Summer stressed lawn Summer weather has definitely arrived for the 2016 lawn season.  The last 4 weeks have brought many sunny 80 degree plus days and little rain to the Antioch-Lake Villa- Lindenhurst-Gurnee-Waukegan area.  Temperatures above the 80 degree mark for an extended amount of time and few summer storms have led to many brown lawns across the area.   Summer stress affects the lawn in several ways.  It leads to cool season grasses goin dormant, summer stress prevents the lawns ability to repair itself, it creates a changing appearance to the lawn and promotes new growth of summer weeds.  I bring up these factors because they seem to bring a lot of questions from customers and are easily explained.   As the soil and air temperatures pass the 80 degree mark, cool season grasses like fine fescues, ryegrass and bluegrass begin going dormant.  This is the natural process of survival for the grass without causing permanent damage to the...

As this summer comes to an end and the leaves begin to pile up, your sprinkler system is in need of a winterization blowout.  A blowout consists of blowing high pressure air throughout all of the sprinkler lines to insure no water is left behind which can freeze and cause significant damage to expensive sprinkler parts.  Did I mention that your local Lawn Doctor can provide this service at a much lower price than an irrigation contractor?  Yes, we can.  Contact us today 847-395-0940 to sign up for your sprinkler system blowout.