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Your Yard Clean-Up Guide: Taking the Guesswork Out of Fall Lawn Care
Your Yard Clean-Up Guide: Taking the Guesswork Out of Fall Lawn Care

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September 17, 2025

Wendy Komancheck

Homeowners: Your Fall Aeration & Seeding Guide
Homeowners: Your Fall Aeration & Seeding Guide

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September 16, 2025

Wendy Komancheck

Summer Lawn Watering Made Simple: Water Conservation Tips for Healthy Grass
Summer Lawn Watering Made Simple: Water Conservation Tips for Healthy Grass

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July 8, 2025

Wendy Komancheck

It’s National Lawn Care Month: 7 Lawn Care Tips for Beautiful Spring Grass
It’s National Lawn Care Month: 7 Lawn Care Tips for Beautiful Spring Grass

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March 18, 2025

Wendy Komancheck

Transform Your Lackluster Lawn with Frost Seeding
Transform Your Lackluster Lawn with Frost Seeding

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December 17, 2024

Wendy Komancheck

July is Smart Irrigation Month: Efficient Watering Practices for South Central Pennsylvanians
July is Smart Irrigation Month: Efficient Watering Practices for South Central Pennsylvanians

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July 9, 2024

Wendy Komancheck

Tomlinson Bomberger Lawn Care Programs: Which One Is Right for You?
Tomlinson Bomberger Lawn Care Programs: Which One Is Right for You?

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June 19, 2024

Wendy Komancheck

Celebrate National Lawn Care Month: Tips for Taking Care of Your Lawn Between Professional Visits
Celebrate National Lawn Care Month: Tips for Taking Care of Your Lawn Between Professional Visits

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April 5, 2024

Wendy Komancheck

Spring Into Action: Prepping Your Central PA Lawn for Spring
Spring Into Action: Prepping Your Central PA Lawn for Spring

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March 19, 2024

Wendy Komancheck

Revitalize Your Lawn with Fall Mechanical Aeration & Seeding
Revitalize Your Lawn with Fall Mechanical Aeration & Seeding

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August 8, 2023

Wendy Komancheck

Stay Green: Expert Lawn Watering Tips for Summer
Stay Green: Expert Lawn Watering Tips for Summer

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July 18, 2023

Wendy Komancheck

Revive Your Lawn: Beating Lawn Disease in South Central PA
Revive Your Lawn: Beating Lawn Disease in South Central PA

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June 13, 2023

Wendy Komancheck

4 Tips for a Beautiful Lawn this Spring
4 Tips for a Beautiful Lawn this Spring

Spring is in the air. The robins are hopping, the forsythia shrubs have buds, and your turfgrass is ...

March 24, 2023

Wendy Komancheck

Should I Aerate My Lawn?
Should I Aerate My Lawn?

As we transition into fall, it is a great time to evaluate your lawn. The summer heat and humidity a...

September 14, 2022

Should I Aerate My Lawn?

Help! Do I have lawn disease?
Help! Do I have lawn disease?

Let's face it. Summer is tough on lawns. Heat and drought combined with insects and disease stress y...

August 5, 2022

Bob Kandratavich

How to Identify Summer Lawn Diseases.
How to Identify Summer Lawn Diseases.

We all strive to have a healthy green lawn throughout the summer. However, as the weather warms and ...

August 3, 2021

Bob Kandratavich

5 Steps to a Great Lawn!
5 Steps to a Great Lawn!

  After a long winter we all look forward to Spring. The brown and grey colors associated with ...

March 22, 2021

Bob Kandratavich

Why Does My Lawn Look Patchy? – Rough Bluegrass
Why Does My Lawn Look Patchy? – Rough Bluegrass

One of the most common calls we get throughout the season is about “patchy” looking lawns.  The...

April 30, 2019

Tomlinson Bomberger

Late Fall Seeding Myths
Late Fall Seeding Myths

We have been getting the question “When is my seeding going to be done?” a lot lately.  It’s ...

October 19, 2018

Tomlinson Bomberger

Help Your Lawn Recover from Summer Stress
Help Your Lawn Recover from Summer Stress

You think you have stress? What about your grass? People walk all over it. The sun beats down on it....

September 4, 2018

Andre Lopez

Why Is My Lawn Dying?
Why Is My Lawn Dying?

“Why is my lawn dying?” “Why are there brown spots in my lawn?” “Will it grow back again?...

August 24, 2018

Jay Worth

Watering Your New Lawn
Watering Your New Lawn

You may have just invested in having seed or sod installed in areas of your lawn and would love for ...

July 13, 2018

Tomlinson Bomberger

8 Quick Summer Landscaping Tips
8 Quick Summer Landscaping Tips

Memorial Day is behind us now.  Summer is “unofficially” in swing.  Here are 8 quick summer la...

May 31, 2018

Jay Worth

What Dad Never Told You About Lawn Care – <h2>Mowing, Trimming, and Edging</h2><br />
What Dad Never Told You About Lawn Care –

Mowing, Trimming, and Edging


Lawn Care is one of those things that often get overlooked in the series of “Dad talks” we get. ...

April 10, 2018

Jay Worth

3 Ways Your Landscaping Can Save The Planet
3 Ways Your Landscaping Can Save The Planet

Lawns and landscapes provide many benefits to society and the planet. Essential to our existence are...

April 3, 2018

Bob Kandratavich

5 Vicious Myths About Lawn Care
5 Vicious Myths About Lawn Care

Almost all of us know “that guy.”  He’s the one in your neighborhood who is fanatical about l...

March 16, 2018

Jay Worth

9 Bogus Facts About Lawn Care
9 Bogus Facts About Lawn Care

9 Lawn Care Facts that are Untrue A quick story about lawn care facts for you… I knocked on th...

February 16, 2018

Jay Worth

5 Best Options for Fall Lawn Renovation
5 Best Options for Fall Lawn Renovation

When is the ideal time for lawn renovation and seeding? If you answered Fall, you are correct! Getti...

August 15, 2017

Greg Tomlinson

Three Tips for Keeping Your Lawn Green
Three Tips for Keeping Your Lawn Green

Did your lawn take a beating in last year? Now is the perfect time to start planning to keep your la...

May 1, 2017

Greg Tomlinson

3 Tips for Sustainable Lawn Care This Earth Day
3 Tips for Sustainable Lawn Care This Earth Day

The earth sustains and supports life. Without it, we would not be living today. With this in mind, i...

April 18, 2017

Bob Kandratavich

Benefits of Installing an Irrigation System
Benefits of Installing an Irrigation System

Do you spend hours upon hours trying to set up your lawn sprinkler to water your scorched, ugly look...

April 4, 2017

Matt Lowe

The Ultimate Lawn Care Calendar
The Ultimate Lawn Care Calendar

The ultimate lawn does not happen overnight. But, if your lawn care company follows this calendar of...

March 21, 2017

Tomlinson Bomberger

3 Lawn Care Tips for the First-Time Homebuyer
3 Lawn Care Tips for the First-Time Homebuyer

Closing day on your new home is finally here!  There are final details to work out and a TON of pap...

November 22, 2016

Jay Worth

6 Tips for Preparing Your Lawn for Winter
6 Tips for Preparing Your Lawn for Winter

As we head into the second week of October, we start seeing the effects of beginning to hit: cooler ...

October 11, 2016

Tomlinson Bomberger

10 Commandments of Lawn Care
10 Commandments of Lawn Care

I am one of those few lucky people you meet who gets the opportunity to wake up each day and do what...

August 30, 2016

Jay Worth

Turning an Ugly Lawn into the Best Grass on the Block
Turning an Ugly Lawn into the Best Grass on the Block

It’s an uncomfortable truth.  Everyone has “that house” on their block.  You know the one I...

August 2, 2016

Jay Worth

How Much Does Grub Control Cost and is it Worth it?
How Much Does Grub Control Cost and is it Worth it?

Every summer, there’s a mass exodus that takes place – beetles swarming out of the ground, devou...

June 7, 2016

Jay Worth

Reactions to TruGreen and Scotts LawnService Merger
Reactions to TruGreen and Scotts LawnService Merger

If you’re a customer of either TruGreen or Scotts LawnService in the Lancaster, York, Lebanon,...

February 16, 2016

Tomlinson Bomberger

Can You Kill Oxalis in your Lawn with Weed Control?
Can You Kill Oxalis in your Lawn with Weed Control?

One of the most despised broadleaf weeds in lawns is Oxalis corniculata (or Creeping Woodsorrel). Th...

October 8, 2015

Tomlinson Bomberger

Should I Bag or Mulch my Grass Clippings?
Should I Bag or Mulch my Grass Clippings?

Bag or mulch? Ah yes, to bag or not to bag your grass clippings…that is the question. As a pro...

September 24, 2015

Tomlinson Bomberger

Organic Grub Control?
Organic Grub Control?

Organic Grub Control? This day and age people frequently look for natural remedies or organic altern...

June 23, 2015

Tomlinson Bomberger

How Late Can I Put Down Grub Control?
How Late Can I Put Down Grub Control?

How Late Can I Put Down Grub Control? As a professional lawn care service we get a lot of questions ...

June 9, 2015

Tomlinson Bomberger

How to Get Rid of Red Thread in your Lawn
How to Get Rid of Red Thread in your Lawn

What is this pink stuff on my grass? A common lawn care problem in the late spring and early summer ...

May 26, 2015

Tomlinson Bomberger

Is it Too Late to Seed my Lawn this Fall?
Is it Too Late to Seed my Lawn this Fall?

Is it too late to seed my lawn? Did Fall get away from you all of a sudden? November is approaching ...

October 30, 2014

Tomlinson Bomberger

Should you Roll your Lawn?
Should you Roll your Lawn?

“Does your company offer a service to roll my lawn?” Ask us that question and you may no...

October 2, 2014

Tomlinson Bomberger

Why are there Moths all over my Lawn?
Why are there Moths all over my Lawn?

Summer is known for a lot of things. Picnics, fireworks, trips to the beach or pool, and moths flyin...

July 17, 2014

Tomlinson Bomberger

What Happens if I Don’t Water My Lawn?
What Happens if I Don’t Water My Lawn?

What happens if I don’t water my lawn? Depending where you travel in the country, you’ll...

June 12, 2014

Tomlinson Bomberger

What if it Rains After my Lawn Care Treatment?
What if it Rains After my Lawn Care Treatment?

What if we get rain after my lawn care treatment? One of the most common questions we hear as a prof...

April 22, 2014

Tomlinson Bomberger

Which Lawn Care Program is Best for Me?
Which Lawn Care Program is Best for Me?

Not only do lawns come in all shapes, sizes, and features, but approaches to lawn care programs do a...

March 11, 2014

Tomlinson Bomberger

Dog Damage and Your Lawn
Dog Damage and Your Lawn

Dog Damage to Your Lawn A dog may be man’s best friend, but it certainly isn’t a lawn...

February 25, 2014

Tomlinson Bomberger

How to Get Rid of Clover
How to Get Rid of Clover

Starting to Get Rid of Clover Clover is a persistent broadleaf weed found in many lawns, and is actu...

January 9, 2014

Tomlinson Bomberger

Surface Roots and Your Lawn
Surface Roots and Your Lawn

Do’s and Don’t of Dealing with Surface Roots Are you and your mower bouncing all over th...

January 7, 2014

Tomlinson Bomberger

4 Benefits of Topdressing Your Lawn
4 Benefits of Topdressing Your Lawn

Topdressing my lawn? What is that going to do? Topdressing is probably one of the least-known lawn i...

November 5, 2013

Tomlinson Bomberger

What Kind of Grass Seed is Best?
What Kind of Grass Seed is Best?

What to look for when buying grass seed Buying the right kind of seed for your lawn shouldn’t ...

September 26, 2013

Tomlinson Bomberger

How to Get Rid of Violets in Your Lawn
How to Get Rid of Violets in Your Lawn

“Roses are red, violets are blue”? Even if the old poem doesn’t make much sense wh...

September 10, 2013

Tomlinson Bomberger

What to Do When Grubs Kill Your Lawn
What to Do When Grubs Kill Your Lawn

Grub damage on lawns is one of the easiest types of lawn stresses to diagnose. Late in summer or ear...

September 5, 2013

Tomlinson Bomberger

To Over-Seed or Start Over with Your Ugly Lawn?
To Over-Seed or Start Over with Your Ugly Lawn?

Should I just kill-off all my grass and start my lawn over again? This is a common question we get a...

August 27, 2013

Tomlinson Bomberger

Why are there Mushrooms Growing in my Lawn?
Why are there Mushrooms Growing in my Lawn?

Why are there mushrooms growing in my lawn? This is a frequent phone call and/or question we get as ...

July 11, 2013

Tomlinson Bomberger

Spring Grassy Weeds in Lawns
Spring Grassy Weeds in Lawns

It’s spring and you’re excited about the birds chirping, bulbs blooming, and cutting you...

April 23, 2013

Tomlinson Bomberger

Seeding After Pre-emergent Crabgrass Control
Seeding After Pre-emergent Crabgrass Control

Call-in questions to our office about lawn issues provide an endless supply for lawn care blog entri...

April 11, 2013

Tomlinson Bomberger

How Does Pre-emergent Crabgrass Control Work?
How Does Pre-emergent Crabgrass Control Work?

Crabgrass is one of the most known weedy invaders in your lawn. Even if you can’t tell the dif...

March 15, 2013

Tomlinson Bomberger

How to Get Rid of Weeds in Your Lawn
How to Get Rid of Weeds in Your Lawn

A weed is, by definition, “a plant that is growing in a location you don’t want it to...

March 7, 2013

Tomlinson Bomberger

4 Landscaping Solutions for Steep Banks
4 Landscaping Solutions for Steep Banks

Slopes can be difficult to deal with. Many times they are too steep to plant and safely maintain a l...

October 18, 2012

Tomlinson Bomberger

How to Water Your New Lawn
How to Water Your New Lawn

We all know we need to water the lawn to make it grow. Take it away and it gets crunchy and brown. T...

September 18, 2012

Tomlinson Bomberger

5 Ways to Tell if You Have Turf Disease
5 Ways to Tell if You Have Turf Disease

Let’s face it. Summer is tough on lawns. You have grubs, chinch bugs, sod webworms, crabgrass,...

July 24, 2012

Tomlinson Bomberger

First Mowing of the Spring: Baby’s First Haircut
First Mowing of the Spring: Baby’s First Haircut

“First Mowing of the Spring: Baby’s First Haircut” Those of you with kids know the...

April 1, 2011

Tomlinson Bomberger

Help! My Lawn is a Mess!
Help! My Lawn is a Mess!

“Help! My lawn is a mess!” Ok, you made it through the summer, and now the lawn is a dis...

August 30, 2010

Tomlinson Bomberger

To Water or Not to Water?….and HOW?!
To Water or Not to Water?….and HOW?!

Water – the natural drink for lawns and plants.  But many people wonder how much water does m...

May 28, 2010

Tomlinson Bomberger

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