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Does Rolling Your Lawn Really Work? How To Fix a Bumpy Lawn Properly

What’s in This Guide About How To Fix A Bumpy Lawn: How Do You Fix A Lumpy Bumpy Lawn? What Is Causing My Lumpy Bumpy Lawn In The First Place? FAQ About Best Lawn Care Practices Why is My Lawn…

Necrotic ring spot appearing on lawns

What To Do With Brown Circles on Your Lawn? Jump To: What To Do If You Have Necrotic Ring Spots On Your Lawn, How To Prevent Necrotic Ring Spots, Contact Us, Other Lawn Care Tips The hot weather and frequent…

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,…

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. Summer forecasted highs in the GTA typically get anywhere from 34 deg…

Southern Ontario Leatherjacket Alert!

We have been seeing a lot of Leatherjacket insect larvae in lawns in the GTA in the last week.  Leather jackets are the larval stage of Crane Flies. They usually re-appear in the leatherjacket form in Late April through Early…

Chinch Bugs In Your Lawn Spotted (Everywhere!)

Our technicians are finding adult chinch bugs emerging from thatch as well as their young,  commonly called ‘nymphs’ in lawns throughout the Greater Toronto Area.  We started finding them earlier in June which is earlier than we normally see them…

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 to Cut 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…

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

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 doing things like spreading fertilizer by hand. The results have to be seen…