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Take Action Against Weeds: What You Can do to Reduce Weeds – Before & After Photos

Jump To: Steps For Managing Weeds Effectively, Contact Us, Other Lawn Care Tips The Province of Ontario has banned chemical pest control and while the new organic alternatives are very effective, they do not provide the immediate results of the…

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…

Why Have All These Mushrooms Appeared on My Lawn?

It’s a common question we get asked a lot ‘why do I have mushrooms growing in my lawn?‘ Cool, damp weather after bouts of high heat encourages mushrooms to grow in lawns in Ontario. High, lingering overnight humidity and dampness…

Weed Control in Toronto & GTA

What’s in this guide about Fiesta Weed Control: Is Fiesta a Herbicide? Is Fiesta Safe For People and Pets? What is the Difference Between a Herbicide and a Pesticide? Results What is in Fiesta® Turf Weed Killer? What Types of…

When Summers bring HIGH Heat and LOW Rain! (or Turfageddon)

Ed. Note: Update: Spring of 2020: With an early melt in March and promising weather early, Covid-19 shut everyone down for just over 2 weeks. Lucky to be able to safely go back to work, we began spring fertilizers in…

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…

Get a head start on a healthy lawn this fall!

People take great pride in having a beautiful lawn, and so they should! Nothing has more impact on the health of a lawn than the care the homeowner gives it. Yet many people ask ‘How do I take care of…

Back to School means Back to work on the lawn

Just because the kids are going back to school soon, doesn’t mean the summer is over, at least not for your lawn and trees.  In fact, we are just embarking on the best growing weather you can ask for when it…

2011: Summer Heat, lack of rain means dormant lawns in GTA

July 12th 2011: (Observations from the field in the Greater Toronto Area) This Spring brought lots of rain through April and May, in fact, record rainfalls that made it very difficult to get out and work in your lawn and garden. …

Want to install an inground irrigation (sprinkler) system?

The idea of an in-ground irrigation system appeals to a lot of people. An automated machine to water your lawn so you don’t have to! And a well-installed irrigation system really does take a lot of the worry and hassle…