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How To Prepare Your Garden For Winter: For Toronto Homeowners

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 1. Perennials   Cut back the dry stems. Eliminate bother eggs and infection pores.  Mulch appropriately with hacked leaves, pine needles, and other such natural materials.  Stand by till the ground freezes before adding a 6-layer mulch of natural materials.  2. Annuals    When there is slight ice, cover the plants with fabric.  Pull up the dead plants and add them to your manure pile.  Dispose of the plants that have a parasitic sickness.  Mulch the plant beds with natural material, for example, cleaved surrenders to 3-4 layers.     3. Bulbs   Uncover them, and delicately forget about the overabundance earth.  Mulch the bulb beds appropriately to keep the dirt from moving and hurling out little bulbs.  Store them in a breathable holder, and spot paper between the layers.  Pick a dry, cool zone to store them.   4. Bushes and Trees   Move the youthful trees and bushes to new areas....

Tips to Prepare Your Garden in Toronto For Winter

  1. Perennials  Cut back the dry stems. Eliminate bother eggs and infection pores.  Mulch appropriately with hacked leaves, pine needles, and other such natural materials.  Stand by till the ground freezes before adding a 6-layer mulch of natural materials. 2. Annuals    When there is slight ice, cover the plants with fabric.  Pull up the dead plants and add them to your manure pile.  Dispose of the plants that have a parasitic sickness.  Mulch the plant beds with natural material, for example, cleaved surrenders to 3-4 layers.     3. Bulbs  Uncover them, and delicately forget about the overabundance earth.  Mulch the bulb beds appropriately to keep the dirt from moving and hurling out little bulbs.  Store them in a breathable holder, and spot paper between the layers.  Pick a dry, cool zone to store them.   4. Bushes and Trees   Move the youthful trees and bushes to new areas.  On the off chance...

Spring Lawn Care Tips

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  Lawn Care Services and Tips

Understanding the basics of lawn aeration

 Aeration is a process of piercing the soil with tiny holes to aid the passage of air, water, and nutrients. This practice helps the grass's roots grow deeply, which produces a stronger and healthier lawn. What is the Right Time for Aeration? The ideal time to aerate your lawn is during the growing season when the weather will support the lawn's recovery. However, different types of grasses have their growing seasons. It's best to aerate in early spring or late fall for cool-season grasses common in Northern lawns. Warm-season grasses thrive better during late spring or early summer months. The Benefit of Aeration Improves Turf Health Aeration provides your lawn's root with sufficient access to vital elements such as air, water, and fertilizer. In turn, these nutrients improve the overall health of your turf, resulting in better turfgrass roots. Lawn Aeration Services in Toronto Lawn aeration is essential if you want to achieve a beautiful turf. Therefore, it's advi...

When should you treat your lawn?

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At this time of year, the lawn is actively growing and requires feeding, moss-killing, weeding and regular mowing. Spring is also a suitable time to over-seed sparse areas. Below are some of the tasks to undertake over spring and summer: Mowing This is the most obvious (and one of the most important) maintenance task over spring and summer. Mowing regularly keeps the lawn in good health. See our advice on lawns: mowing for more on the different cutting heights and mowing frequencies recommended in spring and summer. Killing moss Moss is a problem in damp, poorly drained lawns. Spring is a good time to remedy moss problems. There are several options for dealing with moss in lawns, see our advice on moss in lawns for further detail. Feeding In mid-spring (often late March to April), use a proprietary spring  or summer lawn fertilizer at the manufacturer’s recommended rates. Feeding the lawn will increase vigor and help prevent weeds and moss from establishing. Apply fertilizers when ...

Understanding the basics of Lawn Fertilization

 Beautiful lawns aren’t a product of nature but are created through careful nurturing and maintenance, and fertilizers are a vital ingredient for that. The same way people and animals need nutrients to grow, plants also need nutrients to thrive. When these nutrients are lacking, it's necessary to fertilize to boost adequate growth and performance. Choosing the right lawn fertilizer starts with knowing what nutrients are lacking in your soil, determined by a soil test. Lawns that aren’t fertilized entirely rely on the land for all their nutrients and don’t turn out great. What Is Lawn Fertilization? Lawn fertilization involves the use of materials or mixtures to improve one or more of the necessary plant nutrients. Fertilizers are essential to the health and vitality of your grass. Fertilizing your lawn will give you that healthy, lush, green lawn. The most vital ingredient in a lawn's nutrient is nitrogen, and each type of grass needs diverse amounts of nutrients for maximum gr...

Lawn Mowing Recommendations for Toronto Homeowners

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One of the most important rules to remember when deciding how high or low you want to mow your lawn is the one-third rule. Grass plants attempt to balance their above and below ground growth, so the root systems are roughly equal to the mass of grass blades. Removing no more than one-third of the grass blade at any one mowing helps keep this balance. Mowing too short, a common mistake some homeowners in Toronto make in an effort to reduce mowing frequency, can stress plants. In addition, if too much grass is removed, clippings will fail to decompose rapidly enough, contributing to a buildup of clippings and an unsightly lawn. Mowing height varies depending on growing conditions, grass type, and the season. Your landscape service provider will be able to match proper mowing height to your lawn, helping to ensure that it stays healthy even during times of stress.