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Site Assessment Feb '07-new pg order.indd
This step-by-step workbook for better home gardens and landscapes is based on doing a site assessment. When designing a garden, the sunniest part for the entire day is where the sun’s rays come from the south.

Explore Cornell - Home Gardening - Lawn Care Library
Most home lawns with modest expectations do just fine with a single late-fall fertilization. Of the species of lawn grasses, fine fescues are most prone to thatch problems. Fracture compacted subsoil layers to help water move down through the soil profile.

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Monitoring soil temperatures: For optimal preemergence crabgrass control do not apply materials until soil temperatures are between 55 and 59° F. Materials applied earlier can lead to polluted runoff and wasted money because crabgrass does not germinate until soil temperatures, at 2 inches below the surface, are between 60 and 64° F. In some places, surface runoff loaded with sediments, chemicals, oil, gas, salts, and fertilizers does not flow into sewage treatment plants and may go directly into our water system.

Explore Cornell - Home Gardening - How to Grow Annuals - Site and Soil
Consider the balance between good air circulation (which helps prevent disease) and protection from strong winds (which can dry out soil and plants). If your site has not been planted before, start improving the soil in the fall before planting annuals the following season.

Site Assessment Feb '07-new pg order.indd
Spots on your property that puddle after a rain or are continuously wet indicate a condition that is very stressful for most plants. The vast majority of our garden and landscape plants have root systems that can only thrive where the soil has both air and water available to them.


Local Listings for Sod Installation
in Massachusetts
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Salt Box Nursery, Inc.
Billerica, Massachusetts  (MA) 01821
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A & M Lawn Care
West Yarmouth, Massachusetts  (MA) 02673

Advance Landscaping
Medford, Massachusetts  (MA) 02155

Blue Dragon Landscaping
Townsend, Massachusetts  (MA) 01469

Carney Tree & Landscape, Inc.
Duxbury, Massachusetts  (MA) 02332

Cedar Hills Hydroseeding
Centerville, Massachusetts  (MA) 02632

Cole Landscaping & Irrigation, Inc.
Peabody, Massachusetts  (MA) 01960

Corliss Landscape & Irrigation
Ipswich, Massachusetts  (MA) 01938

Dellarocco's Landscape & Garden Center
Middleboro, Massachusetts  (MA) 02346

Froio & Froio Landscaping
Malden, Massachusetts  (MA) 02148

Haworths Landscaping
Fairhaven, Massachusetts  (MA) 02719

New England Nurseries, Inc.
Bedford, Massachusetts  (MA) 01730

Pleasant View Nursery
Paxton, Massachusetts  (MA) 01612-1408

R. B. Landscape
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts  (MA) 01028

Seasons Four
Lexington, Massachusetts  (MA) 02420

Sunrise Gardens
Plympton, Massachusetts  (MA) 02367

Thayer Nursery Landscaping & Garden Center
Milton, Massachusetts  (MA) 02186

The Turf Company
Danvers , Massachusetts  (MA) 01923

Weston Nurseries, Inc.
Hopkinton, Massachusetts  (MA) 01748

Wolf Hill Landscaping & Supply, Inc.
Gloucester, Massachusetts  (MA) 01930