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Killing weeds without killing a St Augustine grass lawn is difficult. What weed killer or herbicide, when to apply herbicides and how much herbicide to use


The best method or way to remove, mulch, rake or burn  Live Oak tree leaves on a St Augustine grass lawn is to use a mulching mower


You are walking along fiddling with your phone and BAM!, you walk into a caterpillar hanging by a silk like thread from an Oak tree – not exactly a highlight of your day. What are these aerial assault caterpillars and are they a problem to you or the tree?

A tree is more interesting and visually pleasing without the overgrown look caused by an abundance of small limbs. However, the removal of small limbs is not in the best interest of the tree. So how do you find that balance between beauty and health?

Many believe that taking care of your lawn means putting something on the lawn, like fertilizer or an insecticide. However, you can go organic in February with these two simple organic lawn care techniques that improve your lawn and use no fertilizer or chemicals.

Stinging-biting insects like mosquitos and no-see-ums make outdoor life a pain. They also transmit diseases like Zika and West Nile virus to humans and heartworms to pets. However, there is a solution - With modern chemicals and products, you can make the outdoors a lot less painful

Those brown circles in your lawn that look like alien crop circles are caused by a soil-borne fungus that when conditions are perfect will attack the leaves of your St Augustine lawn. The common name for the disease is Brown Patch. Brown Patch is a cool weather fungal disease that can cause cosmetic damage but rarely kills St Augustine turf grass lawns.

Trees are an essential element in the Pinellas landscape and proper maintenance is essential to maintain appearance, health, and safety. Pruning and trimming are primary care services a landscape tree will require to stay attractive, healthy, and safe. When is the best time to do tree pruning and trimming?

Even though your lawn is green (or should be), it is semi-dormant or hibernating. It is resting. The cooler temps and shorter days mean less metabolism and less photosynthesis. During this time of the year, your lawn has some specific needs to survive and prepare for the spring.

What should you do for your St Augustine grass lawn during the colder winter months in Florida? Does it need fertilizer, water and insect control? In this article I provide an action plan to keep your St Augustine looking its best all winter.


Sugarcane Mosaic Virus (SMV) is infecting lawns in Pinellas County. Mild to moderately infected lawns often recover and return to their natural beauty. The most impacted areas are south of 38th Ave N and concentrated along the coastal areas.

During the cooler shorter days of winter, St Augustine goes semi-dormant. But the weeds and fungus do not. Focusing on weeds, fungus and setting up the lawn for the spring is the goal of winterizing a lawn.

Summer sun, heat, and rains are yielding to cooler mornings, shorter days, and less rain. This is a transitional period for your lawn from full-throttle growth to semi-dormancy

Those big brown cockroaches – AKA Palmetto Bug_  you see scurrying across the floor are forest insects. Sometimes while foraging for food and water in your landscape, they may wander into your home. They prefer the cool moist and dark forest floor to your kitchen floor.

Rats will often cohabitate with humans, preferring areas not frequented by other occupants like attics, crawl spaces, and overgrown plantings or trash piles. Rats making noise is often the first indication you have these unwanted house guests.