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Author: Sinziana Spiridon

Sinziana Spiridon is an outdoorsy writer with a soft spot for organic gardening and over four years' experience covering lawn care. When not writing about weeds, pests, soil, and plant care, she's tending to her veggie garden, her greenhouse tomatoes, and the lovely turf strip in her front yard.

What is Dollar Spot?

By Sinziana Spiridon | Updated: June 25, 2025
General Lawn Care

Dollar spot is a foliar disease of turfgrasses caused by Clarireedia fungi and spread through wind, water, equipment, and foot traffic.

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Integrated Pest Management for the Garden

By Sinziana Spiridon | Updated: December 11, 2024
Pest control

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for gardens protects your crops from pests and toxic pesticides. IPM is an eco-friendly system that […]

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Integrated Pest Management for the Lawn

By Sinziana Spiridon | Updated: December 14, 2024
General Lawn Care

Pesticides are convenient, fast-acting lawn pest management tools, but are not a long-term solution. For pest control that keeps the […]

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How to Get Rid of Moles in Your Yard

By Sinziana Spiridon | Updated: February 28, 2025
Pest control

Moles can be a real problem. To keep these pests at bay, create barriers, introduce predators, reduce their food source, and more.

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How to Stop Squirrels from Destroying Your Yard

By Sinziana Spiridon | Updated: October 17, 2025
Pest control

Protect garden beds with wire cages, trees with collars, and lawns with motion-activated sprinklers. Learn more about how to stop squirrels from destroying your yard.

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9 Best Shade Trees for Your Tampa, FL Yard

By Sinziana Spiridon | Updated: May 27, 2025
Florida, Tampa, FL, Tree care

Looking for the best shade trees for your Tampa yard? Live oaks, sycamores, crape myrtles, bald cypress, and sweetgum trees […]

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14 Best Trees to Plant in Atlanta, GA

By Sinziana Spiridon | Updated: November 7, 2024
Atlanta, GA, Georgia

Covered in a dense tree canopy, Atlanta proudly wears its “City in a forest” name. Almost 60% of single-family and […]

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How to Get Rid of Fleas in Your Yard

By Sinziana Spiridon | Updated: April 10, 2026
Pest control

To get rid of fleas in your yard, remove debris, trim the shrubs, fix drainage issues, spread insecticides, and treat the pets

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How to Winterize Your Lawn

By Sinziana Spiridon | Updated: December 23, 2024
General Lawn Care

To prepare the lawn for winter: improve soil drainage, remove fallen leaves, adjust watering and don’t skip the last mow.

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What Causes Compacted Soil?

By Sinziana Spiridon | Updated: December 14, 2024
General Lawn Care

Over-tilling, planting wet soil, foot and wheel traffic and mixing in the wrong soil amendment are top causes of soil compaction.

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