it enjoyable and livable, which may include a drainage system. A drainage system, essentially, is designed to remove water from a specific area and is typically made up of pipes, trenches, tunnels, and chambers. There may [...]

In the quest for a beautiful, lush, green lawn, there are a few options that you can explore and some choices to make. One such choice is whether you should lay sod or consider hydroseeding. Both are excellent options, and both provide thicker, greener grass than planting regular seed, but which is the right choice [...]

Sometimes it’s best to start from scratch. If you have been wanting a luxurious green lawn, but instead have been dealing with patches of dead grass and endless weeds, you may have decided to start over by digging everything up to lay down new sod. But with winter coming, is this really the best time [...]