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| Caring for Your Lawn in November The holidays are quickly approaching; you have big dinner parties to plan, presents to buy, cards to send...it is hard to add anything else to the list, but it is important to consider your lawn in this busy month. Just like you need to prepare... ( added 12 days 12 hours ago.) |
| Rodent Control for the Fall/Winter Season While the winter season may bring cold weather that will encourage you and your family to keep warm inside your home, it also encourages the same of outsiders who may be drawn to the comfort and confines of your home. These unwanted visitors can... ( added 13 days 14 hours ago.) |
| Beware of Creepy Crawlers - How to Prevent & Control While you may be ready to pull out your bags of candy and chocolate
for those neighborhood trick-or-treaters, there is something else that
you should be ready to deal with in this month of more than just
friendly ghouls and goblins.
October... ( added 42 days 15 hours ago.) |
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| Fall Lawn Care - Prevent Disease & Utilize Compost It's that time of year again when you need to start worrying about your lawn and how it will fare when the weather changes for the colder. This is also the season for certain routine lawn care measures to be taken. For October, homeowners should... ( added 47 days 12 hours ago.) |
| Prep Your Lawn for Fall While "winter" may seem far away, September is the best month to prepare your
lawn for the season's upcoming harsh weather. If you want to make sure your lawn
is rejuvenated by next spring, you'll want to follow some effective methods to... ( added 69 days 12 hours ago.) |
| Identify and Control the New Season's Pests No matter what season it is, there always seems to be a pest of the moment, whether you are dealing with it outside or inside your home. The month of September brings forth many critters. We will focus on wasps , crickets , boxelder bugs , and... ( added 74 days 14 hours ago.) |
| Practice Water Conservation with Irrigation and Mulch As we near the end of summer and thoughts of getting our children back to school and making those last minute end of season trips abound, we also need to spend time on our lawns and making sure that it is prepped for the coming fall. Homeowners in... ( added 111 days 9 hours ago.) |
| Control Summertime Pests Stored Product Pests
We aren't the only ones feeling exhausted and wanting to to escape from the summer's harsh sun. You think you can avoid those pests and critters by staying indoors, but if you check your cupboards or look in a box of... ( added 140 days 9 hours ago.) |
| Energize Your Summer Lawn Many people let their lawns go without any lawn care whatsoever in this summer heat and don't bother maintaining the state of their turf. However, if you want to have a green and lush lawn around your home, you will need to take extra steps to... ( added 140 days 13 hours ago.) |
| Handling the Heat and Grubs in June With the unrelenting summer heat, it is important to give your lawn appropriate summer care. The focus for June should be on grubs , compost , irrigation , and water retention .
White Grubs
With over 100 species in Texas, grubs are very... ( added 143 days 10 hours ago.) |
| Fire Ants and Occasional Invaders Homeowners may find themselves spending more time outside this month, whether it's dealing with the lawn or being at the poolside. Whatever the activity, it's important to be aware of pests that may cause harm to you and your family.
Most... ( added 160 days 9 hours ago.) |
| Termites and Ants: How to Tell the Difference There are approximately 91,000 species of insects in the United States alone. In the world, there are about 10 quintillion individual insects at any one time. With massive numbers such as these, it is no surprise that at times it can be hard to... ( added 188 days 8 hours ago.) |
| Managing Chinch Bugs in Your Lawn
All lawns go through many different stages with the changing
seasons. The month of May for your lawns is a time to reflect on the spring
activity that you have accomplished in prior months, such as putting in a new
turf or planting new... ( added 188 days 13 hours ago.) |
| Basic Spring Lawn Care for April Your lawn has made it through March, so now for the month of April, it would be a wise idea to continue your March lawn care responsibilities in compost , mowing , irrigation , and basic spring lawn care including weeding .
Compost
If... ( added 229 days 8 hours ago.) |
| Springtime Pests - Identify and Control Living in Texas, we are all well aware of the vast numbers of insects and spiders living alongside us, in our homes, gardens, and lawns. Some can be toxic to the touch while other kinds can be quite helpful because they eat other harmful insects.... ( added 231 days 8 hours ago.) |
| Jump Into Spring Lawn Care with March Lawn Tips! Now that we are in the early stages of spring, there are plenty of things to do to prepare your lawn for the coming weeks. For the month of March, we will focus on several lawn care topics of interest: Compost, Irrigation, and Mowing. Compost... ( added 249 days 9 hours ago.) |
| How to Handle Rodent Damages to Your Home It is common knowledge how destructive rodents and pests can be. In this article we will focus on the types of damages they cause and how to fix or repair these damages.
Chewed electrical wires
Chewed electrical wires can be extremely... ( added 283 days 11 hours ago.) |
| Start the New Year with a New Clean Up For Your Lawn Spring isn't quite here yet, but that is even more reason to get a head start on some spring clean up for your garden. Winter may not have been harsh from your perspective, but the winds and rains may have done damage to your lawn that will need... ( added 285 days 8 hours ago.) |
| Oak Wilt - Tips for Preventing the Deadly Oak Disease In Texas, we have a green luxury that most of us take for granted.
Whether in our front yards, neighborhoods, or local park, oak trees are
considered to be majestic and beautiful trees that provide a lot of
shade and greenery to our otherwise... ( added 320 days 9 hours ago.) |
| Bed Bug Control for Your Home No longer thought of as just part of an affectionate good-night saying to your children, bed bugs have become something of a real-life nightmare for everyone. In recent news in New York City, a wide-scale epidemic of bedbugs has broken out... ( added 321 days 7 hours ago.) |
| Top 6 Ways to Prevent Rodents We all like to satisfy our winter needs for a warm, safe place with plenty of food in the pantry. But so do rodents and other animals. When these pests intrude on our property, it becomes a situation much like kicking out the unwelcome kid next... ( added 363 days 12 hours ago.) |
| Rodent and Animal Control for Your Home We all like to satisfy our winter needs for a warm, safe place with plenty of food in the pantry. But so do rodents and other animals. When these pests intrude on our property, it becomes a situation much like kicking out the unwelcome kid next... ( added 1 year 13 days ago.) |
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| Prepping Your Lawns Before the Holidays Now that the fall season is upon us and you've done all the damage control you can from summer's unfriendly effects, what can you do for your lawn now that will keep it healthy and beautiful? Lawn maintenance is key for the month of November, the... ( added 1 year 13 days ago.) |
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