Why Your Kansas City Lawn Looked Splotchy After the Extreme Freeze and How It Rebounds
A recent spell of brutal cold hit Kansas City hard, with temperatures plunging to around 10°F. If you stepped outside and looked at your…
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Do I really need a lawn care application right now?
The lawn care applications Custom Lawn does in the fall might be the most critical applications of the year. At Custom Lawn, we apply…
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How to Make Lawn Mowing Patterns in Your Yard – Checkerboard Pattern
Do you admire the distinctive striped patterns in your neighbor’s lawn or the perfectly manicured look of a golf course? Have you ever wondered,…
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5 Steps to a Lawn that Will Impress Your Neighbors
The Groundhog may have missed seeing his shadow, but the long-term forecast suggests we’re in for some truly great weather starting around mid-March. Before…
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Are Armyworms Damaging Your Lawn?
Armyworms are a type of caterpillar that can cause significant damage to lawns. They are most active in the spring and fall, and they…
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Custom Lawn Voles & Rodent Solutions.Voles are destructive lawn pests that require a thorough treatment plan to manage.
While some people may think voles are cute little critters, the truth is they can do quite a bit of damage to your lawn…
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3 Essential Fall Clean-Up Chores To Improve Your Lawn for Spring
It’s fall in Kansas City! The long summer days have given way to the shorter days and longer nights of fall. Just like every…
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What Are You Doing About Your Fall Leaf Cleanup?
Keeping leaves picked up is one of the most important lawn care chores you can do this fall to prevent damage to your lawn…
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It’s time to winterize your automatic sprinkler system
Winter’s almost here, let’s winterize that lawn! Number one on the most important list of late fall chores is to winterize your sprinkler system.…
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Why does my lawn look ‘fuzzy’?
Those aren’t weeds, they are seed heads! The cool season turfgrasses growing in Kansas City have been in full-blown seed head production mode in…
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