Fall clean-ups

It's mid-November and fall clean-up is in full swing. Below is a typical residential client example. A huge maple in front finished dropping its leafs ( leaf senescence). So I quickly cleaned it up and moved to the back.

​There was more fun to be had in the back. Bramble encroaching from the back wild zone had to be pushed back and taken off cedar hedges.

​No, it's not always beautiful work. Some projects are total grinds but this client had a real, I would say overdue, problem with encroaching bramble.
​ I grabbed a brush cutter attachment, safety hard hat with visor and headset attached, gloves, some gas and I went to work. An hour later it was all good.

​All that's left to do is bedwork. Some minor hand pruning, evergreen shearing and leaf and weed removal. Then we'll have a happy client set for winter.

​Also note that the lawns are clear of any crow damage. We applied nematodes this summer and, fingers crossed, the lawns will remain damage-free. The only bad news with nematodes is that they will have to be re-applied again next summer. But this particular client loves his lawn so there will be a fight.

​This was my first nematode application and it was an important test. We know nematodes work. Especially in this setting. Large strata sites are more difficult to treat.

​Once your fall clean up is completed you can look forward to next spring!

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