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A new landscape is a big investment, but often once the landscapers have left your yard, you are not very confident in your ability to properly maintain your new plants. Here are some guidelines to help you keep your investment alive and well.
Most often people think that with the arrival of winter comes the arrival of ignoring our Cleveland Landscape. Certainly you no longer need to cut the grass and water the flowers, but winter actually happens to be the best time, well only time, for dormant pruning. Although most people don’t know what dormant pruning is, it is actually one of the most effective ways to prune your landscape.
Many people use pots as a way to brighten up their front stoops, back patios, decks, doorways or any other area of their yards that could use a little color. We fill them up with annuals and enjoy them through the fall. We may even plant mums and pansies in them to extend our enjoyment. By the end of fall we most often put them in our sheds or garages to keep them safe for the winter. By using the pots as a part of your holiday decorating you can add color, texture, and a nice festive touch to your outside areas.
Core aeration is a type of lawn aeration whereby a machine with hollow tines mechanically removes plugs or “cores” of soil and thatch from a lawn. Core aeration reduces soil compaction, creating a channel through which oxygen, water and nutrients can penetrate into the soil.
Growing up in an urban area, the few times I got the chance to see a deer grazing was a beautiful sight. Now, the sight of deer just means trouble for our gardens and landscaping. Deer have few, if any predators in our area and are able to grow their population with ease. Although they often have wooded areas nearby with plenty of food, your garden offers an all-you-can-eat buffet style variety. If food supplies are scarce, the deer will eat just about anything that’s growing in your yard. So what can you do to keep your plants safe?
The grass has turned green again in our landscaping but everything else is turning brown right? It’s just that time a year. As the temperatures fall there are some things we should be doing to put the garden to bed for the winter.
Fall Cleveland Landscaping Tips: Often times the enjoyment we get from planting flowers in our yard is immediate. We plant them when they are small and watch them grow and fill out. Bulbs take more patience, but are well worth the wait. After an almost colorless winter, what can cheer you up better than seeing your bulbs begin to sprout when the snow melts? Bulbs are a great way to brighten up any garden, as long as you understand them and maintain them.
Fall has officially arrived and with it we notice our gardens losing more and more color. Often times people will plant mums to brighten things up. Now while I am not knocking mums, they serve their purpose, planting pansies or violas in the fall gives you way more bang for your buck!
Cleveland landscaping grub removal - As we all breath a huge sigh of relief that the hot, dry days of summer have come to an end, a new problem begins. Grubs. The dirty white larva of the Japanese beetle. If we didn’t hate you back in July when you ate our roses and any other leaf or flower you could get your shiny little legs on, we really hate you now that you are chomping on our lawns.