{"id":19319,"date":"2022-07-13T08:20:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T12:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatbiggreenhouse.com\/?p=19319"},"modified":"2022-07-13T08:20:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T12:20:53","slug":"gardening-info-from-doug-our-lawn-care-season-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog\/gardening-info-from-doug-our-lawn-care-season-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"GARDENING INFO FROM DOUG – Our Lawn Care Season is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"
Knowledge is the key to success with almost anything and this is certainly true with lawn care here in Central Virginia. Yes, it is only early July but now is the best time to put your game plan together as to what you need to be doing in order to establish a good-looking lawn.<\/p>\n
Before I share with you some tips, just know that producing quality lawns in Virginia can be challenging. Virginia is located in what is known as the transition zone for turfgrasses. We are in this transition area because both cool-season and warm-season grasses can grow in our area.<\/p>\n
Most people have the cool season fescue lawns because cool-season grasses grow well here because they are adapted to cold winters. Tall fescue is especially suited for our transition zone because of our high heat in the summer and tall fescue is somewhat drought tolerant.<\/p>\n
AS OF JULY 1 OUR SOIL TEMPERATURE IS 80 degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n I am going to stop here. I think I gave you enough information to digest and think about. My main goal is to get you thinking now about how to strategize the upcoming lawn care season that is fast approaching. Come see us if you have any further questions. We are here to help!<\/p>\n PLANT A LITTLE HAPPINESS!!!!!!!!!!!<\/em><\/p>\n To read more from Doug, visit our blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ESTABLISHING A GOOD, HEALTHY LAWN Knowledge is the key to success with almost anything and this is certainly true with lawn care here in Central Virginia. Yes, it is only early July but now is the best time to put your game plan together as to what you need … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHERE ARE SOME LAWN CARE THOUGHTS AND TIPS<\/h3>\n
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