Keep Your Lawn Weed-Free this Spring Season

Springtime is here, which means we're spending more time outdoors and in our yards. The last thing we want to deal with is weeds taking over. In order to achieve and maintain a beautiful lawn, A B Pest Control and Insulation truly believes that you should implement basic lawn care practices. On top of that, it takes time and work to ensure your lawn isn't overtaken by weeds. So, we've put together some information to help you get your yard in tip-top shape and weed-free this spring season!

Do a Springtime Lawn Revamp
Fall and spring are the best times to give your lawn some much needed TLC to ensure it remains healthy and lush. Here are some tasks you should be doing every spring:

• Testing the soil
• Core aeration
• Adding soil amendments
• Top-dressing
• Fertilizing
• Planting grass seed or sod

Keep Up with Lawn Maintenance

Spring and summer time typically means you're out and about doing things you enjoy doing and are probably rarely home. However, to maintain a healthy lawn all year round, you really do need to keep up with lawn maintenance. This means mowing regularly, spraying for weeds routinely, and watering often!

Promote a Healthy Lawn

While fighting weeds is a year-round job, weed prevention is best practiced in the fall and early spring to take advantage of the growing season of turf grasses. A healthy, thick lawn is your number one defense against weeds. For a nice, green lawn that is free of weeds, focus first on getting your grass healthy, then give it a couple of months to become strong before applying weed control products. Minimize turf areas, so that you’re only growing grass where grass easily grows.

Hire the Professionals!

Every yard is different and it’s important to have a proper lawn management program that is tailored to your unique yard. A B Pest Control and Insulation has a formula for success for your lawn. The best lawn service company at the Lake of the Ozarks can evaluate your lawn’s needs and put it on a regular maintenance schedule so that it stays healthy and weed-free throughout the year. If your lawn is in need of some help, visit our website or give us a call today. We would love to get your yard on track to looking great all summer long!

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We Can Help with Your Spring To-Do List!

With spring nearly here, and time on our hands to focus on things around the house, many people are starting to get their homes ready for a busy summer season. If you're needing a little help around the house, you may be surprised at how your local pest control company at the Lake of the Ozarks can assist. At A B Pest Control & Insulation, we offer more than just pest control services at the Lake of the Ozarks. Check out all the things A B Pest Control & Insulation can do for you this season.

Keep Your Home Pest Free

A B Pest Control & Insulation also offers a wide range of pest control services at the Lake of the Ozarks. From general pest to rodent control and everything in between, we can make sure your home is pest free and ready for the summer season. A B Pest Control & Insulation can spray the inside of your home, your lawn, and even your dock and boat. Don't let pests put a damper on your summer fun and call a professional pest control company at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Keep Your Home Free of Critters

A B Pest Control & Insulation offers animal trapping services at the Lake of the Ozarks. From moles and gophers to raccoons and rodents and everything in between, A B Pest Control & Insulation can help you safely remove any critters that are hiding around your home. During the spring, animals are coming out of their winter hibernation and are more active. If you notice unwanted critters hanging out in your yard, just call A B Pest Control & Insulation and our technicians can help to remove them and help you prevent them from coming back.

Keep You Cool This Summer

Did you know that in addition to pest control, we're also a full-service insulation company at the Lake of the Ozarks? Our insulation team has many years of experience so you can trust that we'll get the job done right at a fair price. Proper insulation in your home ensures that your home stays nice and cool when it's hot outside and nice and toasty warm when it's cold outside. A B Pest Control & Insulation can evaluate your home or business and make the proper recommendations for the best insulation to meet your needs. Spring is a great time to evaluate your home's insulation needs so you know it'll be nice and cool before the hot summer season.

Keep Your Lawn Looking Its Best

Good turf management is the first step in an effective environmentally sound weed control program. Weeds don't produce unhealthy lawns; unhealthy lawns produce weeds. When you hire A B Pest Control & Insulation for our lawn services at the Lake of the Ozarks, we work to make your lawn healthier. Weeds are typically a symptom of a more serious problem in your yard and we develop a turf management program tailored just for your lawn. When the dandelions and other weeds have engulfed your lawn and you've decided to fight back, it's time to call A B Pest Control & Insulation.

A B Pest Control & Insulation Can Help This Spring

When you're looking for some help around your home this spring, look no further than 
A B Pest Control & Insulation. From pest and animal control to lawn and insulation services, we offer a wide range of services that can help make your home ready for the summer season! To learn more about our services or to make an appointment visit our website or give us a call!

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Win the War Against Weeds this Spring

For a beautiful lawn this season and to win the war on weeds, now is the time to apply a fertilizer and pre-emergent lawn care treatment. Feeding your lawn will keep it healthy while keeping the weeds away. Timing is everything to prevent seeds from germinating. Prevention happens in the spring. Before your lawn gets engulfed in unsightly weeds, you should contact a lawn service at the Lake of the Ozarks. A B Pest Control and Insulation offers a turf management program tailored just for your lawn.

Why You Should Fertilize Your Lawn
If you want a healthy lawn, it takes more than mowing and watering it. Fertilizer provides the proper nutrients for your lawn to grow lush and green. Optimal results occur when the fertilizer is applied accurately and evenly across your lawn. Inconsistent coverage can make your lawn grow uneven. Too much fertilization can cause havoc too. Thatch buildup can harbor large populations of insects, causing an increase in pest problems in your yard. Fertilization is generally most successful if applied using a slow release product that contains nitrogen, which is responsible for green growth and optimized health. It also reduces the risk of disease and fungus. It is best to address individual lawn care at Lake of the Ozarks, by factoring in location and the type of grass you have.

The Benefits of a Pre-Emergent Lawn Care Treatment
You have probably spent countless hours pulling weeds or spraying weed killers from your local home improvement store. This can be frustrating, but there is a way to improve the appearance of your lawn with less hassle. A pre-emergent lawn care product should be applied in spring which will help throughout the majority of the growing season. Various weeds germinate at different times, so repeated applications of the right chemical can eliminate most of the weeds in your lawn. Below are some of the benefits:

• It stops the weeds from growing
• A minimal amount of labor is involved 
• Dealing with remaining weeds is easier
• Each successive season, the need to spray a post-emergent weed killer is lessened

Let A B Pest Control and Insulation Treat Your Lawn
A B Pest Control and Insulation can offer an evaluation to customize the best fertilizer to fit your lawn's needs. Once weeds appear in your lawn, it could indicate more serious problems in your yard. Weeds do not produce unhealthy lawns, unhealthy lawns produce weeds. We will develop a turf management program tailored just for your lawn. This is the first step in an effective, environmentally sound weed-free yard. A B Pest Control and Insulation also offers pest control services at the Lake of the Ozarks, to prevent pests from invading your plant beds and gardens. Let us help you keep your outdoor space beautiful and pest-free!

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See How A B Pest Control & Insulation can Help with Your Spring Maintenance To-Do List

With spring officially here, and time on our hands to focus on things around the house, many people are starting to get their homes ready for a busy summer season. If you're needing a little help around the house, you may be surprised at how your local pest control company at the Lake of the Ozarks can assist. At A B Pest Control & Insulation, we offer more than just pest control services at the Lake of the Ozarks. Check out all the things A B Pest Control & Insulation can do for you this season.

Keep Your Home Pest Free

A B Pest Control & Insulation also offers a wide range of pest control services at the Lake of the Ozarks. From general pest to rodent control and everything in between, we can make sure your home is pest free and ready for the summer season. A B Pest Control & Insulation can spray the inside of your home, your lawn, and even your dock and boat. Don't let pests put a damper on your summer fun and call a professional pest control company at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Keep Your Home Free of Critters

A B Pest Control & Insulation offers animal trapping services at the Lake of the Ozarks. From moles and gophers to raccoons and rodents and everything in between, A B Pest Control & Insulation can help you safely remove any critters that are hiding around your home. During the spring, animals are coming out of their winter hibernation and are more active. If you notice unwanted critters hanging out in your yard, just call A B Pest Control & Insulation and our technicians can help to remove them and help you prevent them from coming back.

Keep You Cool This Summer

Did you know that in addition to pest control, we're also a full-service insulation company at the Lake of the Ozarks? Our insulation team has many years of experience so you can trust that we'll get the job done right at a fair price. Proper insulation in your home ensures that your home stays nice and cool when it's hot outside and nice and toasty warm when it's cold outside. A B Pest Control & Insulation can evaluate your home or business and make the proper recommendations for the best insulation to meet your needs. Spring is a great time to evaluate your home's insulation needs so you know it'll be nice and cool before the hot summer season.

Keep Your Lawn Looking Its Best

Good turf management is the first step in an effective environmentally sound weed control program. Weeds don't produce unhealthy lawns; unhealthy lawns produce weeds. When you hire A B Pest Control & Insulation for our lawn services at the Lake of the Ozarks, we work to make your lawn healthier. Weeds are typically a symptom of a more serious problem in your yard and we develop a turf management program tailored just for your lawn. When the dandelions and other weeds have engulfed your lawn and you've decided to fight back, it's time to call A B Pest Control & Insulation.

A B Pest Control & Insulation Can Help This Spring

When you're looking for some help around your home this spring, look no further than 
A B Pest Control & Insulation. From pest and animal control to lawn and insulation services, we offer a wide range of services that can help make your home ready for the summer season! To learn more about our services or to make an appointment visit our website or give us a call!

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www.abpest.net

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Lawn Care Tips for a Weed-Free Yard

In order to achieve and maintain a beautiful lawn, A B Pest Control and Insulation truly believes that you should implement basic lawn care practices. On top of that, it takes time and work to ensure your lawn isn't overtaken by weeds. The best lawn service company at the Lake of the Ozarks has put together some information to help you get your yard in tip-top shape and weed-free!

Do a Spring Time Lawn Revamp
Fall and spring are the best times to give your lawn some much needed TLC to ensure it remains healthy and lush. Here are some tasks you should be doing every spring:

• Testing the soil
• Core aeration
• Adding soil amendments
• Top-dressing
• Fertilizing
• Planting grass seed or sod

Keep Up with Lawn Maintenance

Spring and summer time typically means you're out and about doing things you enjoy doing and are probably rarely home. However, to maintain a healthy lawn all year round, you really do need to keep up with lawn maintenance. This means mowing regularly, spraying for weeds routinely, and watering often!

Promote a Healthy Lawn

While fighting weeds is a year-round job, weed prevention is best practiced in the fall and early spring to take advantage of the growing season of turf grasses. A healthy, thick lawn is your number one defense against weeds. For a nice, green lawn that is free of weeds, focus first on getting your grass healthy, then give it a couple of months to become strong before applying weed control products. Minimize turf areas, so that you’re only growing grass where grass easily grows.

Hire the Professionals!

Every yard is different and it’s important to have a proper lawn management program that is tailored to your unique yard. A B Pest Control and Insulation has a formula for success for your lawn. The best lawn service company at the Lake of the Ozarks can evaluate your lawn’s needs and put it on a regular maintenance schedule so that it stays healthy and weed-free throughout the year. If your lawn is in need of some help, visit our website or give us a call today. We would love to get your yard back on track!

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Pest Control Company

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Get Ready for the Spring Invasion

Spring at the Lake of the Ozarks is just around the corner and we couldn’t be more excited for warmer weather and longer days. Many people are starting to think about what needs to be done to get their homes ready for the busy summer season. If you're needing a little help around the house, let your favorite pest control company at the Lake of the Ozarks help. At A B Pest Control & Insulation, we offer more than just pest control services at the Lake of the Ozarks. Check out all the ways we can help you get ready for the spring invasion!

Hibernating Critters will be Waking Soon
During the spring, animals will be coming out of their winter hibernation and will become more active. If you notice unwanted critters hanging out in your yard, just call A B Pest Control & Insulation and our technicians can help to remove them and help you prevent them from coming back. From moles and gophers to raccoons and rodents and everything in between, A B Pest Control & Insulation can help you safely remove any critters that are hiding around your home or digging up your lawn.

Pests will be Invading Your Home and Lawn
A B Pest Control & Insulation also offers a wide range of pest control services at the Lake of the Ozarks. From general pest to rodent control and everything in between, we can make sure your home is pest free and ready for the summer season. A B Pest Control & Insulation can spray the inside of your home, your lawn, and even your dock and boat. Don't let spring pests put a damper on your summer fun and call a professional pest control company at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Battle the Weeds Before they Invade

You know the saying 'March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers'... Well, those showers bring on more than just flowers. They can cause an over germination of unsightly weeds, too. Good turf management is the first step in effective weed control. When you hire A B Pest Control & Insulation for our lawn services at the Lake of the Ozarks, we work to make your lawn healthier. Weeds are typically a symptom of a more serious problem in your yard and we develop a turf management program tailored just for your lawn. Have a plan of attack against those unsightly and hard to kill dandelions and other weeds that are bound to engulf your lawn, and call A B Pest Control & Insulation.

A B Pest Control & Insulation Can Help This Spring
When you're looking for some help around your home this spring, look no further than A B Pest Control & Insulation. From pest and animal control to lawn and weed control services, we offer a wide range of services that can help you get ready for the spring invasion!

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Spring Forward this Sunday!

It's that time of year again when we'll be setting our clocks an hour ahead for Daylight Savings! Daylight Saving Time will begin it’s eight-month run this Sunday at 2:00 am. Have you ever wondered where this tradition of turning time comes from or how it benefits us? There are a lot of questions and myths that surround Daylight Saving Time and A B Pest Control & Insulation has some fun facts about this mysterious time change.

What is Daylight Saving Time?
First things first, most people tend to call it “daylight savings time” or even “spring forward”. While it essentially means the same, the correct term is Daylight Saving Time. Daylight Saving Time is centered around making better use of the day’s light. This is why an hour of daylight is shifted from the morning to the evening during springtime and vice versa in the fall.

Who’s In Charge Of Daylight Saving Time?
Did you know that the Department of Transportation (DOT) is actually the organization in charge of daylight saving time and all time zones in the U.S.? According to their website, they are in charge of time and time zones “because time standards are important for many modes of transportation”. The DOT says that daylight saving is observed because it saves energy, saves lives by preventing traffic accidents, and also reduces crime. In 2007, the federal government expanded daylight saving time in order to reduce energy consumption. Daylight saving time now accounts for about 65% of the year.

Who Has The Final Say?
While many people may agree about the benefits, not everyone agrees that daylight saving time offers energy-saving benefits. When it comes down to actually observing daylight saving time, it’s purely a state matter. How a state determines that, whether it’s through a law, resolution, or executive order, is up to them. If a state decides to no longer follow daylight saving time, they would just need to inform the Department of Transportation, and of course the rest of the world.

Hawaii and most of Arizona are the only states in the U.S. that don’t participate in daylight saving time. Arizona opted out in 1968, but certain Native American reservations in Arizona still follow daylight saving time. Other places that don’t observe daylight saving time include American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

Spring Forward This Sunday
Whether you agree with it or not, daylight saving time is just around the corner, so don't forget or your routine will be thrown off! A B Pest Control & Insulation wants to remind you to set your clocks ahead an hour before going to bed Saturday night. With the time change and the longer days, if you happen to find creepy crawlers around your home, give your pest control company at the Lake of the Ozarks a call. We’ve got you covered!

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Tips For A Healthy Spring Yard

Now that spring is here, it's time to get back into our lawn care routine. It's best to start early in order to have a lawn that is beautiful and healthy in the summer. We spend a lot of time outdoors during the warmer months, so we want to make sure our lawns are healthy enough to withstand not only the heat but also people walking across them. A B Pest Control & Insulation has 6 tips to keep in mind this spring to have a beautiful lawn you can enjoy this summer.

1. Mow Regularly

It's best to keep your lawn between 3 - 4 inches from the ground to help protect from weeds and to provide shade. Start mowing your lawn as soon as your lawn needs it and mow it as often as it takes to keep it between the 3-4 inches, which is usually about once a week. However, it's important not to cut your lawn too short either, as that could be just as damaging as letting it grow too tall.

2. Water In The Early Morning

It's best to water your lawn in the early morning, as that's when it's the coolest. While it's cool in the evenings as well, when the lawn is watered in the evenings, water droplets cling to the blades and can't evaporate, which can cause lawn disease. When water sits in the yard overnight, it's the perfect breeding ground for fungus. In addition to watering in the morning, it's best to water the lawn less, but for longer periods of time to allow the roots to grow deeply. 

3. Fertilizer 

The type of grass you have in your lawn will affect when and how you should fertilize your lawn. If you have cool-season grasses, don't heavily fertilize your lawn in the spring. This will encourage rapid tender growth that will struggle to survive the heat of the summer. If your cool-season lawn is in in bad shape, fertilize lightly in the spring with a slow-releasing fertilizer. Save the heavier feedings for fall when cool-season grasses are at their peak growing season. If you have a warm-season grass, fertilize in the late spring as soon as the lawn gets nice and green and begins to actively grow. This is usually after the last frost in April or May.

4. Use Weed Control

Both cool and warm season kinds of grass can benefit from weed control during the spring months. It's best to use a pre-emergent weed control during the spring to prevent the seeds from germinating. The best way to control weeds is to eliminate them before they start to grow.  Keeping the weeds out of your grass helps it not only look good but it keeps it healthy too. 

5. Aerate

The best time to aerate your lawn depends on the type of grass is in your yard. For warm-season grasses, it's best to aerate in the early to mid-summer. For cool-season grasses, aeration is best saved for the fall, however, it can be repeated in the springtime if the soil is extremely compacted. It's best to wait until the lawn has been mowed two or three times in the season so you know it will recover from the aeration.

6. Overeseeding

In the spring, you will need to decide if you want to focus on weed control or lawn seeding. Pre-emergent herbicides prevent grass seed from sprouting as well, so you can't do both. The herbicide usually last up to 12 weeks, which means you'll miss the spring planting season.

If your focus is on filling in bare spots or establishing a new lawn, then follow these steps depending on the type of grass you have. If you have cool-season grasses, they can be planted as soon as the temperature is in the 60s and soil temperatures are in the 50s. Plant as soon as temperatures allow the seedlings a chance to get established before the hot weather hits. Fall is typically the better time to plant cool-season grasses, so use the spring months for patching bare spots and be prepared to keep your lawn well-watered during the summer. Warm-season grasses can be planted when air temperatures are in the 70 and soil temperatures are in the 60s. It's important to make sure the danger of frost has passed. Late spring is the best time to plant warm-season grasses.

If you need help with your lawn care maintenance at the Lake of the Ozarks, A B Pest Control & Insulation is here for you. We can help you have a healthy and pest free yard. To learn more or to schedule your appointment, give us a call at 573-964-1100.

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