Lawn Care Tips

For Pensacola-area homeowners and business owners alike, caring for the lawns, shrubs, and trees that frame our properties is both important to us and uniquely challenging.

Beyond the dangers of molds, fungus, and other plant diseases, pest insects can also do a lot of damage to your lawn. The longer they’re allowed to stick around, the harder it’s 

going to be to get rid of them, so the following tips are designed to help you identify the most common insect pests in northwest Florida, understand what draws them to your lawn, how you can prevent their attacks, and what to do if they’ve already moved in.

There’s a significant difference between simple and easy.

Something that’s easy requires little effort. And, generally, when something requires little effort, it could also offer little value, too.

Just when you thought it was safe to walk barefoot through your grass...The Attack of the Mole Crickets!

Longer days and warmer temperatures mean more than just fun in the sun in the Pensacola area (although that’s a great part of living here!) It’s also a sign the grass growing season is ready to take off again for the year. This means a shift in your priorities from what you’ve been concentrating on for the last several weeks as your lawn has come out of its winter dormancy.

While it’s natural (and sometimes beneficial) for insects to call your lawn home, there are definitely some bugs you don’t want there if you are trying to maintain a strong, healthy turfgrass.

The mole cricket is commonly considered one of the most challenging insect pests Northwest Florida residents struggle to control.

Like its name suggests, these specialized insects have large, shovel-like front claws that allow them to quickly and easily “swim” through the soil underneath turfgrass where they cause damage in two ways:

As a homeowner, you take pride in how your lawn looks. You may even see your lawn as an extension of the house: a place to eat, play, entertain, and relax.

If you owned a beautiful house that you rented out to tenants, and found out that there were holes in the walls, trash on the floor, and a pipe ripped out of the ceiling pouring water everywhere, naturally you would be irate. 

Recently, we discussed some of the best practices you can use to keep your lawn looking great throughout the hot summer months in Northwest Florida. Though you are taking steps to protect your lawn, there could be enemies that keep you from enjoying a healthy lawn this summer. Who are these enemies? Common lawn pests like the chinch bug, mole cricket, and sod web worm. Here is how to be prepared to fight them off and preserve all of your hard work.