HOW TO TUNE UP YOUR LAWN MOWER Your lawn mower is an essential tool to maintaining the beauty of your lawn. While we provide lawn fertilizing in Omaha and other lawn health options, lawns still need maintenance, and most people choose to mow their lawns themselves to keep them looking great. Unfortunately, lawn mowers can also have problems if they are not maintained properly. Here are the steps you need to take to give your lawn mower a tune up and keep it in ideal working condition: If you decide you would rather hire a professional lawn service to mow your lawn, give...

What is Sustainable Landscaping? Sustainable landscaping is making full use of the environment to provide natural key elements that landscapes require. Meaning the landscape is self-sustaining and no additional outside support is needed. The purpose of this is to reserve our natural resources and to help protect the environment. If detrimental weather hits such as storms and droughts, your landscape can recover itself quickly, with no need for human help. To identify how sustainable your landscape is, it's essential to investigate the three primary laws of sustainable landscaping. Ecological, economic, and socio-cultural. Ecological: This is looking at how well your design matches the...

Considering Hiring a Lawn Care Company? Read this First! All lawn care services are the same, right? I can’t even begin to tell you how many times we get asked that question. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. Of course, the services offered are similar, but the people, quality, professionalism, and how they go about performing their services are what really makes the difference. So, what should you consider when you’re trying to choose the right lawn care company in Omaha? Keep reading...

IT'S ALL ABOUT FERTILIZING, AERATING, WEEDING, COMPOSTING, MOWING & PLANTING. As the days become short and crisp, you might think that your lawn care chores are done. While the grass appears to be dying off and your flowers have wilted, don’t be fooled into thinking that your work is over. There are plenty of chores that must be done before the first frost in order to keep your lawn in tip-top shape for next year. This can be tough to do if you’re trying to approach your lawn care tasks with an environmentally conscious mindset. Taking care of your lawn...

Why Hiring a Professional Lawn Care Service May be a Good Idea Leave the lawn care to a pro Hiring a professional lawn care company will save you time, money, aggravation and a possible trip to the doctor. But be aware there are many fly-by-night companies out there claiming they are "professional" and your experience with them may be anything but that. Do some research before you hire. Hiring a professional lawn service in Omaha will save you a lot of aggravation not to mention time and money. But before hiring a lawn care company be sure to do your research. There...

Fall Lawn Care Guide by ecoScapes Lawn Care Nebraska Winters Can be Brutally Cold. Here's How to Prepare Your Lawn. The Fall and Winter months are the most critical seasons for your Omaha NE lawn. Homeowners and commercial property owners alike should be thinking about next spring as they prepare their lawns for the upcoming cold Nebraska winter months. To help you prepare your lawn from the coming frost and freezing temperatures, we’ve put together a list of fall lawn care tips that every lawn owner should know. By taking these precautionary measures, you can help give your grass the best chance...

How Much Does it Cost to Hire a Lawn Service? Lawn mowing service in Omaha costs anywhere from $35.00 and $75 per week on average. This is of course dependent on the overall size of the lawn. There are other elements that influence the overall cost such as how many obstacles there are like fences and swing sets, etc., and landscape design just to name a couple. You have to admit there is nothing that compares to a recently cut lawn to leave the facade of your home or business looking its very best. But it’s also not everyone’s favorite job. Lucky...

Mulched Leaves Provide Many Benefits for Your Lawn The fall months bring cooler temperatures, falling leaves and many beautiful colors around your landscape. Many could also associate fall with the need to clean the yard and rake the leaves, which can be a chore. However, there are alternatives that can help your lawn and landscape thrive along with eliminating the need to rake your leaves. Mulching your leaves is an eco-friendly lawn care practice and has many benefits for your lawn and the process is also easy to accomplish. Let’s go over some of the advantages to be had from...

Follow These Lawn Care Steps for a Greener Lawn Water Deeply and Less Often If you are watering often and for short periods of time, the grass’ roots have no reason to grow deeper down into the soil. Those shallow roots can’t reach deep soil nutrients and don’t have the ability to supply much needed water when you skip a watering. Instead, water deep enough to penetrate the soil 4 to 6 inches. Here’s a little test you can use for a few watering’s. You’ll get a sense of just how long and often you should be watering. Of course, this depends entirely on weather conditions and your...

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