Lawn Care/Irrigation

Mike Sperber of Nature’s Guardian Inc. Did you know that proper landscape design can lower your energy bills? Solar heat absorbed through windows and roofs can increase cooling costs, and incorporating shade from landscaping elements can help reduce this solar heat gain. Trees are available in the appropriate sizes, densities, and shapes for almost any…

Robert Boyle of RB Irrigation – Article in Dan’s Papers When it comes to a home’s irrigation system, improved technology can help you conserve water and save money. Now, more than ever, you can find irrigation products that use Wi-Fi technology, such as irrigation controllers, flow meters and rain/freeze sensors. This technology has app-based capability…

Robert of RB Irrigation Article published in Dan’s Papers Your garden isn’t necessarily over when summer ends. Fall’s cooler weather is a good time to plant trees, shrubs and evergreens as well as spring flowering bulbs, such as tulips and daffodils. It is a good time to inspect your property and take note of trees and plantings…

Robert Boyle of RB Irrigation One of the most common mistakes gardeners make is over watering plants. Self-watering planters are an alternative way to make watering more efficient and to prevent over-watering. These types of planters have a reservoir to hold water at the bottom and if kept filled the soil maintains a consistent level…

Mike Sperber of Nature’s Guardian Inc. Hardscapes consists of the non-living elements of landscaping, such as a brick patio, a stone wall, decks or a arbors or pergolas walkways. also include water features, like ponds and fountains. Softscapes are live horticultural elements that are fluid and changing as they mature. Softscaping can include, flowers, plants, shrubs, trees,…

Robert Boyle of RB Irrigation Clients often ask about saving water and wonder if they will be able to still have a lush and green property. It’s a balancing act to figure out how much water and how long and often to water. And for conservation purposes, how can the amount of water be reduced…

Mike Sperber of Nature’s Guardian Inc To provide proper landscape care for your property it is important to evaluate your properties eco-system. There are factors to manage such as soil, flora and fauna as well as climate conditions to be able to allow for optimum plant growth.   Nature’s Guardian in committed to nurturing your landscape…

Extended periods of cool wet weather can result in red thread lawn disease caused by the lawn fungus Laetisaria fuciformis. This lawn disease inflicts its most damage during mid- to late spring and late summer to early fall. The fungi live in the soil and thatch layer and feed off the grass by drawing nutrients…