We’ve tilled in the compost in the back beds and we’ve dug a hole for the magnolia. Notice we are filling back in with the same soil that came out of the hole. That keeps the roots from becoming root bound into a different type of soil.
We have all the beds expanded. Now we’re installing the steel edging and compost. Notice how we rounded the sharp corner of the steel edging to avoid the dangerous sharp edge. We’re bringing in lots and lots of compost. We only get one shot at amending the soil so we have to do it right […]
We started another landscape installation. This is a beautiful home with a landscape that needs some updating. Today we pulled out plants and expanded the beds by digging out the bermuda.
After 30 years in this business I have become a huge believer in road maps for everything – especially landscapes. Most of the landscapes I see probably started with a good idea and over time plants were added either because the replacement plant looked kind of like the other one that died or was on […]
It’s official. St. Augustine is struggling to recover from freeze damage the second year in a row. St. Augustine is a tropical plant, which means it doesn’t like 106 degrees or 9 degrees and in the past few months we’ve had both. What’s worse for our tropical St. Augustine is we spent over 100 hours […]
Have you ever wondered if what you’re doing in your lawn is actually doing something? Check out this photo between the great work that Ramon our lawn fertilization technician does and the neighbor. He’s done a great job of keeping the neighbor’s winter weeds out of our client’s lawn.
We’re done and Mrs. V. loves it! Notice how the flagstone ties the patio in with the landscape we installed last year? Nothing compliments a natural landscape than the natural look of flagstone. How can you tell a great flagstone job from an ordinary one? Look at the joints in between the stone. Laying flagstone […]
The back patio is laid. We’ll wait for the mortar to dry and come back tomorrow to clean it off and re-lay the stones from the fountain. Now it’s time for re-doing the front porch to match the back.
It’s lunchtime and we’re making great progress. Most of the stone has been trimmed and placed and we’re about half way through mortaring it in. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQW9w9L74Qo
We’re dressing up an old concrete patio in Richardson today by doing a flagstone overlay. It’s really going to compliment her landscape and fountain that we installed last year. Andres does great work.