Utilizing Rain Water Run-Off and Sump Pump Discharge In Your Landscape

raindropDuring a 1-inch rain shower, more than 900 gallons of water flows off of the roof of a 30-by-50-foot house.

Harvested rainwater can be used to water your garden, flush toilets, baths, clean vehicles, and more!

To learn how you can do this yourself, or how we can assist you with your rainwater recovery system, check out the presentation that Ken McPeek, our Director of Operations, gave at the Keyport Garden Walk, 2013!

Irrigation

Thinking of installing an irrigation system? Do you have an existing system and need a dependable and experienced company to service it? Our service is friendly, fast and most importantly, done right! Keep us in mind! We are fully licensed and insured and provide comprehensive Irrigation Services:

  • New system design and installation
  • Open and winterization services
  • Existing system repairs and maintenance

Ask about our irrigation audit which can optimize your system to water wisely and efficiently which in turn will save water and money!

Please contact us today ask about our Irrigation services!

Summer Is A Maintenance Season For Lawns

If spring lawn care is about getting your lawn healthy and green, summer lawn care is about KEEPING it healthy while temperatures soar and rainfall becomes a flooding memory. It’s also about maintaining a lawn that can withstand all the barbecues, games, parties, and running feet that summer has to offer. Here are some tips for keeping your lawn in shape over those long, hot days of summer.

The dog days of summer are just around the corner and these can be hard times for our lawns. Now, this is an understandable concern because lawns are a valuable asset, just as the other shrubs and trees around your home. If you don’t think so, just try spending the time, money and energy to replace one.

About Summer Lawns

After the spring growing season, summer brings quite a bit of stress to lawn grasses. Not only are the heat and drought damaging, but we aren’t as forgiving in the summer as we are in the winter. We want our lawns lush and green for outdoor activities, and we try to fight nature by continuing to fertilize, water, and coax new growth out of our lawns no matter what the weather. However, by understanding and respecting the seasonal changes of turf grasses, you can take steps to care gently for your lawn as the mercury rises.

Once temperatures get into the 80s and above, lawns will begin to struggle a little, with cool-season grasses having the hardest time. Growth will slow, color may fade, and lawns will show signs of wear and tear as they are less able to recover from stress and traffic. Some cool-season lawns will even go dormant in the summer, looking brown and brittle until early fall.

Summer Lawn Stress:

High temperatures and dry conditions are bad enough for your turf, but add in the insects and diseases that summer always brings, and your lawn may need some serious help.

Finally, remember that regular applications of fertilizer will help your turf to stand up to insects and disease while decreasing water requirements throughout the summer months. Call our office for a free evaluation of your lawn and ask what programs we offer.

Landscaping

Are you finally ready to have a beautiful green lawn this summer? If so contact Seasons Matter at 732-605-9500 so that we can get an early start to making your lawn the best on the block! We offer weekly grass cutting, fertilizer programs designed specifically for your lawn, landscaping, seeding/sod, irrigation installation (open, closing and repairs), landscape lighting and much more!
Landscaping is both science and art, and requires good observation and design skills. A good landscaper understands the elements of nature and construction and blends them accordingly.

Thales, an early Greek philosopher known for his view that “all is water,” spent a considerable time thinking about the nature and scope of landscaping. Some of his students believed that in order for human activity to be considered landscaping, it must be directed toward modifying the physical features of the land itself, including the cultivation and/or manipulation of plants or other flora. Thales rejected this notion, arguing that any aspect of the material world affecting our visual perception of the land was a proper subject for landscaping. Both Plato and Aristotle praised Thales’ analysis as a model for philosophy. In the early 20th century, British philosopher G.E. Moore cited Thales’ reasoning as one of the few historical examples of how philosophical inquiry has led to genuine human understanding and progress.

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