Rid Your Yard of Mosquitoes with These Plants
Landscaping at home does not just involve sticking random plants into your barren front or backyard and making it look more “green.” When designing and landscaping at home, you need to invest some time, energy, and creativity into beautifying your yard — but you’ll also need to put some real thought into it. This is…
Read MoreTicks Can Be Deadly: How & Why We Treat Them for Customers
Your yard is a sanctuary to all kinds of insects, animals, and plants. It’s also your own personal sanctuary. And it isn’t news that insects are important to the overall environment, but sometimes they can be pests, no matter how much they offer to the circle of life. And while ticks are common and often…
Read MoreThe Problem with Grubs and How We Treat Them
First, understand that an abundance of grubs under your lawn can cause issues that visibly look like discoloration, dead grass, wilting, and a lot like you’re not taking care of your lawn. Second, understand that the damage and mess that grubs can inflict on your lawn doesn’t typically show up until much later, after they’ve…
Read MoreVoles vs. Moles: Protecting Your Landscaping
If you have pests causing subterranean damage, you may be wondering if they are moles or voles. With the names so similar and their damage almost the same, it is hard to tell the difference between these landscape-ruining pests. It is important to know if you have a vole or mole problem, and to do…
Read MorePerimeter Pest Control – Protecting Your Pets
One thing we love at Grasshopper Gardens, is our pets! One thing we hate at Grasshopper Gardens, is the summer time bugs. You take every precaution to protect yourself from bug bites, but what about your pets? Surely, your fur-babies will be spending a lot of time in your yard with you this summer, so…
Read MoreProtect Your Yard from Ticks
Lyme Disease is so prevalent I’m sure just about everyone knows of someone who has been diagnosed with the virus. It is more and more common in our area and now there are reports of other tick borne diseases to be concerned about. Borrelia miyamotoi is a cousin to Lyme Disease and has similar symptoms…
Read MoreHow to tell if your lawn has Grubs
White grub issues are two-fold, as they eat the lawn in the larval stage and then turn into beetles, such as the Japanese Beetle, in their adult stage and eat surrounding plants. How to determine if there’s an issue: To determine how many grubs you have in your lawn you can use a flat spade…
Read MoreEmerald Ash Borer
How much wood can a bug eat, if a bug could eat wood? Answer: A lot! The culprit: The Emerald Ash Borer is an Asian Beetle that infests, attacks and kills all species of North American Ash trees. They most likely came to the states in shipping palettes from Asia and were first discovered in…
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