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Irrigation System Tips: Proper Settings for the Start of the Growing Season

Irrigation System Tips: Proper Settings for the Start of the Growing Season

As we approach the start of the growing season, it’s the perfect time to check and adjust your irrigation system to ensure your plants, lawn,…
Maximizing Curb Appeal: How a Well-Maintained Property Can Boost Your Home's Value

Maximizing Curb Appeal: How a Well-Maintained Property Can Boost Your Home's Value

When it comes to selling your home, first impressions matter. One of the key factors that potential buyers consider is the curb appeal of a…
How to Stay Safe While Maintaining Your Property

How to Stay Safe While Maintaining Your Property

Maintaining your property is a great way to keep your property looking beautiful, but it’s essential to prioritize safety while doing so. Landscape maintenance equipment…
Five Tips for Maintaining a Beautiful Property in the Florida Heat

Five Tips for Maintaining a Beautiful Property in the Florida Heat

The Florida heat can be tough on your property, making it challenging to maintain a lush and healthy property. However, with the right approach, you…
The Benefits of Gardening and Landscaping

The Benefits of Gardening and Landscaping

If you own a house, there is no doubt that you want it to look its best. And one of the best ways to make…
A Guide to Seeding Your Florida Property This Spring

A Guide to Seeding Your Florida Property This Spring

If you’re a Florida homeowner, chances are the arrival of spring means it’s time to start thinking about tending to your property. Whether you’re looking…
Add Color to Your Florida Property with These Spring-Blooming Plants

Add Color to Your Florida Property with These Spring-Blooming Plants

Florida has an abundance of native plants that bloom in the spring and add a touch of color to your outdoor space. Whether you’re looking…
Preparing Your Florida Property For Spring

Preparing Your Florida Property For Spring

As the temperatures begin to rise and spring is in the air, it is time to start thinking about sprucing up your Florida landscape. Spring…
How to Prepare Your Plants for a Northeast Florida Winter Freeze

How to Prepare Your Plants for a Northeast Florida Winter Freeze

Northeast Florida is known for its moderate climate and mild winters, but it’s still important to prepare your plants for a winter freeze. There are…
Get Ready for Spring: Start Planning Your Landscaping Projects NOW!

Get Ready for Spring: Start Planning Your Landscaping Projects NOW!

Once the winter winds down and the days become longer and warmer, it’s time to start thinking about your spring landscaping projects. Whether you need…
How to Protect Your Grass from Florida’s Winter Weather

How to Protect Your Grass from Florida’s Winter Weather

Does your Florida lawn look like it’s been through the wringer after winter? It’s not just you.  Florida can experience both freezing and mild temperatures…
How to Care for Your Lawn During Winter Months in Florida

How to Care for Your Lawn During Winter Months in Florida

As a homeowner in the Sunshine State of Florida, you may wonder how you should care for your lawn during the winter months. While it…
Lawn Weed Guide: Identifying Common Weeds in Your Lawn

Lawn Weed Guide: Identifying Common Weeds in Your Lawn

Everyone who has a property ends up battling with weeds at some point. Weeds in your lawn, if left untreated, can make your grass appear…
Best Grass for Your Florida Lawn

Best Grass for Your Florida Lawn

Choosing the best type of grass for your Florida lawn is important. It’s no secret that having a properly maintained property can have a significant…
Keeping Your Lawn Healthy During the Winter in Florida 

Keeping Your Lawn Healthy During the Winter in Florida 

While the northern states are beginning to prepare to deal with snow and ice, Floridians are blessed with sunny weather and green grass. However, just…
Beginner Vegetable Gardening in Northeast Florida

Beginner Vegetable Gardening in Northeast Florida

Are you interested in starting a vegetable garden but don’t know where to begin? In this blog, we will be going over the basics of…
What Should I Do To Keep My Lawn Healthy Throughout The Year?

What Should I Do To Keep My Lawn Healthy Throughout The Year?

Fall has begun even if the signs aren’t as obvious here in Florida. As the seasons change your lawn will too. Today, we at Skinner…
The Most Sophisticated Plants for Your Florida Lawn

The Most Sophisticated Plants for Your Florida Lawn

Florida’s natural beauty is all around you, the natural environment is filled with so many beautiful flowers, shrubs, and trees. Take advantage of Florida’s beautiful…
Ways to Spruce Up Your Patio Space

Ways to Spruce Up Your Patio Space

Looking for ways to spruce up your patio space? These 7 outdoor patio ideas are sure to make yours #patiogoals!
How To Add Curb Appeal in Northeast Florida

How To Add Curb Appeal in Northeast Florida

Whether you’re trying to sell a house or just trying to add a little extra ~pizzazz~ to your home, curb appeal is something to be…
Growing Fall Fruits and Vegetables in Northeast Florida

Growing Fall Fruits and Vegetables in Northeast Florida

Have you wanted to get into gardening for a little while but don’t know where to start? You’re in luck! Today we are covering some…
Composting 101

Composting 101

If you are trying to make the most of your soil, we’ve got just the thing for you! Have you ever considered the benefits of…
Simple Mistakes You May Be Making in Your Landscaping

Simple Mistakes You May Be Making in Your Landscaping

When wanting to prioritize your landscaping but getting inconsistent results, it can be incredibly frustrating to not know what exactly is going on. Today, we…
The Best Pollinator Attractors for Your Property

The Best Pollinator Attractors for Your Property

We all know how tricky it can be to get plants to flower and flourish in our yards! What we don’t realize is all the…
How Short You Should Cut Your Grass 

How Short You Should Cut Your Grass 

Now that warm weather has hit, having a healthy and well-kept lawn is the ultimate goal of any lawn lover’s work, especially us. One of…
Avoid These Plants if You Have Dogs

Avoid These Plants if You Have Dogs

If you have a spacious lawn and some furry fidos, chances are your pet loves to hang outside and run around! This is great and…
Fertilizer 101

Fertilizer 101

You might know you’re supposed to fertilize your lawn, but not know much else about fertilizer. What does it do? How does it work? When…
Soil, Compost, Mulch, Oh My!

Soil, Compost, Mulch, Oh My!

When it comes to your garden, you have options. You may be familiar with a variety of them like soil, compost, mulch, gravel, and so…
The Top 5 Worst Weeds for Your Lawn

The Top 5 Worst Weeds for Your Lawn

You hear all the time that weeds are bad for your lawn but….why?  Some people do not mind the look of floral weeds such as…
When and How Often Should I Water My Grass? 

When and How Often Should I Water My Grass? 

If you’re perusing our website, there’s a good chance you value your lawn and landscaping care, which hey, we do too! Proper landscape maintenance is…
The Top 10 Native Plants to Grow in Northeast Florida

The Top 10 Native Plants to Grow in Northeast Florida

If you’re looking to give your yard a little boost and plant some new plants, we’re highlighting the best native plants to Northeast Florida that…
What to Look for When Hiring a Landscaper in Northeast Florida

What to Look for When Hiring a Landscaper in Northeast Florida

Spring is right around the corner of being sprung here in Northeast Florida! It’s the time in the year when you might be looking for…
Prepping Your Lawn for the Spring

Prepping Your Lawn for the Spring

Spring has almost sprung and we are excited to get back into doing what we do best in warmer weather! Today we at Skinner Lawn…