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Cue the Scary Music …

… Help we’ve got grubs!!!!!!!!!!!!

What was once the pristine lawn that welcomed us to our new home in July is now quite a big mess. We wondered why bits of our lawn were all of a sudden being upturned, and a neighbour explained that the raccoons come out at night and pull up the top layer of the grass to get to their treats — grubs! Yuck!

We’ve never had grubs before. If I pretend I never saw them, will they freeze off and die over the winter and we can start fresh in spring? Or is this something that we need to take care of right away? Advice people!

p.s. Happy Halloween!

Comments

  1. Same here. Raked the lawn and the turf underneath looks like yours. I heard mothballs work, but no idea.

  2. We have had them on and off for a few years, and we haven’t really done anything about it. They didn’t come back this year, so maybe we are on to something?

  3. we had this issue too…can’t remember what hubby did to stop the raccoons…I’ll ask :)

  4. I’ve heard that applying nematodes in the spring can really work to control grubs. We didn’t have enough grubs to warrant applying any this year, but if it gets worse, that’ll be the method I try. Here’s an article from an Ontario garden expert about controlling grubs: http://www.beginner-gardening.com/whitegrubs.html

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