Green Life Turf | Residential Lawns Blog

The first few weeks of Spring might still be cold but as the weather warms up and your soil temperatures increase, a healthy lawn will start to grow - quickly!

Choosing the right turf for your landscape is crucial to its success and your happiness! With the right lawn, you’ll be enjoying years and years of its beauty and health. The wrong lawn for your landscape area however can result in a whole load of extra work and maintenance – that’s time and money you won’t want to spend! Here’s what to look for when considering which turf is right for you:

We know a lot of dads; in fact, most of us are dads!

So to celebrate our impending day (Father's Day 4 September 2016), we thought we’d change things up and put together a list of things dads really want for Father’s Day - you know, just to help out a little (or in case our own families are reading...).

Of course, feel free to share this with your loved ones!

There’s a lot to love about Spring: warmer weather, sweet smells in the air, new and rejuvenated life, outdoor living and entertaining. It all begins again in Spring and that’s why now is the perfect time to take a moment to think about your lawn. Think back to last warm season: were you delighted with your lawn? Or do you think it might be time to consider laying new turf?

Today we talk about some reasons to and advantages of getting new turf laid if your lawn hasn’t been up to scratch:

It's not just winter that causes lawns to look depressed...

As we approach the peak of winter you’re probably noticing your lawn isn’t looking as lush as it did in warmer months. It’s browner. It’s patchier. It’s just not inviting any more. (If you want to know why, read our blog "Why Winter is a Problem for Lawns - and What You Can Do About It".)

But the truth is this: it’s not just winter that causes lawns to look depressed - and usually that means that your lawn isn’t in its peak condition. Just like taking care of any living thing, your lawn is probably asking you for help. Let's get to know your lawn and what it could be asking you for using some common lawn problems.

We love working out on our farm and taking care of our beautiful turf, but we’re always keen for an excursion out to your properties and commercial lands to lay your turf for you! We enjoy the majestic transformation of a forgotten (or well-used!) lawn to a rejuvenated beautiful look with new life and promises aplenty!

Sydney and many other parts of the country saw an abundance of rain a week or so back leaving our lawns drenched and over watered. It was no exception on our Green Life Turf farm where our team were up at dawn’s crack to start dealing with the problem.

The last few weeks of (mostly) sunshine should have dried most lawns out a little by now, but we may be in for more rain and as the sun continues to get weaker and weaker, our lawns are in for another brutal cold season. With predictions of a lot more rainfall to come this winter, there won’t be many opportunities to do much about it.

So what do we recommend on our farm for turf lovers in our Sydney climate? First some background:

There’s no doubt about it, winter brings problems for even the most beautiful lawns. You want your yard to show off the beautiful lush, green lawns of summer, but the cold weather combined with shorter daylight hours means your warm-season grass will go dormant in winter and begin to lose its colour.

The problem doesn’t end there. As your grass turns shades lighter, it attracts less sunlight and soil temperatures continue to decline, further contributing to your lawn’s state of hibernation.

But while your lawn will naturally take on a shade of brown - and the colder your climate, the more colour it will lose - and its growth will slow down, that doesn’t mean your lawn needs to look patchy and be unhealthy. In fact, it doesn’t even mean you have to live with brown lawn in winter!

Here are our tips to creating the healthiest and best looking lawns to be the envy of all your neighbours!

Befores & Afters are great for everyone: home owners, councils, businesses and tradies alike!

Anyone who's done renovation of any sort - in their home, on their outdoor landscape - knows how awesome before and after pictures can be. 

From nostalgia to satisfaction, for reviewing the work or simply for the enjoyment of seeing your efforts take shape in picture form, there are many reasons to take and safekeep all your before and after shots. 

So I've put together a set of simple tips to help you take and make use out of your before and after re-landscaping pictures - without having to be an professional photographer!