Fertilizer for perenials, shrubs and trees
By now, perennials are starting to fade but they will benefit from 0-20-0 super phosphate fertilizer scattered around the plants at recommended doses and lightly cultivated into the soil. Next spring you’ll have stronger plants with more flowers. Use a hand applicator or wear gloves and lightly scatter. Fall is also a great time to fertilize shrubs and trees. In my opinion, all trees and shrubs need fertilizer, because most of them are located in mulch beds that use up nitrogen as they decompose and we tend to keep them pretty with mulch which does not offer much in the way of...
Read MoreFertilizing Your Lawn, what’s in a number?
Fertilizing Your Lawn, what’s in a number? Fertilizing your lawn is the step in your lawn care that is critical. The fertilizer provides the nutrients for your turf to prevail throughout the season. We will walk you through the process and explain it in detail so that you can understand the process a little more. In order to be healthy and grow, you need to feed it the right nutrients. Taking a soil test is the first measure in determining what nutrients your lawn is lacking. Once you have a soil sample taken an accredited lab. will measure the soil for the nutrients. Based on this,...
Read MoreWater your evergreens before the warm spells during winter
Just because the weather is cold, doesn’t mean the ground has frozen. The ground takes longer to cool off than the air does. As long as the ground is not frozen and can accept water, you should water at least your evergreens. Most of the other plants are fairly dormant by now and not using much water. Evergreens, on the other hand, keep their needles all winter and can lose water through those needles. Keeping water supplied to the roots on a weekly basis as long as possible into the fall and winter season will help reduce stress on those evergreens.
Read MoreWhy is eaves trough cleaning important and what you should know.
The most important thing that you should know is there are many people offering to clean eaves troughs that are not insured. If they are not insured and they get injured on your property, you the home owner are liable. Read your home owners policy, it is your responsibility to ask for certificate of insurance. What could seem inexpensive could be very costly if the someone gets hurt or they damage your property. We are trained in fall arrest procedure and elevated platforms for more challenging eaves trough. 1 Prevent thousands of dollars in needless home repairs: eavestroughs are designed...
Read MoreElection Day Nov. 6 2012 what can we learn Canadians
Whatever your political stripes are in Canada, you have to admire the USA electoral process. It is definitely different and a more elaborate process but what does it say about our process? Whether the winner will be President Obama or Mr. Romney, they both have ran a campaign that has been worthy and have worked, spoke and presented their viewpoint and parties viewpoint well. Yeah they have flipflopped and the fact checkers have had a blast with erroneous and misleading facts. The thing for me that I am concerned about is the state of our political process in Canada. Who is the leader of...
Read MoreSmall engine winterize tips
Winterize your small engine for a easy Spring start. If you live in Canada, chances are you wont be using your lawn mower or hedge trimmer for at least 5 months. Clean-up If you have a pressure washer feel free to use it but, BE CAREFUL, dont spray it into sensitive engine parts or componets. Take care that you do not force dirt and water into bearings that were not designed to withstand that kind of pressure. The high pressure spray will also wash away any lubricant that it hits. After a good cleaning it would not hurt to oil the steel metal. Inspect Next step is to inspect the deck, deck...
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