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TOP 10 GRASS ALTERNATIVES IN TEXAS
Texans traditionally love their grass lawns but many homeowners are rethinking their backyards and asking if grass is really always greener. Mowing and tending the lawn is often cited as an unwanted household chore taking up 70 hours per year to keep it looking...
10 LOW-MAINTENANCE BACKYARD LANDSCAPING IDEAS
Mowing the backyard lawn on Sundays is not your idea of fun? Got better things to do with your weekends than watering the grass and tending to the garden? Tired of paying a lawn maintenance company too much money to maintain your yard? If so, you’re like a large chunk...
IS ARTIFICIAL TURF BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT?
Is artificial grass good or bad for the environment? That’s a simple question that doesn’t have a simple answer. Ask 10 different professionals in varying fields and you’ll likely get 10 different answers depending on who they work for, their beliefs about climate...
How To Clean Artificial Grass For Dogs?
The U.S. ranks in the top 10 of dog ownership per capita in the world. That means a lot of dogs—and a lot of dog smells to contend with for homeowners. If you have pet turf installed in the yard and it constantly reeks of dog pee, something’s wrong. Dogs should be...
Turf Vs Grass: What’s The Difference For Sports Fields?
Ever been tricked into thinking a patch of artificial turf was natural grass? As manufacturing technology improves and artificial grass more closely resembles the look and feel of the real thing, that’s becoming more common. But important differences remain....
How Many NFL Fields Are Turf Vs Grass?
Artificial turf versus grass is a huge choice for every NFL team. There are no rules so each NFL stadium must decide for itself. Some teams switched decades ago, others in the last few years and some say they will never make the switch to artificial turf. A couple...
Types of Artificial Turf—And How to Choose the Right One
Did you know that there are over 11,000 species of grass around the world? Artificial grass doesn’t have quite so many varieties but there are still plenty to choose from. Most of it may look the same from roll to roll but once artificial turf is rolled out in your...
Why Does Artificial Grass Smell of Dog Urine—and How to Remove It?
For homeowners with dogs, pet turf systems provide many solutions to common backyard problems but also a couple of challenges—most notably the potential smell of dog urine. If you’ve got that problem, you certainly know about it! It’s an unpleasant reek. So, what’s...
How To Prevent Artificial Grass Smell?
If you choose the right artificial grass, have it installed properly, and take a few simple steps to look after it, you should have few issues with smells and most people find that the initial costs of artificial turf are more than worth it. However, if your synthetic...
How to Fix Lumpy Artificial Grass
Uneven, creased or lumpy artificial turf not only looks terrible. It could create trip hazards for your family using an artificial grass lawn, playground or swimming pool area. Most times, these imperfections are due to poor installation quality—especially from...