Gardening Today – 1530 block – Mt Eagle (REVISED – 3/15 – 5:35 pm – Tuesday)

BEFORE

Our client is with us three years now. A very secluded spot. Back yard clean up. And we visit thus client both spring and fall seasons. When we first came to the property it was like a jungle. Little by little each year we have created “clearings.”  It’s nice because now she gets way more sun and prior it actually smelled like mildew/mold in the back area. She gets more breeze now and it’s way more safe. It was so dark back there and it’s on a peripheral part of the property, so it was a little too secluded for safe comfort.  She is very happy with it now. The only drawback to her location is on occasion PFX upkeep crews neglect reaching  her area,  and her work gets lost in the shuffle because if the “way back” location of her home.

We started today, but will be returning on Monday. Once we complete our portion of the work PFX will deliver mulch. We will return to lay it for  her, at her request. It’s all good.

Stay with us for “after” video.

”CONTESSA”

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AFTER – posted 5:35 pm, Tuesday – 3/15

We completed our work today. It was a ten (10) hour project. It looks fantastic. So very satisfying to finish up a project for a wonderful client. “ It was a very good day.”

Gardening Today – 1600 Block – Mt Eagle Place (REVISED 3/21 / 10:16 am – Monday)

Fantastic News….we are again Gardening on Mt Eagle Place this whole week. All our clients are from last year. We love our assignments and our clients. It is so great to catch up with them, post our winter season. And in fact, they are all with us for more than one year. This is our blessing for  sure

Today we are with our resident female attorney who owns a double unit. She has a good bit of yard, but…she has been learning what to do – to help with upkeep, so our tasks today will be easier this year. Bravo!

BEFORE

So today we put in (5) five hours at this project on Mt  Eagle. We have rain tomorrow, so we will resume on Thursday. Our client is good with this. It’s coming along. As always once we complete the work we will post our “after” video. So stay in touch. This is our “signature service.”  Our clients love it. Once we finalize they are ready for spring. It’s such a great boost.

AFTER

We are continuing with our yesterdays project. Five (5) hours yesterday and four (4) hours today. In our video at the very end we have one Azalea bed yet to clear. We will complete it early tomorrow morning. Our resident is all ready for mulch. Once delivered, our homeowner wants us to come back and finish up by laying all the mulch.

This year we had less weeds and less trimming of bushes and the beds were a good bit cleaner. Less leaves and debris. This house is ia nice spot and our resident homeowner is pretty happy. Certainly was our pleasure to help out. We were blessed with a very nice weather day after the rain yesterday, and we feel very thankful. Ten (10) Total hours for this job.

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“Contessa” says…… it’s all good.

REVISED – Monday – 3/21 – 10:16 am 

We returned to finish up the small bed at the corner of the house by the back patio at our customers request of course. And we then discussed things we might suggest for the patio area. 

Once PFX/Community Landscape delivers the mulch we will be returning to lay it and at that point we may proceed with some additional work on the patio. It’s been a great project and we’ve been so happy to help.

Gardening Today – Beverley Drive (REVISED))

A continuation…..

So today at Noon….. due to chilly temps we will return to this site. Still much to do here. Still cutting growth back, lots of mulch to lay and then we turn the corner to the “back yard.”  It’s a huge project. weeds, weeds and more weeds. Plus a creeping vine called Creeping Charlie. PFX involved. It’s been very hard to eradicate. And we’ve weeds on the patio this year as well. We want to get as much done today as we can because next week we are on Mt Eagle all week. The good news is…..we are actually ahead of schedule for spring. Generally we don’t start gardening until the later half of April. So we are in good shape

Fortunately, this client is ongoing, and is flexible with when we can get work accomplished. What a huge blessing.

Looking forward to a very sunny…. but slightly chilly day.

God is sooooo…..good.   * Amen *

We are picking up where we left off,  Continuing with back yard bed cleanup up. Such a nice day for it. We will most likely be here until about 4 pm. There is much to do. It’s a joy to be outdoors. And to be able to get this work completed before our real season begins. I’m very thankful. The Forsythia May bloom this week here as tomorrow will be close to 80 degrees. Wonderful news!!

”CONTESSA”says….. it’s all good.

Gardening Progress/Beverley Drive (REVISED – Mon – 2/21 – 5:44 pm)

 

This is our fourth season at this property on Beverley Drive. Our began work for this client with a complete transformation of a corner property. After three full years it was time for a re-do. Amend soil, edge beds, trim all bushes, trim all perennials back, transplanting and dividing some current perennials and adding a few new perennials. Finally mulch all beds and bushes to provide a “final dressing” of the property. We are at about 75% completion if the front and side yard. Next week pending weather we hope to start in the back patio and small yard area

Large patches of Lily of the Valley and burnt-orange Day Lilies will be thinned out and trained to form a pattern. A peach Azalea in the side yard bed has been trimmed and been encouraged to grow, as prior, it was being crowded by the Lily of the Valley. And a new smaller Arbor Vitae evergreen will be planted in front of some gas line ground equipment. Our goal is to provide attractive coverage.

Last year we added a pretty amazing perennial ground cover to the front center bed. It’s called “Blue Blanket” (Creeping Mazus). This creeper has a fluffy blanket appearance, is bright green all summer and is so easy to cut back. It thrives in full sun and it produces the sweetest tiny blue/purplish flower. It is sturdy, it can he walked on and grows very quickly. We highly recommend. And it’s affordable; a six pack planter was $20. (See below) Blue Blanket provides a tidy appearance and is a very low maintenance way to fill a bed.

A new Knock Out Rose bush ($39) was added to the real left side corner of this bed. It’s doing very well. We are anxious to see it’s new blooms this year.

Do stay tuned for additional progress and photos.

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REVISED – Mon  – 2/21 – 5:44 pm 

Today was so gorgeous and this very nice corner property is ”looking good.” Believe it or not, this sloped area in front of the new fence, took six hour to complete. Infested with a low lying creeping weed. We saved some to share with the PFX grounds crew. It’s also surrounding the grassy area by the adjacent building near the laundry room area. A permanent solution needs to be implemented. Attached is a video of the completed work along with a video of all the bushes on the property that have been edged and mulched. We hear rain is coming tomorrow so we hope to get all the beds mulched and then present a final video of the whole property.  Our next project is four doors over.

We really enjoyed working in this wonderful sunny and warm day. Looking forward to better weather on Wednesday so we plan to return then. 

“Contessa” says….. it’s all good!