Arvada Lawn Care Services | Lawn Mowing Arvada

Tree Shrub Pest Management
A few damaging insects noted on your valuable trees or shrubs is typically not cause for concern and a healthy plant can resist damage quite well without having to apply pesticides. When populations become such that damage is occurring readily, we will diagnosis the specific insect pest and suggest the safest most effective control measure available. As simple as it sounds, a simple spray with some typical household products such as Ivory Soap may be all that is needed to bring populations back into bounds.

Weed Control  
While hand pulling of such weed growth may have its place under certain cases, the use of both pre-emergent and post-emergent weed control products certainly can keep your prized perennial flower beds or vibrant annual arrangement weed free more effectively and in most cases longer. Products such a post-emergent Roundup Pro Max and pre-emergent Snapshot are very effective in helping keep your landscape beds weed free and beautiful. As with all pest control products we use, manufacturers label instructions are carefully followed to insure safe and effective results.

Lawn Aeration Services 
We take pride in performing this valuable service in greater detail than do many of the ?cheap? core aerating individuals. Simply running an aeration machine over your property as quickly as possible does not provide the benefit that slower multiple pass core aeration does. Our standard core aeration service is performed by doing two slower operating passes in either a perpendicular pattern or double overlap where grades or landscape shapes make it difficult to go perpendicular. We strive to get a minimum of 4-5 plug holes per square foot. In cases where lawn problems dictate, we will perform three to four pass core aeration. When performed in the fall of the year, winters future freeze/thawing action in the soil will intensify the impact of a quality core aeration service by further loosening tight clay soils and reducing the negative impact of heavy thatch buildup. Core aeration can be performed in either spring of fall if desired or suggested. The cores should average between 2?-4? in size for maximum benefit. We will flag the clients irrigation heads in cases where the client is unable in order to prevent expensive irrigation repairs?the typical end result of those cheap ?run and go? aeration individuals.

Dethatching and Power Raking

Unfortunately, all three names of these highly beneficial services tend to get used interchangeably. Each actually has its own particular benefit in lawn care maintenance and lawn renovation. We offer all three services and can meet with you to go over which service may be applicable to your lawns particular needs. First, let us clarify what ?thatch? is?Thatch is that area between the soil and the top portion of the plant that is visible where a tangled web of stems, rhizomes, roots and leaf blade litter exists. It is that area of a roll of sod that allows sod to be rolled up while staying intact?It is not the green blades of grass nor the white roots?It is that area in between. To help clarify somewhat, please note the following simplified explanation and benefit?

• Dethatching? An aggressive approach to dealing with excess thatch. This machine digs/cuts deeply typically bringing up larger amounts of debris requiring disposal. It is an excellent service where exposing greater amounts of soil for best soil to seed contact during lawn renovation rather than with either verti slicing or power raking. The existing lawn can appear quite disturbed but will recover with proper care. It is strongly encouraged to heavily overseed when performing this service. We strongly encourage that this service only be done in the cooler times of fall when the lawn can recover without the adverse effects of summer heat and drought.
• Verti Slicing? Also referred to as vertical mowing, this service is similar to dethatching but utilizes sharper blades that are not adjust to cut as deep nor as aggressively as in dethatching. The amount of debris generated is much less and the stressed appearance of the lawn at the end of the service is significantly less. This is an excellent service where a lawn in relatively good shape requires the thatch layer to be reduced or a client wishes to incorporate newer, more improved varieties of lawn seed into their existing lawn. The service utilizes a two pass perpendicular system which scores the lawn down through the thatch layer without excessively exposing the soil beneath. Overseeding will perform quite well given the reasonable soil to seed contact being provided with this service.
• Power Raking? This service utilizes a machine with hardened spring type wires that in a sense grooms your lawn by removing excess dead grass leaves and stems that have not decomposed naturally. Proper lawn mowing techniques such as frequent mowing so as not to leave excess tall grass clippings laying on the lawn can significantly reduce the need for power raking. Power raking, while appearing to be highly beneficial due to the amounts of debris generated is not as beneficial or as gentle to your lawn as verti slicing.

Fire Mitigation  
For those who reside in areas where Mother Nature?s beauty abounds with beautiful native grasses, wildflowers and lush green Pine and Spruce trees, the risk of wildfire is an ever present concern. Insurance companies have begun to seriously crack down or even cancel policies of clients that do not fit their fire mitigation standards. Whether you desire to be proactive with your property?s fire mitigation or your insurance company has voiced its concern as to whether they will renew your current policy, our fire mitigation services can assist you with resolving those concerns. Fire mitigation can be one of the most physical and stressful activities a homeowner can face. The risk of serious injury or worse is a fact that cannot be minimized if inexperience or questionable health conditions exist. Our fire mitigation services can be arranged to provide any degree of assistance in order to best meet your budget needs.

Gutter Cleaning Services  
With our experience in tall tree work, working off ladders at heights sometimes quite high, gutter cleaning and installation of gutter protection products is a natural transition for our teams. Our gutter cleaning service will carefully clean your complete gutter system including all downspouts. If a problem exists with a downspout drain that does not drain properly due to a clogged buried drain pipe or improperly installed buried drain pipe, we can propose either the proper cleaning for such a concern or propose a more appropriate method of running a downspout drain. Please understand that the best way to maintain proper drainage is through proper grading. Drain pipes, while they can be very effective when installed properly can be prone to clogging or product failure which can result in water backing up around your home or buildings foundation. The following links are included so as to improve your better understanding of downspout/gutter drains and also includes a link to the SlimGuard gutter protection system.

• Raking/blowing of leaf litter from landscape beds, hardscape surfaces and turf areas
• Cleaning of landscape lighting lenses
• Cutting back of perennials flowers based upon plant variety (Ornamental Grasses only trimmed in spring)
• Cutting back and/or removal of spent vegetable garden plants
• Healing in/mounding protection of Hybrid Tea Roses with existing leaf/soil litter
• Pruning back of Hybrid Tea Roses (Spring only)
• Remove spent Annual Flowers from both landscape areas and ornamental containers and turn soil in same bed areas to breakdown through winter
• Removal of Pine Cones and other similar type tree/shrub litter from landscape beds, hardscape surfaces and lawn areas
• Removal of pet litter

Evergreen Maintenance   
Valuable Evergreen Trees and Shrubs require special attention during the winter in order to reduce the risk of damage or even full decline. In late fall we offer our anti-transpirant/anti-desiccant application designed to protect plants from excessive moisture loss. We offer special bracing techniques to insure that plants such as tall, narrow upright Juniper and Arborvitae do not break or succumb completely during our heavy wet snows. This also may be the time to apply special deer,elk and rabbit deterrents to avoid their damaging affect on your plants.

Tree and Shrub Pruning 
Plants never stop growing (though they will slow down in their later years)and that can be a great thing or a bane! We practice natural contour pruning which means unless your preferences are different, that your plants will be pruned (versus sheared unless otherwise noted) in a fashion to maintain the natural shape of the plant while bringing it into the size desired/requested. Shearing of plants is performed on a very limited basis due to the long term effect it has on the natural growth habit of the plant in question. If shearing is desired, please be sure to discuss more in depth prior to this style of care being performed. Fruit trees including many non-fruiting ornamental trees (Crabapple, Ornamental Pear) should only be pruned while dormant in an effort to reduce the risk of Fireblight. Some plants may require rejuvenation pruning in order to restore their healthy natural appearance. This service typically removes all growth down to approximately 6″-12″ leaving only the more vigorous pruned stems. Pruning of plants that are diseased require that each cut be followed by disinfecting the pruning tool to prevent spreading the disease. Please note that we strongly discourage the topping of trees.

Vegetable Garden Maintenance   
As with the other elements in your landscape, your vegetable garden requires attention to continue producing your families favorite tomatoes, beans, peppers and pumpkins. Each season, whether it be in the fall of the year after a great crop has been produced or in the early spring before the latest seeds are planted, incorporating organic soil amendments into your gardens soil can produce great dividends at harvest time. Use of quality compost products, produced and supplied by reputable compost producers gives your garden the boost it needs each season to produce the healthiest, most nutritious vegetables for your family. We can add or remodel special irrigation zones that cater specifically to your garden. We offer specialty fertilization throughout the growing season for your garden tailored for optimum fruit and vegetable production.