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“Help, the Raccoons & Skunks Are Tearing Up My Lawn!”
TL;DR Problem Identification: Raccoons and skunks dig up lawns searching for grubs, especially when the soil warms in spring. Discouragement Tactics: Make digging difficult by placing chain-link fencing or netting over affected areas. Grub Control: Apply nematodes in late summer…
Does Rolling Your Lawn Really Work? Guide – How To Fix a Bumpy Lawn Properly
TL;DR Rolling Ineffectiveness: Rolling a lawn doesn’t effectively flatten bumps; light rollers are insufficient, while heavy rollers cause soil compaction. Soil Compaction Issues: Compacted soil restricts water and oxygen flow, leading to unhealthy grass roots. Recommended Practices: Instead of rolling,…
Lumpy-Bumpy Lawn – Causes and Fixes (How to Repair a Bumpy Lawn)
TL;DR: Causes of a Lumpy Lawn: Frost heaving, animal activity, foot traffic, heavy equipment, weeds, and tree roots. Fixes: Fill small holes with topsoil, remove and replace sod for larger depressions, topdress shallow dips, and avoid rolling to prevent soil…
How to control your weeds in 7 Steps – Lawn Care 101
Every year, homeowners wake up to the reality that their lawns and gardens are a living collection of biological organisms that start to grow again each spring with or without our effort and input. But the difference is, what you…
A question about dethatching
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…
What do I do with all these spruce needles?
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,…
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…
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…
Where is the best place to grow grass?
Great question: Hey Kyle, I’m helping a potential customer from Oakville who wants to grow grass in the garden areas underneath his trees. (Pics attached). He also has a garden he wants to cover with grass up against a building, and…
What’s the loud boom I hear in my lawn? Frost quakes
That’s right, your lawn isn’t wrestling with eating too much over the holidays, but it is making strange, loud and unusual noises, deep down below.
