Best Lawn Aeration Tips: Why It’s Important to Aerate Your Yard As homeowners, we strive to achieve and maintain a healthy, lush, and beautiful lawn. We’re able to do so through lawn care practices including mowing regularly, fertilizing at the appropriate seasons, watering when necessary, seeding for new growth, treating for weeds, diseases and insects, and …
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How to Tell If Your Lawn Needs Lime When planting a new lawn or treating your existing one, you’ll likely come across a million different year round lawn care tips that can be overwhelming, especially if you are new to this game. While we all have different preferences when it comes to the look and feel of …
Crawl Space Moisture Control Controlling moisture in your crawl space can seem like a daunting task. You have so many other parts of the house to worry about! The bathroom needs to be gutted, the kitchen needs new appliances, the master bedroom could use some work — who has time to think about even think …
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Consider Crawl Space Remediation with Encapsulation Most homeowners try to pretend their crawl space isn’t even there — it’s oftentimes such a dark, dank, dirty part of the house that it’s easier to just forget about, right? Wrong! While it’s usually the most neglected part of our homes, it’s also one of the most important. …
How Environmental Pest Control Keeps Your Pets Safe and Healthy Maybe you own a Border Collie, or a Siamese kitten, or even a pet alligator (we don’t judge). We know you treat your pets like family, and only want the best for them. Here at Killingsworth we love our pets so much, we even gave …
Get a Professional-Looking Yard with These 7 Organic Lawn Care Tips If you dream of having a yard that could rival the front lawn of the Biltmore Estate, you’re in luck! It’s easy to assume your lawn could never look that good, considering the amount of maintenance the Biltmore grounds require — especially if you’re only interested in using organic …
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Simple DIY Pest Control Tips to Prepare for Spring Pests We can all agree that one of the best parts about winter is that the bugs die off. While pests in the South aren’t completely eliminated each season thanks to mild winters, they’re generally dormant or less active. In the spring, however, pests come out of …
Easy Home Mold Mitigation Tips to Try Yourself Interesting fact: mold is everywhere. Well, microscopic mold spores, that is. And with the right conditions (which may already exist in your home), these spores can quickly grow into actual mold. In fact, all mold needs to grow is oxygen and moisture, which makes areas of your home such as the bathroom, laundry …
7 Ways Snow Can Damage Your Home As a child, there is nothing more magical than waking up to a fresh snowfall — especially in the Carolinas. However, once you become a homeowner, snowfall becomes less of a magical landscape and more of a cause for concern. Snow and ice can cause serious damage to …
How Mold Affects Your Home and Health Let’s face it, there are few things scarier than coming across mold in your home. Mold’s unsightly appearance and musty odor can mean trouble for your home, especially if it’s gone unnoticed for some time. Mold is typically found in dark, damp and undisturbed areas, such as bathrooms, behind walls, in crawlspaces and …
