Tis’ the season for great green gifts for the green thumb on your list this holiday season! From must-have tools to eco-friendly lawn mowers, we have put together a great selection of gear to update, upgrade or start your own collection of key green garb to get you or the ones you are gifting excited about spring lawn maintenance!

Rechargeable electric lawn mower by Black & Decker. It’s lightweight 12-amp, 18-inch model. It needs no gas, oil, or tune-ups! From lowes.com

Super-Slim Lightweight Hoses: Hate dragging around heavy hoses? Give yourself a break with this ingenious, super-light polyurethane hose. It weighs less than half as much as a conventional hose, yet is built to last with industrial spring guards at each end to eliminate annoying kinks, and extra-long, crush-proof, chrome-plated solid brass fittings to ensure leak-proof connections. – Gardener’s Supply Company

Gardening Book: The Georgia Getting Started Garden Guide by Walter Reeves & Erica Glasener is a great option to get for any green thumbs on your list! – WalterReeves.com

Simply Green lawn analysis: This gift really won’t break your bank! If you have someone on your list that has been complaining about their lawn but haven’t done anything about it, give us a call and we can help you, help them with a free estimate on getting their lawn looking wonderful this spring!

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As we enter into the chilly holiday months ahead, it’s time to start getting your lawn equipment back into the shed, garage or indoor space for safe keeping. Safe keeping means protecting your equipment so it’s usable next spring! Your lawn equipment will benefit from some TLC before they hibernate for the winter months ahead. Here are a few tips to get you going on cleaning and prepping your equipment. Get started now and you will be thankful you did when everything works perfect next spring!

1. Drain oil from all of your equipment. When any tool or machine that uses oil is not being used for a long time, it can cause the oil to get sludgy which will make the engine not work as well as it should, or at all.
2. Replace broken, old or missing parts. Make sure your equipment is in tip top shape before storing it away for the season.
3. Check your fuel filters, you will most likely have to replace them. Having a dirty fuel filter will only make your equipment harder to maintain in the future.
4. Get rid of the dirt and rust. Cleaning up your mower is so important before you store it. The amount of dirt, grass, etc that get’s in and around it can ruin your equipment if not properly cleaned before storing.

Hope these helpful tips will get you started on storing your equipment this winter!

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From the beginning our objective has remained the same for our Atlanta lawn services:

1. Strive to exceed your expectations at every opportunity!

2. From the sale to the service, beginning to completion, we aim to provide only the best quality Atlanta Lawn Care, tree and shrub care services available.

Simply Green residential lawn care and corporate lawn care services are backed by our high quality staff and guaranteed service. Simply Green is locally owned and operated. We are the answer to corporate and residential lawn care in metro Atlanta, Georgia!

Services for Your Home: We offer both residential lawn care and commercial lawn care services. Click on the links below to see our residential offerings:

• Lawn Care
• Tree and Shrub Care
• Core Aeration
• Fescue Aeration & Seeding
• Fire Ant Control
• Save On Your Water Bill

Services for Your Business: Whether you are a property manager for a large office park, a lawn maintenance company looking for help with turf care, or a seasoned landscape professional looking to take your lawn care service to the next level, Simply Green can help!

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The biggest benefit of soil testing is it provides you with your soils pH and measures the availability of soil minerals and nutrients.  Healthy soil equals healthy lawns and plants. The most important test we look for in a soil test is the pH level.

So what exactly is soil pH and what does it measure?

Soil pH is the measurement of acidity or alkalinity of your soil. The pH scale runs from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral.  A pH above 7 indicates an alkaline soil and below 7 indicates an acid soil.  Our soils tend to be on the acid side. Lawns prefer a slightly acid soil 5.8 to 6.5.

Why is this important to know?

When your soil has low pH say around 5.5 it means you have an acid soil, between 40% to 50% of fertilizer is unavailable to your lawn because the plant can’t absorb the needed nutrients/minerals.  Half of your fertilizer is going to waste and your lawn will not hold its color. That means  you will not have a thick lush green lawn when spring arrives!

So what’s next? How do I check my soils pH?

You can take soil samples and submit to your local extension service for a small fee or you can contact Simply Green Lawn Care and we will submit to a local soil laboratory for a small fee. Both options provide you with a soil analysis detailing your pH (the most important), phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium along with manganese and iron levels.  Once we have your soil analysis we will customize your lawn care program to fit your lawn requirements.  We recommend you take a soil sample every 3-4 years.

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Take advantage of the autumn air and get out in your lawn and spruce it up! In today’s post we have included some wonderful tips from the Simply Green team for you to take advantage of this time and get out and improve your lawn! If it’s a fresh mowing, fertilizing or just need to control those unwanted weeds, we have a few hints to get you moving!

1. Get the rake or blower out of the shed it’s fall! With leaves falling as the seasons change, make sure to remove all leaves from your lawn as it blocks the sunlight from reaching the grass. If you have new tall fescue seedlings best to use a leaf blower instead of a rake. A rake can pull the fescue seedlings out of the  ground.

2. Make sure to mow but remember to use the “1/3 rule”. You can mow in the cold weather as long as the grass isn’t wet or has frost.  If your fescue needs mowing and seedlings have been up for 3 weeks mow fescue at 3”-3.5” be sure your lawn mower blade is sharp. For warm season turf this is not the time to lower your mower height. Allow your warm season turf to go dormant a little taller than your normal mowing height.

3. Keep your equipment in order. Storing your lawn mower, tools, gardening equipment, etc for the winter months ahead can be a task. Make sure that you drain the mower of gas or add a gas fuel stabilizer like Sta-Bil (follow the instructions on the label)  and clean all the equipment to save you time and money come spring.

4. Great time to apply dormant oil also known as horticulture oil  to your ornamental trees and shrubs. Horticulture oil suffocates or penetrates the outside cuticle of the pest.  Helps control aphids, scales and a host of other plant eating insects. Best to apply when temperatures are between 40-70 degrees F. and no forecasted  freezing temperatures for the next 3-4 days.  Do not spray on your new pansies!. Read and follow the label.

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With temperatures dropping here in the south, lawns are turning from lush green to winter brown. With the change in temperature comes winter maintenance. Any pop of color that is growing around your lawn this season is a dreaded winter weed. Unfortunately, weeds seem to thrive in the winter weather and then die when the temperatures get warm again. In today’s post, we have put together a list of weeds to keep an eye out for this season:

• Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule)
• Poa annua (Poaceae)
• Wild Onions (Allium)
• Chickweed (Stellaria media)
• Deadnettle and Henbit
• Annual Bluegrass
• Prickly Lettuce
• Horseweed
• Cheatgrass

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With October in full swing and the Georgia fall weather making us unsure about the season, it’s the best time to make sure that your landscape is prepared and planned for the cold months ahead. We have put together a few key planning points to check off your to-do list:

Winterize your roses: When cold weather heads your way, you need to have your roses protected! Mound the roses with mulch and it will help them survive through winter.

Mulch Your Leaves: Many believe that fallen leaves will insulate your lawn during the winter, but this could actually do more harm than good! Leaves will block vital sunlight and thin your grass making it harder to re-grow in spring. Our suggestion, remove leaves from your lawn and your planting beds weekly.

Start Planting!  Late fall is the perfect time to start planting spring- blooming bulbs (daffodil, crocus, hyacinth, tulip, etc.). With soil still warm from summer, it’s perfect time to plant trees and shrubs. Planting in the fall will allow strong roots to develop and allow your plants to become established before our hot summer arrives.

Finished all the hard work and want a little fun? Get crafty and carve a pumpkin! When you are finished, don’t throw everything away, plant the seeds and have your own garden of pumpkins for next season!

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Today on the blog, Simply Green is talking to you about one of our special service spotlights:  Fescue Aeration & Seeding. With the hot Georgia summer weather thinning out most Fescue lawns in Atlanta, it’s time to start getting your lawn in shape this fall. Fall is the best time for core aeration and over-seeding your Fescue lawn. Getting starting ahead of the season will help with new growth and a better and stronger looking lawn. Start thinking about your 2014 lawn by fall over-seeding NOW! By starting your Fescue aeration and seeding now, it will allow oxygen to get to the roots, reduce soil compaction, improve overall fescue turf density and help your lawn recover from the hot summer.

Contact us early to schedule your Core Aeration and Fescue Over-Seeding by calling 770-923-0387, or Click here to request a FREE estimate. Also, be sure to follow along on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter!

Today on the blog, Simply Green is talking to you about one of our special service spotlights: Tree and Scrub Care. Landscape plants, unlike lawns, mature slowly often over the course of many years.  Damage or malnutrition can sometimes take a growing season or more to correct. For this reason it is best to treat landscape plants proactively to ensure that they will grow to their full potential.

Simply Green Lawn Care Plus provides an annual tree and shrub care plan to help your landscape plants thrive at your home. See below:

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I have been using Simply Green since it has been under new ownership. Several of my neighbors are using them also. Very honest in suggesting what my lawn needs and does not need. The technician that services my lawn is very informative and polite.  I do recommend this company.

– Addy

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