Sod, trees & drainage — The Colony, Texas
Sod installation, tree work and drainage across The Colony, Frisco, Plano and Carrollton. Geoff Girot has been fixing problem yards out of The Colony since 2014 — and he will tell you why yours is failing before he quotes it.
North Texas work is seasonal. Here is where we are right now, updated as the year moves, so you are never guessing whether it is the right month to call.
Warm-season grass is dormant and roots slowly in cold soil, so most installs wait for spring. January is the month to get on the schedule: we can look at the yard now, work out why the last lawn failed, and have the prep planned before the spring rush.
The coldest weeks of winter are one of the two safest times to prune oaks. The beetles that spread oak wilt are not active, and we still paint every cut. If your live oaks or red oaks need structural work, this is the month to do it.
Winter rain shows you exactly where water sits. Walk the yard after a wet day and note the puddles and soggy spots. That is the map we use to design a French drain or regrade.
Once the last frost has passed, usually by mid-March in north Texas, the installing season opens. Bermuda and zoysia start rooting as soon as the soil warms. St. Augustine is best held until the nights stay mild.
Peak oak wilt season. We do not prune healthy oaks in March. Elms, crape myrtles and most other trees are fine, so if the work is on something other than an oak, we can still schedule it.
The spring storms are coming, and late spring is the wettest stretch of the year here. A drain installed now gets tested by real rain before summer.
One of the best months of the year. Soil is warm, the heat has not arrived, and new sod roots fast with less water than a summer install. Schedules fill quickly, so call early in the month.
No pruning on healthy oaks until July. If an oak is damaged in a storm, we cut it back cleanly and paint the wound the same day. Everything else is safe to prune.
April and May bring the heaviest rain of the year in north Texas. If water is standing after these storms, that is the problem to fix before any new sod goes in.
Still a prime window. All three grasses root well in May, and a lawn laid now is established before the July heat. Plan on daily watering for the first two weeks.
Oak wilt risk is still high. We hold healthy oak pruning until July. If an oak limb is over the roof or cracked, call us, and we will make the cut and paint it.
May is usually the wettest month of the year in Dallas-Fort Worth. If your yard holds water now, you have just seen where the drain needs to go.
Sod roots fast in June heat, but it needs water every day to get there. If you can keep up with the watering schedule for the first few weeks, June is still a good month to install.
The last month of the oak wilt window. Healthy oak pruning opens again in July. Get on the schedule now for the first open weeks.
The ground is still workable before the clay bakes hard in July. A good month to finish drainage work while the spring storms are fresh in your mind.
Sod can go down in July, and bermuda handles it best, but it takes daily, sometimes twice-daily, watering and watering restrictions can make that hard. We will tell you honestly if waiting until September is the smarter call.
The oak wilt window closes. The long hot stretch of midsummer is one of the two safest times to prune oaks, and we paint every cut. This is the time to get structural pruning done on your oaks.
Dry clay shrinks and cracks in July, and that shows you where grade has settled and where water will run when it finally rains. A good month to dig.
The hardest month of the year for new turf. It can be done with daily watering, but most yards are better served by booking now for September, when the heat breaks and roots establish with far less water.
Still one of the safest windows for oaks. Heat keeps oak wilt spread low, and every cut gets painted. If your oaks need thinning so the grass underneath gets light, do it now, ahead of a fall sod job.
Fix drainage before the fall rains. Getting the grade right in August means the lawn you lay in September goes onto ground that drains.
Still a good window for bermuda and zoysia. The soil holds its warmth, so sod roots before the first frost and comes into spring already established. St. Augustine is best laid early in the month.
A safe month for oak pruning, with every cut painted. Getting structural work done now means the tree goes into winter without weak limbs over the house.
October brings the fall rains. If water is standing in the yard after a storm this month, that is the clearest sign of where a drain or regrade is needed.
Early November is the end of the installing window for most yards. Bermuda and zoysia laid now will go dormant soon after and green up in spring. We do not recommend new St. Augustine this late in the year.
A good month to prune oaks, and the leaves coming down make the structure easier to see. Every cut is painted.
Fix the water problem now and the yard is ready for sod in spring. Drainage and grading work does not depend on the grass growing.
The grass is dormant and new sod roots slowly in cold soil. Most installs wait until spring, but December is a good month to get the yard assessed and the job on the calendar.
The coldest weeks of the year are one of the two safest times to prune oaks. Oak wilt is at its least active, and we still paint every cut. Book before the window closes on February 1.
Winter is a quiet season for yards, which makes it a good time to schedule the drainage work you noticed during the fall rains.
Still early for new turf, but the spring calendar fills fast. Get the quote now and the prep done as soon as the ground warms, so the sod goes down the moment it can root.
We stop pruning healthy oaks on February 1. From now through June the beetles that carry oak wilt are active, and a fresh cut can draw them to the tree. Storm damage is the exception, and those cuts get painted right away.
The ground is soft and the yard is easier to work before spring growth starts. Fixing grade now means the new lawn goes onto the right slope in April instead of the wrong one.
Early fall is one of the best windows of the year. The heat is off, roots establish before dormancy, and the lawn comes into spring already knitted in. Sod laid now needs less water than the same job in July.
Outside the oak wilt season, so healthy oaks can be pruned, and we paint every cut. Thinning a canopy now gives a shaded lawn more light before you replace it.
Standing water does not wait for a season, and fall is a good time to fix it. You find out whether it works before the winter rain arrives rather than after.
Before you buy sod
New sod on top of an unsolved problem dies the same way the old grass did. There are usually three or four reasons, and we will tell you which one you have before we quote anything.
Grass thinning under a tree is a light problem, not a sod problem. Thinning the canopy is often the real fix — and cheaper than replacing the same grass twice.
Blackland clay drains slowly. If the yard holds water or the grade runs the wrong way, that gets corrected before anything green goes down.
Bermuda needs full sun. Zoysia handles shade far better. St. Augustine has its own rules. Picking wrong is the most common and most expensive mistake in a north Texas yard.
New turf is thicker than what it replaced. We flag every head before we dig, and if coverage needs changing, a licensed irrigator handles it before the new grass goes thirsty.
What we do
Pick what you need. Each page tells you how the job runs, what changes the price, and whether right now is the season for it.
Bermuda, zoysia, and St. Augustine — with the grading, soil prep and old-turf removal that decides whether it takes.
Structural pruning and canopy thinning — often the actual fix when grass will not grow underneath.
French drains, regrading and standing-water fixes. Sod laid over a drainage problem just fails more expensively.
Hazardous leaners, storm-split trunks, and stumps ground below grade so the spot can be sodded.
Patios, flagstone and paver walkways, retaining walls, fencing, beds and low-voltage lighting — often done alongside a sod job.
Where we work
We list drive times honestly. The closer you are to The Colony, the faster we get there and the sharper the price.
What customers say
Seventy-one reviews on Google and eleven on Yelp. Every one below links to the live listing — read them there if you would rather not take our word for it.
“He is by far the most responsive, hardworking and skilled at fixing lawn shade issues.”
“Was blown away, by getting a quote and then installed within 24 hrs.”
“Geoff treats you like a friend and only does work the way he would do it in his own yard.”
Why homeowners pick us
Estimate one day, sod on the ground the next when the schedule allows. Several customers describe exactly that.
Bad grade, a drain that needed adding, a tree over the new lawn that needs thinning. Handled and priced honestly rather than turned into a change order.
You pay when the work is finished and you have walked it with us. That has been the policy since 2014.
He quotes it and he is there for it. You are not handed off to a subcontractor after you sign.
Send a couple of photos and we will give you a real number — usually the same day, always before we schedule anything.
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