Posts in Lawn Maintenance
Getting to the Nitty Gritty About Soil

While you may feel tempted to jump right into the fun parts of creating your ideal outdoor space— like picking out plants and planning their placement. However, it is important to understand the foundation of your backyard ecosystem before you do anything. Learn about the different kinds of soil typically found in yards in the Midlands!

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Lawn Care Advice From a Landscape Professional of 30 Years

Learning to care for and maintain your lawn year round can be confusing, frustrating, and overwhelming. If you think all that your lawn requires of you is to cut it, think again friend! We’ll let you in on a secret… your lawn is needy. But just like with any good relationship, you have to understand it in order to take care of it. We asked our owner, Wendell Furtick, his best bits of advice for year-round lawn maintenance and we’ve complied them here for you. There’s a FREE download in here for you so you can always have a reference when it comes to caring for your lawn.

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The 4 Biggest Landscaping Mistakes for Fall and Winter and How to Avoid Them

Know what to do and what not to do with your landscape when it comes to the Fall and Winter months is essential in the health of your lawn and landscape. We’re giving you tips and tricks for things that you need to keep in mind this Fall and Winter so that you can have a healthy looking landscape come Spring and Summer. We’re covering topics like irrigation, winter fertilization, how to add mulch to your plant beds and trees, and how to care for your lawn when debris fall on it.

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Increase your home’s value in 6 steps: Landscaping updates that increase your resale value

Landscape is the first and last thing that a potential buyer sees when they visit your home, which means it’s important to give it the attention that it deserves. These 6 steps to building a better landscape that will increase your property value are budget friendly and easily applied to any size or style yard. Your home’s value can increase by nearly 10% or more if you follow these landscaping steps and ideas from the landscape experts themselves.

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The Best flowers and shrubs to plant this fall

It can be tough to figure out what to plant for those colder months so that your landscape stays lush and appealing. Just because colder weather starts making it’s way in doesn’t mean that your beautiful landscape has to make it’s way out. We listed 4 of the best flowers for a Fall and Winter landscape, as well as 4 of the best shrubs to plant for the Fall and Winter time. We also have one crucial tip for finding what to plant in your landscape that could save you a lot of frustration and time.

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7 Fall Lawn Care Tips You Should Be Using Now

Transitioning your lawn from Summer to Fall and Winter can be tricky. Just because we’re moving into the dormant season for lawns doesn’t mean that you should stop your lawn maintenance. We’re giving you some tips and tricks on Fall lawn maintenance that will make for a healthier, greener lawn once the Spring and Summer roll around. The good news is that all of these tips are easily applied to any yard and easy for anyone to do. Unless you don’t feel like it (which we totally understand), then that’s where Saluda Hill Landscapes comes in.

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