Will Mowing in Circles Damage My Lawn?

By the lawn care experts at Complete Lawn Care | Serving Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, Owasso, and Sand Springs Mowing in circles occasionally will not damage your lawn, but doing it as your only mowing pattern week after week will. The real problem is not the circular path itself — it is the repetition. […]

How Do Lawn Companies Create Stripe Patterns in Grass?

Lawn stripes are created by bending grass blades in alternating directions so that adjacent mowing passes reflect light differently — one pass appears lighter, the next darker — producing the striped effect you see on baseball fields, golf courses, and high-end residential lawns. The stripes are not painted, dyed, or cut at different heights. They […]

What Is the Difference Between Annuals and Perennials for Oklahoma?

Annuals are plants that complete their full life cycle in one growing season and must be replanted each year. Perennials are plants that die back in winter but return from their root system each spring, often for many years. In Oklahoma, the distinction matters more than in milder climates because our weather extremes — the […]

Should I Remove Old Mulch Before Adding New Mulch?

By the landscape experts at Complete Lawn Care | Serving Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, Owasso, and Sand Springs In most cases, no — you do not need to remove all of your old mulch before adding new. If the existing layer is still in reasonable condition, raking it to break up any compaction and […]

What Is a Mulch Volcano and Why Is It Bad for Trees?

By the landscape experts at Complete Lawn Care | Serving Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, Owasso, and Sand Springs A mulch volcano is what landscape professionals call the cone-shaped mound of mulch piled high against the base of a tree trunk — and it is one of the most widespread and damaging landscape mistakes in […]

How Thick Should I Apply Mulch Around Trees and Plants?

By the landscape experts at Complete Lawn Care | Serving Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, Owasso, and Sand Springs For most landscape beds, shrubs, and perennials in the Tulsa area, two to three inches of mulch is the right depth — enough to suppress weeds and retain moisture without cutting off oxygen and water to […]

When Is the Best Time to Apply Mulch in Oklahoma?

Mulch By the landscape experts at Complete Lawn Care | Serving Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, Owasso, and Sand Springs The two best times to apply mulch in Oklahoma are mid-spring — typically late March through April — and again in early fall around September or October. Spring mulching protects plant roots and conserves soil […]

How Do I Keep Gophers Out of My Yard in Broken Arrow?

Keeping gophers out of your yard in Broken Arrow requires a two-part approach: eliminating the gophers currently active in your lawn through trapping, and then preventing new gophers from moving in by reducing the food sources and habitat conditions that attract them. Trapping is the most reliably effective control method for an active infestation — […]

What Is Making Small Holes in My Lawn Overnight?

Small holes appearing in your lawn overnight in the Tulsa area are most commonly caused by one of four things: moles tunneling through the soil in search of earthworms and grubs, armadillos digging for beetle grubs, skunks or other wildlife foraging through the surface for food, or ground-nesting insects going about their normal activity. The […]

How Do I Stop Armadillos from Digging Up My Lawn in Broken Arrow?

The most effective way to stop armadillos from digging up your Broken Arrow lawn is live trapping and removal, combined with reducing the conditions that attract them in the first place. Armadillos are not protected in Oklahoma and may be trapped or removed year-round. However, there is seldom a quick or easy fix. Repellents, mothballs, […]