Dear Valued Customers,
I know what your thinking. "It is not supposed to snow every other day in March". Well I think the snow is finally coming to an end and now is the time to get those landscape projects scheduled for the spring. It has never been a better time in recent history to get the landscape you deserve at a price you can afford. Let our team put together some landscape ideas for you and let your dreams for your outdoor space become a reality.
As always in our letters we are focused on getting you the information you need for new landscape ideas, fun new products, new landscape photos and seasonal reminders to keep your landscapes looking great year round.
2009 HOME & GARDEN "BEST IN SHOW!"
We are pleased to announce that C & C Landscaping has been honored with The Best in Show Award for the FIFTH straight year for our display at the Salt Lake Tribune Spring Home and Garden Show. We appreciate your support and attendance to the show and your continued business. It was an exhausting time and as always a very enjoyable time meeting and discussing landscaping with all our future, current and past clients and friends. It is always fun sharing our excitement for landscaping and helping others get excited about the potential of their own outdoor spaces.
(ABOVE) The water feature and stacked stone walls bring a sense of the natural outdoors with refinement and usability, anchored by a tucked-in iron gazebo for a feeling of elegance and awe. (Below) Outdoor fireplaces bring a comfortable living room setting to any landscape along with a the fir trellis extruding from the stack to define the space creating shade and screening.
(Above) Rusted Metal Planting Boxes make a statement and bring a sense of clean lines to a loose landscape creating an impact and focal point to any outdoor environment. (Below) Bridges, Walkways and Staircases invite the the senses to explore and experience the landscape along with creating a comfortable and flowing connection point between each outdoor room.
Seasonal Advice:
Design:
Now is the time to be planning for spring, and to be thinking about landscape design and products. Start the process early to avoid the Spring rush. Designs take a few weeks to get going and a couple more weeks to get the game plan started. So don't allow yourselves to get lost in the shuffle.
3 GREAT REASONS TO DO DESIGN:
1) Design enables you to prioritize your Landscape needs with your families needs to create balance between form and function in the landscape Environment.
2) Create Comfort level between Client and Contractor. (Expectations, Timeline and Budgets)
3) Allows project to be phased or executed all at once with a beautiful thought through end result.
"Great Spaces Require Great Design."
Maintenance:
Spring is upon us and it is a great time to start to put together landscape maintenance estimates for the upcoming season. We can give you an estimate on all your landscape needs Including: weekly mowing and weeding, tree pruning, fertilizations, pest control, annual/bulb planting arrangements, snow removal and much more. Give us a call before the spring frenzy and be first on the list.
Snow Mold:Grey Snow Mold
We have all looked at our lawn in the early spring and thought to ourselves "what is that?" More then likely is possibly snow mold. Snow mold fungi are active at temperatures just above freezing in moist conditions. These conditions occur most frequently under snow cover or anything else that covers the grass, such as fallen tree leaves. Gray snow mold usually only occurs after prolonged snow cover. Pink snow mold may be active in cool, wet conditions from late fall through early spring even in the absence of snow or other covers, a factor which greatly enhances its potential as a damaging disease.
What's The Cure?
Do spring clean up to remove the waste, limbs, leafs, and debris to allow new growth to come up through. You can also power rack and aerate.
Utah PEST CONTROL:
You can never be too proactive about keeping pests out of your home. We stop pests before they come inside. Bugs and crawling insects are the pests that you want to keep outside and we will treat your home with a protective barrier to stop their invasion. Have one of our professional certified technicians check to see what the best course of action is. For most nuisance pests like earwigs, rolly pollies, and centipedes our quarterly pest control service will be the best fit for you. In addition our quarterly pest control is recommended to control spiders, pavement ants, mice and other invaders that try make their way into your home.
C & C Landscapings Quarterly Pest Control Service is specifically designed to protect your home from:
- Spiders
- Ants
- Earwigs
- Black Widows
- Aggressive House Spiders
- Other crawling insects
Contact Us Today to Stop the pests in you life dead in their tracks. (does not include husbands only insects, sorry) :)
(801) 910-1913
What will aeration do for my lawn?
As lawns age or sustain heavy use from play, sports activities, pets, vehicle traffic and parking, soil compaction can result. Soil compacting forces are most severe in poorly drained or wet sites. Compaction greatly reduces the pore space within the soil that would normally hold air. Roots require oxygen to grow and absorb nutrients and water. Compaction reduces total pore space and the amount of air within the soil. It has a negative impact on nutrient uptake and water infiltration, in addition to being a physical barrier to root growth. This results in poor top growth and lawn deterioration.
Core aeration can benefit your lawn by:
- Increasing the activity of soil microorganisms that decompose thatch.
- Increasing water, nutrient and oxygen movement into the soil.
- Improving rooting.
- Enhancing infiltration of rainfall or irrigation.
- Helping prevent fertilizer and pesticide run-off from overly compacted areas.