Archive for November, 2011
Why do I need to cleanup leaves in the fall?
Fall leaf cleanup is essential on lawns and ground covers. Fall leaves shade lawns and ground covers causing these plants to yellow and become thin. You may say that these plants are dormant. Not the case, lawns and evergreen ground covers ( like most other plants that keep thier leaves during the winter) continue to grow, but at a [...]
Melting snow and ice on surfaces.
Ice and compacted snow can cause injury to people and property if not properly treated. The chemistry of melting snow and ice has made significant improvements in the past several years. Rock salt has been the most common chemical to melt ice and snow and continue to be so, but if organically pretreated properly, can be much [...]
