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Does Rolling Your Lawn Really Work? Guide – How To Fix a Bumpy Lawn Properly
What’s in This Guide About How To Fix A Bumpy Lawn: Here at LawnSavers, your top lawn care maintenance service throughout the GTA, we are continually being asked “why is my lawn bumpy?” or “how do I fix a bumpy…
How to Save Your Lawn & Trees From Heat and Drought Stress
Many homeowners like you want to know how you can help your lawn and garden make it through intense heat when it is sweltering hot and humid out. Lawns in Ontario are comprised of ‘Cool-season’ grass species like Kentucky Bluegrass…
Bentgrass Plus Drought Plus Heat, Means Dead Patches on Lawns
When we receive unseasonably high heat and dry weather, these conditions cause bentgrass and other annual weedy grasses in lawns to brown out much earlier than we normally see it. If you are seeing areas on your lawn yellowing or browning right now,…
Craneflies and leatherjackets – the new pest in town
Lawns in the Greater Toronto Area have typically been harassed by chinch bugs and white grubs for a long time. However in the last several years, a new invasive pest has appeared and it is becoming more common. Craneflies (Tipula…
Chinch Bugs In Your Lawn Spotted (Everywhere!)
Our technicians begin to find adult chinch bugs emerging from lawns as early as the beginning of June most years in the Toronto Area. They are usually found in the thatch. Their young, commonly called ‘nymphs’ are the ones that…
Necrotic Ring Spot Fungal Disease appearing on lawns
What to do with Brown Circles on your lawn? You might have Necrotic Ring Spot! The hot weather and frequent rain are creating ideal conditions for lawn fungus disease to thrive. The most serious lawn fungus/disease issue we see exposed…
How to stop Crabgrass from spreading
Jump To: Tip For How To Remove Crabgrass Effectively, How To Get Rid Of Crabgrass Video, Contact Us, Other Lawn Care Tips Steps On How To Stop Crabgrass From Spreading In Your Yard The most important thing to do right…
How Short Should I Cut My Grass Before Winter?
Jump To: How Short To Cut Your Grass Before Winter, Contact Us, Other Lawn Care Tips 3 Steps to Winterizing Your Lawn Tools needed: leaf rake, lawn mower with a sharp blade Cut grass the optimal length before winter. The…
White Grubs in Your Lawn? How to Repair Lawn Damage From Grubs
Grub damage is typically caused in the spring and is the end result of hungry insects attacking lawns in the previous fall, coupled with raccoons and skunks digging up the lawn to look for them and eat them. Preventative grub…
Southern Ontario Leatherjacket Alert!
Leather jackets and Crane Flies are cropping up again on lawns in the GTA. Leather jackets are the larval stage of Crane Flies. They usually re-appear in the leatherjacket form in Late April through Early May, as the rain helps…
