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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…

“It’s like two more months of spring” – seed & repair lawns in fall for great results!

By the time September rolls around, some homeowners just seem to give up on their lawn, But did you know it is probably the best time to repair and thicken a stressed and thin lawn?  Many people have told me they…

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,…

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. The results have to be seen to be believed! How many of…

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…

Lumpy-bumpy lawn – causes and fixes (How to repair a bumpy lawn)

One call we get a lot of in the Spring is “My lawn is really bumpy and uneven. Can you roll my lawn for me?” On the heavy clay soil we have in the GTA, nothing short of a steamroller can…