This week saw the whirlwind of Debbie Travis hit the streets of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Debbie was filming a makeover on a house at one of our neighbours on King Street and Debbie choose MacInnis Landscaping to help her transform the outside of the home. Jerry and his crew worked through the day on the production set making over the landscape of the King Street Home. Stay tuned to find out when the episode will air.

You have a beautiful new garden planted by the crew at MacInnis Landscaping. To keep it looking great, you will need to water, water, water. Your new shrubs will need between 2 to 4 inches of water everyweek for the first 4 weeks after planting to give them lots of moisture for a good start. A nice slow drip works best – place your hose at the base of the shrub and barely turn the water on for at least a couple of hours. Your shrubs will need to have more water in very hot or windy conditions.

Don’t know how much water you are applying with your sprinkler? Here is a quick fix. Take a soup can and mark both a one inch and two inch line on the can. Place it in the middle of your sprinkler’s spray pattern and turn sprinlker on full for one hour. Check to see the water level in the can to determine how much water you are applying on an hourly basis. You now know how much water you are applying to your lawn/shrubs.

So the crew at MacInnis Landscaping just finished laying your new sod and you now have a beautifil lawn. But to keep it that way, you will have to water, water,water. You will need between 2 to 4 inches of water( or rain) every week for the first 4 weeks after the sod has been laid. You may even need more during extreme heat. After the first 4 weeks, 1-2 inches per week will suffice for the rest of the year.

How do you keep that lawn looking great for years to come? Sporadic heavy watering plus mowing at the correct height. During the heat of the summer, try lifting the mower height to a minimum 3 inches. Don’t forget annual application of an organic fertilizer.

Your lawn will always need a minimum of 1 inch of rain per week to keep it lush and green. Call us if you need help.