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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,…

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 living  biological organisms that start to grow again each spring with or without our effort and input. But the difference is, what you do or do…

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…

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

  This is the common call of thousands of frantic homeowners every spring to our lawn experts as the soil warms and they look out to find animals have been digging holes in their yard during the night. The first…

Voles dig tunnels under snow, leave tracks in Spring

Help! What’s Ripping Up My Lawn? What Do I Do? When Spring comes and the snow melts, everything’s supposed to be coming up roses, Right?  Well if you’re like most people as soon as the snow recedes – it reveals…

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 repair my lumpy lawn, could you roll my lawn for me?” On the heavy clay soil we have in the…

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…

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…

Does Corn Gluten work effectively to control weeds in my lawn?

Jump To: What Corn Gluten Can Do, How To Use Corn Gluten Effectively, Contact Us, Other Lawn Care Tips Short answer: A little bit. Here are the facts about corn gluten: Corn gluten meal is a product that can be…