Seasonal Advice
Hello and welcome to our new Seasonal Advice "blog" on keeping all of your valuable property maintained and ready for all of the seasons. We hope you will enjoy reading these "reminders" of what you might (should) want to do to keep your trees, shrubs, lawn and property safe and enjoyable for yourself, your family and your visitors. And yes, your business also since landscaping is the first reflection of quality and service. If you have any comments or questions, please Contact US. We always try to help. Blessings, "Tim the Tree Man", serving our customers since 1988.
2022 July - August Seasonal Advice
July and August can be cruel on your yard, trees, and plants.
The sun is hot hot hot and along with it can come dry winds, little rain - what to do?
One suggestion is to develop a watering schedule plus using soaker hoses you can place around and among your plants is less expensive than installing a sprinkler system. Watering the areas that need it most is a good plan. Soaker hoses come in lengths of 25 to 50 feet plus you should buy a Timer that connects to your water supply. Set the timer which will let you control to flow of water. For instance you could go longer if your flow is less per hour which would be like a nice gentle rain that soaks into the soil. Maybe you also have a vegetable garden? This system works great for a garden. A friend of mine has been doing this for years and years in all the beds and later in their garden. Of course they also use mulch everywhere as in fall leaves of which they have plenty and of course they also add Lime to reduce the acid. This has worked well for them but what if you don't have leaves? There are other ideas for mulch you should investigate. Keeping moisture in your soil is the name of the game here.
Weeds, oh how we hate them but before you reach for that bottle of RoundUp there are other methods. If you have time you can pull up the bigger weeds, if not get some Vinegar or more serious liquid bleach at/on the plant. Keep in mind if you choose bleach you will see a spot where nothing will grow for quite awhile. There are trees planted by squirrels you will have to actually need to pull up if small or dig up if too far grown. My friend said she has pulled or dug up over 20 walnut trees so far!
Mowing: The Virginia Extension Service advises summertime grass should not be cut lower than 4 inches. This lets the roots keep their moisture and make more grass which crowds out weeds. I know this soulds crazy but if you have a field, let it grow grass and let it go to seed then cut it in the fall. The seeds provide more grass that you didn't have to plant and the weeds get choaked out - plus on both sides. You are also providing habitat for small critters like bunnies - cute. Or buy a large container of Wildflower seeds and cast them all over that field late in the fall or in early spring. You will be blessed with flowers you may never have seen before and the polinator insects will love you (figuratively speaking).
We love nature, most of the time, but seeing critters like the pictures below that were inside of the trees we have cut down are not what we wanted to see but were entirely expected from the condition of that tree. Let us inspect your trees.
We are still selling firewood. Give us a call or an email and let us know you "wood" like some delivered. We are happy to serve you. Blessings, Tim Our Firewood page to order or buy. We also have a new www.Firewoodservicesva.com website all devoted to firewood, kindling, camping wood & fire starters. Please check it out - Thanks, Tim
Did you know we deliver cut to suit firewood and stack it up neatly at you home. We also supply restaurants that use firewood. If you ave an outdoor fire-pit, you may want some smaller wood (not coal) - let us know.
Here's a tip on firewood: convenience is nice having it stacked next to the door - but don't do it unless you want wood boring insects and roaches walking right in. Instead have a safe dry place, covered, at least 5 feet away from your home. Get a cloth wood carrier with closed ends to bring wood into your home & immediately put the wood into your fireplace or wood stove (bugs wake up when they get warm!).
CHIMNEY CARE: When was the last time you had your chimney cleaned? Unlined brick holds creosote and soot which can catch fire easily. Now is the best time to get that done before fall. Better be safe than sorry. We recommend a local company that can provide this service for a reasonable price: www.sweep-masters.com .
We want you to enjoy your home in all seasons of the year. If we can help, just let us know. We look forward to hearing from you - serving all of northern VA & Wash. DC. & MD Member BBB of Richmond. Blessings, Tim timcorbinstreeservice@gmail.com tim@timcorbinstreeservice.com firewoodservicesva@gmail.com also see our Firewoodservicesva.com website
