Pergola, deck, swing, front porch, steps, or bench. Choose your wood and WORK IT! Danny Cook and our resident wood-workers make magic from screws and boards. Pine, cedar, ipe, or teak. Bask in the sun or protect yourself from it. Enjoy the outdoors in a new room or create a destination in your garden. Take [...]

Back in December, and just like every year, I started to receive calls from people asking how to winterize their irrigation systems. It is a very important step in protecting an irrigation system from broken pipes and costly repairs. Unlike most liquids water expands by 10% when it freezes. And since most irrigation systems are [...]

Have you been considering replacing your high maintenance and finicky fescue with luscious Zeon Zoysia? Or replacing your sunny front yard full of well-established and happy weeds with golf-course-worthy Tift 419 Bermuda? In our many years experience, the ideal time to install sod is in April and May.  Shady Grove’s technique is different from the rest.  First, we visit your [...]