Timothy Jacobs

Mulch season in Central Ohio has about four weeks left before it is not worth doing until fall. The window opened in early April and closes right around Memorial Day weekend, and the longer you wait inside that window, the less return you get on the work. Here is what that means for your property in Circleville, Columbus, Lancaster, or Chillicothe, why the window matters, and what to get done this week. Why the window closes at the end of May Fresh mulch does four things for a landscape bed,...

If you did not apply a pre-emergent herbicide in late March or early April, the crabgrass seeds sitting in your soil across Circleville, Columbus, Lancaster, and Chillicothe are about to start germinating this week. Once they do, pre-emergent does nothing. But the season is not lost. There is a narrow rescue window right now, and a handful of post-emergent tools that still work if you move fast. Here is what to do this week. The soil temperature reality Crabgrass germinates when soil...

You went out last weekend, knocked the whole lawn down, and now it looks worse than it did before you cut it. Thin patches, tan tips across the whole yard, a few yellow streaks, and stubble where you expected green. What happened? Almost every Central Ohio homeowner who DIYs their first mow of the season hits this. The lawn grew during March while you were not watching, you cut too much off at once, and now the plants are stressed and showing it. The good news is every one of these problems...