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  • Why Your DFW Lawn Looks Terrible in August and What to Actually Do About It

    Why Your DFW Lawn Looks Terrible in August and What to Actually Do About It

    If you have lived in North Texas for more than one summer you already know what August does to a yard. The grass goes from looking decent in June to struggling, patchy, and burnt out by mid-July, and by August a lot of homeowners have just given up on it until the weather breaks. The…


  • How to Add $25,000 to Your Home Value with the Right Backyard Build

    How to Add $25,000 to Your Home Value with the Right Backyard Build

    Real estate agents in the DFW market will tell you that the backyard is one of the first things buyers talk about after a showing. Not the kitchen, not the master bath, the backyard. Because in North Texas, where you can genuinely be outside nine or ten months out of the year, a well-designed outdoor…


  • Cedar vs. Vinyl Fencing in DFW, what actually lasts

    Cedar vs. Vinyl Fencing in DFW,  what actually lasts

    If you are getting quotes for a new fence in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, at some point someone is going to tell you that vinyl is the low maintenance option and cedar is the high maintenance one. That is not entirely wrong, but it is not the whole story either, and it is worth understanding…


  • The Real Cost of Ignoring Drainage in a North Texas Yard

    The Real Cost of Ignoring Drainage in a North Texas Yard

    Most homeowners in the DFW area do not think about drainage until there is a problem. And by the time there is a problem, it is usually not a small one. North Texas gets intense rain. Not the slow steady kind that soaks in gradually, but the kind that drops two inches in forty five…


  • Why DFW Homeowners Are Switching to Permanent Landscape Lighting

    Why DFW Homeowners Are Switching to Permanent Landscape Lighting

    If you have ever driven through a neighborhood at night and stopped to admire how one house just looks different from all the others, there is a good chance it was the lighting. Not the cheap string lights stapled to the gutters every December, but actual permanent landscape lighting that makes the whole property look…