Our compost is comprised of long leaf material and is weed free.
Mulch
Our mulch is double ground hemlock, spruce and pine bark.
Loam
We mix our own soil with large grain sand, long leaf compost, along with a base soil blend to custom make a soil that is pH balanced with high nutrient content.
January
Home Services & Security:
- House checks
- Snow and ice management
Pest Control:
- Deer Defeat protection spray for evergreens, weather permitting (need a January thaw)
Plant Bed Maintenance:
- Order seeds
Pruning & Tree Removal:
- Corrective pruning
- Dormant pruning
- Storm damage amendment
- Stump grinding
- Tree removal
February
Home Services & Security:
- Contracts mailed for services
- House checks
- Snow and ice management
Pruning, Tree Removal:
- Dormant pruning
- Fruit Tree pruning
- Ornamental tree pruning
- Storm damage amendment
- Stump grinding
- Tree removal
- Anti-desiccant spray
March
Home Services & Security:
- House checks
- Service contracts due at end of month
- Snow and ice management
Lawn & Tree/Shrub Applications, Pest Control:
- Horticultural oil* spraying of ornamental and fruiting bushes, if weather permitting or unusually warm in March (*oil smothers bugs and eggs).
Plant Bed Maintenance:
- Fertilize emerging bulbs
Pruning, Tree Removal:
- Pruning of berry bushes & grape vine
- Dormant pruning
- Tree removal
- Stump grinding
Tick Control (if March is unusually warm):
- Organic Tick FreeTM control; recommended applications: light infestation, every 60 days, moderate to heavy infestation every 30 days
- Damminix® Tick Tubes for perimeter of property: each tube covers a radius of 30’, and should be placed where mice and other rodents inhabit or travel (i.e.; property boundaries, in brush or woods, planting beds around buildings, or in landscaped planting beds, stone walls, under decks and porches). Tube lifetime is 90 days.
Miscellaneous:
- Clean bird nesting boxes
June
Home Services & Security:
- Spring cleanups end
Landscape Design & Install:
- Construction projects begin
Lawn Applications:
- Lawn fertilization
- Lawn weed control for follow-up of previous month’s initial crabgrass with fertilizer application
- Lawn renovation
- Lawn renovation and over-seeding
- Weed control with Roundup®
Lawn Install, Mowing & Maintenance:
- Activation of irrigation systems continues
- Mowing continues
Pest Control:
- Fungicide/insecticide spray
- Organic Deer Defeat & rabbit repellent, 2 applications in June
Plant Bed Maintenance:
- Edging
- Mulching
- Fungicide and insecticide application, twice in June
- Garden maintenance
- Prune lilacs post bloom
- Plant hot weather vegetables
- Stake tall perennials
- Cut back early spring perennials that have gone by
- Cut back bulb foliage after June 30th
Pruning, Shearing, Tree Removal:
- Prune spring flowering trees & shrubs after bloom time
- Shrub shearing begins
- Stump grinding
- Tree removal
Tick & Biting Insect Control:
- Organic Tick FreeTM control; recommended applications: light infestation, every 60 days, moderate to heavy infestation every 30 days
- Damminix® Tick Tubes for perimeter of property: each tube covers a radius of 30’, and should be placed where mice and other rodents inhabit or travel (i.e.; property boundaries, in brush or woods, planting beds around buildings, or in landscaped planting beds, stone walls, under decks and porches). Tube lifetime is 90 days.
- Mosquito larvicide application for ponds, 2 applications in June
Tree Applications:
- Apple trees spray continues weekly
- Application of insecticide/fungicide to trees and shrubs
- Deep feeding of tree root systems for trees and shrubs
- Root push deep feeding for trees and shrubs
- Needle cast spray application, 2 applications in June
July
Lawn Applications:
- Lawn fertilization with insecticide
- Weed control with Roundup®
Lawn Install, Mowing & Maintenance:
- Repair and/or re-seed lawn
- Plant cool season vegetable crops
Pest Control:
- Fungicide/insecticide spray
- Organic Deer Defeat & rabbit repellent, 1 application
- Japanese beetle spray
Plant Bed Maintenance:
- Fungicide/insecticide spray
- Garden maintenance
- Rose fertilizer
Tick & Biting Insect Control:
- Organic Tick FreeTM control; recommended applications: light infestation, every 60 days, moderate to heavy infestation every 30 days.
- Damminix® Tick Tubes for perimeter of property: each tube covers a radius of 30’, and should be placed where mice and other rodents inhabit or travel (i.e.; property boundaries, in brush or woods, planting beds around buildings, or in landscaped planting beds, stone walls, under decks and porches). Tube lifetime is 90 days.
- Mosquito larvicide application for ponds
Tree Applications:
- Apple tree spray, 2 applications in July, 2 weeks apart
- Fungicide/insecticide spray for ornamental trees
Pruning, Shearing, Tree Removal:
- Prune flowering shrubs after blooms
- Shrub shearing
- Stump grinding
- Tree removal
August
Lawn Applications:
- Lawn lime application
- Weed control with Roundup®
Pest Control:
- Fungicide/insecticide spray, 2 applications in August
- Organic Deer Defeat and rabbit repellent, 1 application in August
- Japanese beetle spray, continues
Plant Bed Maintenance:
- Fungicide/insecticide spray, 2 applications in August
- Garden maintenance
- Plant late/cool weather vegetables
Tick & Biting Insect Control:
- Organic Tick FreeTM control; recommended applications: light infestation, every 60 days, moderate to heavy infestation every 30 days.
- Damminix® Tick Tubes for perimeter of property: each tube covers a radius of 30’, and should be placed where mice and other rodents inhabit or travel (i.e.; property boundaries, in brush or woods, planting beds around buildings, or in landscaped planting beds, stone walls, under decks and porches). Tube lifetime is 90 days.
- Mosquito larvicide application for ponds, 2 applications in August
Tree Applications:
- Apple trees spray, 1-2 sprays in August
Pond Dye for Algae Control
Pruning, Shearing, Tree Removal:
- Prune flowering shrubs after blooms
- Shrub shearing
- Stump grinding
- Tree removal
September
Lawn Applications:
- Lawn weed and feed
- Lawn aeration
- Lawn fertilizer
- Weed control with Roundup®
Pest Control:
- Organic Deer Defeat and rabbit repellent, 1 application in September
Plant Bed Maintenance:
- Fall bulb planting
- Garden maintenance
- Soil acidifier with organic fertilizer (blueberries, azaleas, dwarf/ornamental evergreens)
Pond Dye for Algae Control
Tick & Biting Insect Control:
- Organic Tick FreeTM control; recommended applications: light infestation, every 60 days, moderate to heavy infestation every 30 days. Last application.
- Damminix® Tick Tubes for perimeter of property: each tube covers a radius of 30’, and should be placed where mice and other rodents inhabit or travel (i.e.; property boundaries, in brush or woods, planting beds around buildings, or in landscaped planting beds, stone walls, under decks and porches). Tube lifetime is 90 days.
- Mosquito larvicide application for ponds