Beautiful and low-maintenance synthetic grass requires proper installation. There are a few specific strategies that will ensure that the most common problems won't plague your new turf installation.
1. Solid Base
Sunken spots in artificial turf are a symptom of a poor base installation. If the base isn't properly compacted with a stable infill, then low spots will develop thanks to either compression or erosion. Base construction begins by digging down a few inches and then thoroughly compacting the soil sub-base.
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Many common evergreen shrubs, like boxwoods and holly, are well suited to trimming into a formal privacy hedge. Although water and fertilizer are necessary for healthy evergreen hedges, it's the trimming that keeps them in top shape and looking their best.
1. Trim Timing
Nearly all evergreen hedge shrubs can be pruned in late winter through early spring without any issue. The plants will be dormant or semi-dormant at this time, which means they won't suffer shock from the trim.
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When planning your commercial landscape, don't overlook the value of one key element: bushes. The right shrubs and bushes will help you appeal to customers, protect your property, and prevent problems. How? Here are a few of the many services provided to any business by the right bushes.
1. Year-Round Color
The right bushes will add lushness and vibrancy to a commercial landscape no matter what the season. Winter is often a struggle for landscape owners since most things die back and snow may even blanket the ground.
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One key to a green lawn this summer is providing the right nutrients during spring fertilization. There's more to fertilizing than opening a bag, especially if you want to realize the greatest benefits.
1. Aerate & Dethatch First
Soil can become compacted over winter, making it hard for the nutrients in the fertilizer to get down to plant roots. Scheduling aeration and dethatching prior to fertilization is a good idea. Aerating removes soil plugs to open up the ground, while dethatching is the removal of the layer of dead plant material that covers the top of the soil in a dense mat.
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Commercial landscape maintenance might initially seem like it's not especially different from residential work. However, there are some notable differences when you need contractors to perform work in a commercial setting. Customers should be aware of these four differences.
Liability
Even the simplest of commercial landscaping maintenance projects carries some degree of liability exposure. People come and go from commercial locations all the time, even outside of business hours. If you're doing the work yourself, there's a risk you'll be liable if a rock goes flying while you're mowing and blows apart a nearby car's windshield, for example.
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