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Some years ago it was not that difficult to take care of your lawn in Venice, that was before the discovery of St. Augustine grass, and professional landscape design and install.  The nieghborhood lawn boy just doesnt work anymore.  After installing or purchasing a home with significant landscaping, protecting your investment takes a professional that has experience with turf and plants in Venice. Here are a few tips on making lawncare in Venice more enjoyable, and rewarding.  1. make sure you have the proper equipment, some mowerers do not adjust high enough for St. Augustine grass, let the turf grow afull 7″ and then remove one third of blade this will bring you to a four ing to 4.5″ cut.  inspect a few blades of grass after cutting, if they look torn sharpen blades.  Dull blades damage grass and promote desease.  2. Make sure your irrigation system is running properly that the design is covering all areas of turf and landscape.  Do not over water, an inch of irrigation one time per week is suffecient.  3. Have a good fertilization program, check with your local extension service for proper rate of applications.  Planting shade trees will help in all aspects of your landscape maintenance.  For more tips visit www.stateoftheartlandscaping.com