Cary’s Corner – New Grass Seed & 8th Grade Sex Ed
Fuss Over Your New Lawn Like an Egg 🗓️ Updated July 2025 When I was in eighth grade we had to take Health class. Nobody ever wanted to take Health class — and boys especially dreaded it. Not just because the topics were boring like diet and exercise, or slightly embarrassing like sex ed and […]
Cary’s Corner – Lawn Care & Dodgeball
If you can dodge a wrench….. Believe it or not, in Junior High I was an extremely shy, awkward, nerdy-looking kid. In Junior High there were few things to look forward to. It definitely wasn’t math class or science with Mr. Beasley. He seemed to enjoy tormenting me by only calling on me for the […]
Cary’s Corner – The Armyworm Reunion Tour
The Armyworms are Back on Tour I’ve been in lawn care for 33 years. I’d love to tell you I started when I was five as some kind of lawn care prodigy… but nope. I was 23, green as the grass I was trying to grow, and far from prodigy status. Over the years I’ve […]
Cary’s Corner – Lawns, Koozies, & Rock Stars
Lawns, Koozies, & Rock Stars 🗓️ Updated July 2025 Like most of my best ideas, this one came to me somewhere between a rock concert and a cold beer. I was standing in line at a merch table, watching people drop fifty bucks for a band shirt like it was the last corndog at the […]
Cary’s Corner – Summer of ’22 – Welcome to Death Valley!
Summer of ’22 – Welcome to Death Valley! I had a pet lizard once. His name was Vinnie. Vinnie liked his home to be hot, dry and filled with sand. Thanks to Mother Nature we all now know what it is like to live in Death Valley. I have been doing this lawn thing since […]
Cary’s Corner – @*#% Inflation!
@*#% Inflation! I usually attempt to be light hearted and funny in these posts, but sadly there just isn’t anything to laugh about when it comes to the current inflation issue. If you have been to the gas station, bought groceries, or taken a breath you know that everything costs more these days. The lawn […]
Cary’s Corner – Be Polite
Dear Abby…err Cary. Is no one polite anymore? I am probably showing my age with the Dear Abby reference. You young ones Google her. I am going to step on my soap box for a minute here so bear with me. (Young people are now Googling soap box.) Politeness is dying. My mom and my grandma taught me […]
Cary’s Corner – The Middle Child
The Struggle & Suffering of a Middle Child I’m a middle child. And not just any middle child—my wife says I’m the poster child for every ignored, overlooked, and underappreciated middle kid out there. According to Wikipedia (so it must be true), middle child syndrome is the belief that middle kids get excluded, forgotten, or […]
Cary’s Corner – Do you Believe in Magic?
Do You believe in Magic? The great classic song by The Lovin Spoonful asks just that question. Of course, they were talking about how music magically makes you happy and how it can make you fall in love. As a kid, I was fascinated by magic. They used to have one hour TV specials with […]
Cary’s Corner – Fall Seeding. Everybody’s Doing It!
Cary’s Corner – Fall Seeding. Everybody’s Doing it! Fall is the absolute best time to do any seeding in your lawn. The warm days and cool nights along with the timely fall rains provide perfect conditions for new grass to germinate. In Springfield our seeding window is short. The best time to seed is between […]
