GTA Watering alert!

May 31, 2010

We are finding lawns that are suffering acute drought stress. This whole spring has been terribly dry, and the heat and wind is only making it worse. The rain that is expected this week is welcome, but it just is not enough. Large patches of many lawns are browning out, especially those with bentgrass in [...]

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Fiesta Time – LawnSavers’ new weed killer

May 18, 2010

I am excited to be able to let you know about our brand-new  and effective natural weed control product.  Called Fiesta, this new liquid gives us the power to reliably control broadleaf weeds on your lawn, and reduce them to a manageable number as part of our promise to give you a green, healthy lawn you [...]

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What do I do with all these spruce needles?

May 4, 2010

I got another interesting question recently. We handle tree care as well as lawn care, and you’d be surprised how much overlap there is. “Spruce needles (lots of reddish brown needles) have fallen from very old trees onto my lawn, the trees cannot be saved, but what do I do with the lawn?  Can I [...]

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“Help, the raccoons & skunks are tearing up my lawn!”

May 1, 2010

This is the common call of thousands of frantic homeowners every spring as the soil warms and the turf begins to emerge from slumber.  We hate that we have to say ‘we can’t stop the raccoons’, but it is true. Raccoons are smart, stubborn, and have good memories. They will keep flipping up grass so long as [...]

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Sir, step away from the fertilizer NOW! Astounding do-it-yourself lawn care results!

May 1, 2010

Sure, anybody can take care of the lawn right? Well, some of your neighbours have chosen to roll up their sleeves, and tackle lawn care head-on by themselves. The results have to be seen to be believed! How many of the following techniques have you seen in your neighbourhood?

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A question about dethatching

April 2, 2010

I recently received a good question about dethatching in my email. “Is dethatching a lawn necessary or even advisable with sandy well drained soil?” Only if you have extreme thatch. We consider it an emergency service for lawns that are being starved of moisture and air because of the build-up.

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White grubs and your lawn – Destroy or be destroyed!

March 23, 2010

This kind of damage in spring is the end result of hungry insects attacking lawns in the previous fall, aand then raccoons and skunks digging up the lawn to look for them and eat them.  Preventative treatment and good lawn care practices can minimize the risk of this happening to you.

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Miraculous grass seed exists – but be sure you know what you are getting

March 11, 2010

A lot of people have been excitedly telling us about a new “miracle grass” they have heard of. It grows anywhere, they tell us, and needs a lot less water and mowing. However, lawn lovers need to remember the old adage that too-good-to-be-true often is just that.   The product is called Ecolawn, and it [...]

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Nematodes are not Sea Monkeys…

March 11, 2010

Though if they are not treated carefully, they might as well be. The tiny swimming creatures we use to protect your lawn from damaging white grubs remind a lot of people of the ‘instant pets’ advertised in the backs of comic books. To be fair, they are both friendly and, in my opinion, they’re both [...]

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Lumpy-bumpy lawn – causes and fixes

March 11, 2010

One call we get a lot of in the Spring is “My lawn is really bumpy and uneven. Can you fix it?” Homeowners ask us if we will roll their lawn for them. On the heavy clay soil we have in the GTA, nothing short of a steamroller can exert enough pressure to flatten a lawn [...]

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Voles dig tunnels under snow, leave tracks in Spring

March 6, 2010

In Spring we hear a lot from people finding a web of matted down grass criss-crossing their lawns like a highway system. Many blame white grubs, either for directly killing the grass or attracting burrowing animals. Some are seriously upset about the ‘devestation’. The truth is that their lawns are in no danger from the [...]

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Will the real corn gluten please stand up?

March 6, 2010

Some lawn care suppliers and retailers are taking advantage of the demand for organic weed management to push ineffective products. Corn gluten meal application, developed by Dr. Nick Christians of Iowa State University, works by making it hard for weed seeds to put down roots. The weather can have an effect on how well it works, [...]

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How to water a lawn

March 6, 2010

This is an exchange we had with a new customer this year when we were asking the standard questions that allow us to offer up the best service.   “Do you have a sprinkler system?”   “Well, my husband…”   “So he does water properly?”   “Well he waters, but I’m not sure what you [...]

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Hi! Thank you for reading our new Toronto lawn care blog

March 6, 2010

We get a lot of the same questions from different customers here throughout the season, and while our FAQ covers a lot of them, some need a bit more depth.   I plan to cover those in this blog to keep you on top of what’s going on with lawns at different times of year, [...]

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