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White Grubs in Your Lawn? How to Fix Lawn Damage From Grubs

This kind of damage in spring is the end result of hungry insects attacking lawns in the previous fall, and then raccoons and skunks digging up the lawn to look for them and eat them.  Preventative grub control treatment and…

“Help, the Raccoons & Skunks Are Tearing Up My Lawn!”

This is the common call of thousands of frantic homeowners every spring as the soil warms and they look out to find animals have been digging holes in their yard.  We hate that we have to say ‘we can’t stop the raccoons’,…

Animals digging up your lawn in the Spring? Client questions

Hi Jenny & Kyle, We have had some Grubs over the years & the skunks come in and start digging around every spring. If we get the grub treatment will it stop this?? If we get this when would you…

2011: Summer Heat, lack of rain means dormant lawns in GTA

July 12th 2011: (Observations from the field in the Greater Toronto Area) This Spring brought lots of rain through April and May, in fact, record rainfalls that made it very difficult to get out and work in your lawn and garden. …

Southern Ontario Leatherjacket Alert!

We have been seeing a lot of Leatherjacket insects in lawns in the GTA in the last week. The rain has been a help, as it washes them out where they can be seen easily and encourages the grass to…

Craneflies and leatherjackets – the new pest in town

Lawns in the Greater Toronto Area have been harassed by chinch bugs and white grubs for a long time. In the last few years though, a new pest has appeared and it is becoming more common. Craneflies (Tipula paludosa, Tipula…

Chinch bugs spotted

Our technicians are finding adult chinch bugs emerging from thatch as well as their young,  commonly called ‘nymphs’.  We started finding them earlier in June which is earlier than we normally see them appearing. The hot, dry weather is to blame. …

Nematodes are not Sea Monkeys…

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 us a lot of the ‘instant pets’ advertised in the backs of comic…

Voles dig tunnels under snow, leave tracks in Spring

In the Spring time as the snow melts, we hear a lot from people finding a web of matted down grass criss-crossing their lawns like a highway system. Many are quick to assume it’s white grubs or blame other insects,…