Month Archives: May 2026

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All Seasons

Mulch 101

Six bags, four colours, and two types of bark can leave you wondering if you're buying the right one. Mulch gets treated like a commodity purchase where most people just grab something, dump it in the bed, move on. There's a real difference between the right mulch and just something on the ground, and since you're spending the money either way, you might as well land on the one that actually works for your yard. Here's a breakdown of every …
Growing

Give Your Tree a Fighting Chance: How to Plant a Tree Correctly

There are trees in Kingston that have been standing for sixty years and then there are trees that don't make it past their second spring. The difference usually isn't the tree, it's how you put it in the ground. Most homeowners treat planting like a one-step process: dig a hole, drop the tree, go inside. That works about as well as you'd expect, because trees planted wrong struggle from day one and a struggling new tree is basically an open …
Summer

Summer Lawn Care Tips Every Kingston Homeowner Should Know

Summer rolls in and Kingston lawns hit a turning point. The lush growth of May slows and the soil starts drying out faster than it did all spring. Foot traffic from kids, dogs, and backyard life starts to take a toll. Somewhere around the second week of July, many homeowners reach the same conclusion: the lawn is struggling, so it must need more water and more fertilizer. Summer lawn maintenance is less about doing more and more about doing the …
Summer

How to Keep Your Lawn and Garden Weed Free All Season Long

Weeds don't wait for you to be ready. Come early May in Kingston, dandelions are already setting roots while your lawn is still shaking off winter. Pull one on the weekend, find three more by Tuesday. The problem is timing, not effort. Good weed prevention tips start before the first weed appears, and that's exactly where we'll begin, along with what to do when they show up anyway. Why Weeds Keep Winning Weeds are opportunistic. A thin patch of grass after a …
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