A healthy yard needs attention at specific times of year. Late summer and early fall is the perfect time to schedule your annual Aeration and Overseeding treatment. Any lawn can benefit from yearly aeration. But your lawn should definitely be aerated if: It gets heavy use by children and pets running around the yard. It dries out easily and has a spongy feel. This could mean your lawn has an excessive thatch problem. If the thatch layer is greater than one-half inch, lawn aeration is recommended. It was established by sod, and soil layering exists. Sod, which comes with finer textured soil, is often laid down over existing coarser soil. This is called soil layering, and it disrupts drainage
It may still be August, but cold weather in Bucks County is right around the corner. Have you considered simplifying your life with a snow and ice removal team this winter? Nurney Landscape & Design is pleased to offer plowing, salting and shoveling services all winter long. Let us take your winter worries away this winter! When removing snow and ice, there are plenty of things that can go wrong--you can harm your plants and landscape, or even hurt yourself. You've heard it before: make sure you don't try to shovel too much at once, maintain good posture, and be careful not to slip. Be careful of using plow blades on patios and hardscapes. The list goes on and on. As a client of Nurney, we w
When planning lawn and landscape efforts, it is easy to focus on the backyard or other semi-private areas. These are likely the areas where much of your outdoor time is spent, so it makes sense that these spaces would tend to be the most developed. But it is important to give the front of your home its fair treatment as well, as it is your property’s most visible area. Your entryway is especially likely visited by a large number of people. The extent to which it is laid out and maintained can make your home friendly and inviting or cold and repellant. A first step is to make sure that walkways, doors, and windows are free of obstruction from old or overgrown landscaping. From the street, att
