Winter is when Arborscapes crews are finishing picking up leaves, putting down mulch (or free wood chips) and helping you get ready for your plants to bloom beautifully in the Spring.
Landscape Maintenance Manager Daryck Beetham, who has been working in the green industry since he was 15, walks us through the winter routine to maintain and ultimately enhance our lawn and garden.
- Arborscapes crews are finishing up raking leaves and lowering the cut on cool-season grass.
- Mulching is heating up. Remember, if you like the look, Arborscapes offers free wood chips to serve as your mulch. It’s biodegradable and helps the health of the soil. Plus, as Daryck says, “The price is right.” Call our office at (704) 525-4178 to get on the list for a delivery when one of our crews is in your area.
- Crews will be shutting down irrigation systems.
- A freezing-weather warning: Don’t walk on your frosted plants.
- Heavy pruning of shrubs will commence about now, with a goal of increasing their growth.
- Around mid-to-late March, crews will put down pre-emergent herbicide to stop weed growth.
- Winter, Daryck says, is a time to clean up your yard, get the leaves gone, get the mulch down, keep an eye on your outdoor area, call Arborscapes with questions or concerns, and prepare for the warmth and beauty of Spring.
- As Daryck says, “You want to keep your plants green and ready to go so they bloom in Spring.”