If you’re considering some new landscaping ideas this spring, and want an entirely different look, color, and flavor, you might want to think in terms of the “ultimate” fruits of your labor concerning your time and investment. You see, more people are considering just that…fruit trees…as a means of 1) one, shape…2) color…and 3) the
We live, as you know, in the information age. Which is good…as long as you get “good” information. Relative to a recent post here on the Ever-Green site, we want to go the extra mile to ensure just that…that the information you understand about spring lawn care, and especially that relative to crabgrass control, is
It’s a point of lawn and landscape service too often overlooked. It’s only as good as the applicator, or technician who provides the service. Really? Sure, and if you’ve had service with a particular company in the past think about the relationship, if you have one, with the person who does the work. And if
It is the time of year when the phones start ringing…people requesting estimates for lawn care. It’s a good thing, a win-win for provider and potential client alike, “if” that client knows what he or she “should be” looking for when they ask for an estimate. To be honest, most people who want estimates want
It is, of course, the annual rite of winter. Your mailbox is inundated with quotes for lawn care, many from companies of which you’re never heard. We hear it continually. “Someone says they can treat my lawn for a third…a half…of what I’m paying now,” they say. “Can you match that?” Or, we’ve been asked,
The calendar struck February over last weekend. And, the major league baseball teams report to spring training next week. Surely, spring and warm weather are just around the corner. Well, yes and no. And the topic of today’s column is just this: Let’s not wish away winter before it’s time. Because as annoying as the
It’s become a cultural standard for more attractive, and more efficient, landscaping design. Nearly everyone uses hardwood mulch now for decoration and contrast in their yard and perennial beds. But for the sake of efficiency alone, you can save yourself a lot of work during the growing season, decorative advantages notwithstanding, by applying a little
Obviously, great lawns come in many different dimensions. And if you want to feel better, or at least fraternal, about the care of your own, consider how the other half lives and maintains some of the country’s great turf resources. You don’t think about it much, but some of the best are the country’s national