Container gardening hanging basket surrey langley

3 Quick Tips For Container Gardening

Gardening
Container gardening hanging basket surrey langley

Container gardening made easy.

Right here are a few quick tips for creating a wonderful hanging basket or doing some container gardening this summer.

The first tip for you is use synthetic soil composed mainly of peat moss. Excellent soils like Pro-Mix use peat and other elements to create a soil that don’t effectively compact over the summer.

Real plant soil compacts and transforms into hard concrete beneath the pressure of normal watering. And once it does, roots cease to efficiently grow because they need excellent open cavaties to grow into and absorb nutrients in the soil.

Tough and compacted soils do not grow healthy plants so do not use real soil with your containers.

We suggest using your synthetic potting dirt from year to year.


Empty it out of the pot. We then cut it up with a shovel.

The reason this is great to do is because the compost increases air spaces and provides a jump in nutrition.

Feed your plants each and every week.

Nitrogen, is the most important nutrient for growth. It is water soluble and as water your containers from above the dissolved nitrogen is slipping out from the bottom.

We therefore suggest that you use fish-emulsion liquid feed accompanied with seaweed to provide all the trace nutrients your plants need. We can’t stress this enough.

Feel free to use any liquid plant food (like Miracle Grow) to help produce growth.

Compost tea is the Rolls Royce of liquid plant food. If you create your own compost tea, your plants will kick into gear faster and respond with bigger and better blooms as well as increased life and stamina.

Lastly, no matter what size of container you use, it is crucial to soak it all the way to the bottom during each time you water. Keep watering until you see water emerge from the pot bottom. This is a surefire sign that the roots can reach all parts of the container and grow properly.

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Annual maintenance program

Annual Maintenance Program

Lawn Care Programs
Annual maintenance program

Get a complete maintenance program for your lawn.

We offer an Annual Maintenance Program so that we can take full responsibility of your lawn leaving you with time to enjoy other things.

Our annual program has been carefully refined over the years to provide your lawn with only the best products that help produce a healthy and vibrant lawn.

We are environmentally conscious and offer an entirely organic version of this program for those with pets and children.

The program includes:

  • Core Aeration
  • Fresh Spring Lime
  • Moss Control
  • Spring Fertilizer
  • 2 Summer Fertilizers
  • Fresh Fall Lime
  • Fall Fertilizer

If you have any questions, please let us know.

We do offer ORGANIC services upon request.

Simply request a quote to get the ball rolling.

 

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Spring Wake Up Program

Lawn Care Programs
Core aeration surrey langley bc

Core aeration is a must for a healthy and vibrant lawn.

We offer a Spring Wake Up Program to jump start your lawn and get it ready for another growing season.

The service includes:

  • Core Aeration
  • Fresh Spring Lime
  • Spring Fertilizer
  • Moss Control

Keep in mind that this service is absolutely recommended. If there is any service you get done in the Spring it should be this one. Whether you do it yourself or hire us, make sure to have this carried out on your lawn to ensure a great start to the season.

If you have any questions, please let us know. Simply request a quote to get the ball rolling.

 

Gardening tips that save you money

5 Fast Gardening Tips To Save You Money

Gardening
Gardening tips that save you money

Gardening tips you can take to the bank.

It’s far too easy to spend too much on your property. Particularly your garden.

Here are 5 fast money-saving gardening tips we can offer you to keep your hard-earned cash in your pockets.

1.) Try to stick with perennials rather than annuals when it comes to your flowerbeds. If looked after, they grow rapidly so much so that you can clip them and give them to your neighbours and friends. This will save money for everyone involved.

2.) Create a vegetable garden based on what your neighbours and family are growing. That way you can share your excess with them and won’t run into everyone having too much of the same kind of vegetable.

3.) Jump on the small rock and pebble bandwagon. Instead of getting mulch (which you need to replace each spring and fall), stick with one of these two new ground covers.


4.) Don’t let your kitchen scraps go to waste. That goes for your coffee grounds as well. This is recycling at it’s best and the results are even better.

5.) Lastly, put your money into getting good gardening tools and equipment. As professional landscapers you can trust us when we tell you this. Better equipment upfront saves you money down the road.

Okay, now get out there and start gardening.

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Vancouver Lawn Care

Lawn Care

Vancouver Lawn Care – Tips To Getting a Green Lawn

 

If you want to get a fresh and green lawn this year then we want to let you know that it is entirely possible. There are really only a handful of steps you need to take to make this happen. Make a note of the following professional Vancouver lawn care tips and write them down. If you do, we are sure you will meet with some gardening success this season. 🙂

    1. Whats The Height?
      It’s optimal to only cut one-third of the grass blade off. In doing so, you help your lawn develop deep roots and you enable it to spread out more easily. Is it worth it? The end result will be a green, thick and healthy turf. Keep in mind that in order to follow this tip, it is necessary to mow more often during the fast growing periods of spring and fall here in Vancouver, British Columbia. Remember that maintain a healthy lawn is your best protection against disease and weeds.
    2. Switch Up Your Lawn Cutting Patterns
      Change the pattern that you cut your grass every time you mow. Mow in one direction one week and another the next week and so on and so forth. By alternating your mowing patterns every time you mow will keep the turf and soil from compacting and prevent creating ruts in your lawn from where the mower wheels have dug down into your lawn.

Vancouver Lawn Care

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  1. Don’t Bag The Grass Clippings
    Have you heard of mulching? This is when you mow your grass but don’t bag the clippings. You leave a light layer of grass clippings behind.  You can even purchase a mulching blade which will help to cut up the grass clippings even finer. Mulching does not promote thatch, for those of you who may be wondering. 🙂 Mulching also works in the fall. You can mulch up fallen leaves.
  2. Get The Weeds While They Are Young!
    The optimal time to get after weeds is when they are young. This means using pre-emergence herbicide and similar products. Consult with a local nursery about the application processes. A perfect example is taking care of dandelions in the fall while they store energy for next year. If you get them now your problems with them will be minimal if anything at all the following season.
  3. Look For The Best
    Be sure to get yourself a reputable and reliable lawn mower. If you properly look after it, it should last for years and be well worth the investment. Start your search by looking for brands such as Honda, John Deere, and Husqvarna. Certain Briggs & Stratton lawn mowers are also acceptable.
  4. Keep It Tuned Up
    Keep your lawn equipment in prime condition by tuning everything up each season. By doing so you won’t end up being the neighbour every one is looking at who can’t start their mower. Affordable tune-up kits are available at local stores in Surrey and other surrounding Greater Vancouver cities. You will want oil, a spark plug, an air filter, and some fuel stabilizer for when you put your power equipment away for the winter. Keep the blades sharp too.
  5. In The Morning, Please
    Not everything we hear about watering our lawn and hedges are true. Make sure to water between 4 a.m. and 9 a.m. in the morning. This makes sure the sun won’t steal the moisture from your lawn. It also gives your lawn the best chance to dry in the morning. Water at night you ask? Watering at night can often lead to disease so resist doing this. Only one to two inches of water each week is needed by your lawn to stay healthy.
  6. You Get What You Pay For
    Remember this Vancouver lawn and garden golden rule – you get what you pay for. When it comes to grass seed, you can bet your hard earned money that this is true here too. The cheaper the seed, the greater chance that there are weed seeds in the bag. This will inevitably lead to you spreading weed seeds throughout your lawn. Here is a suggestion. Look for a label on the grass seed bag that shows the seed-to-weed ratio (the percentage of the bag that is grass seed vs. weed seed). The number you want to see is less than 0.1 percent of weed seeds. If there is no label on the bag with this information, do not purchase it.
  7. In Moderation
    Trust the fertilizer company’s suggestions. They know what they are doing when they tell you how much product to apply and how often to apply it. Whatever you do, putting down more fertilizer will not help your grass. It will most likely do damage. Always follow the instructions. Stick with this – one pound of water-soluble nitrogen per 1,000 square feet is the maximum amount established lawns should have applied to them at one time. 🙂
  8. Stay Green
    Al Gore has a point. The truth is that less than 2% of the total emissions output per year is made up of lawn mower emissions. It may be small, but homeowners can take several steps to further reduce harmful emissions. You can do this by air filter and oil after about 24 hours of operation. Make sure you do not tip the mower during any form of maintenance when the fuel tank is full.

We hope you found these Vancouver lawn care tips useful. Please take a second to click the Facebook LIKE button below and leave a comment. You can also request a free lawn and garden quote from us today.