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Buds & Blades Landscape Company
Buds & Blades Landscape company primarily serves the Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater areas. We primarily work with residential clients, and small businesses who desire prompt, professional, and pleasant attention. We are trained professionals, and work in a safe manner, while utilizing the latest techniques, practices, and equipment available.
We offer landscape maintenance services that include:
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Weekly regular scheduled property services
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Natural and formal pruning of trees, shrubs, and hedges
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Landscape clean-ups and renovations
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Lawn renovations
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Sprinkler service and maintenance (existing clients only)
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Small projects (existing clients only)
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Annual and perennial color displays
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Moss, Moss, Moss in your lawn! |
| Posted by Rick Longnecker on
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at
1:13:55 PM |
Moss is a normal occurrence in our northwest climate. However if it's over taking your lawn, then it's a symptom of some other problems like:
1) Poor drainage- solve this by aerating and installing drainage if needed.
2) Poor soil- not easily solved but you can top dress with a good soil or compost over a period of time.
3) Lime- a rate of 50 lbs per 1000 sq. feet of lawn increases the sweetness of your soil
4) Improve sunlight- trim back or remove trees
5) Over seed with a shade tolerant type grass.
6) You may need to remove the grass and come up with a different plan for the area.
Spring is coming! I see the daffodils starting to poke through!
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Pruning- Does it really matter? |
| Posted by Rick Longnecker on
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at
12:18:36 PM |
Yes- absolutely. I used to wonder if pruning every year, or pruning correctly really did matter- aside from the fact that the shrub or tree looked nice when finished.
Proper pruning is critical to maintain the health and strength of the plant during times of real stress- like a severe storm.
You can remember the scences from last winter- fallen power lines and trees, broken branches and debris everywhere. My yard was no exception- except for the trees and shrubs that we regularly maintained- not so much as a broken twig. It was amazing! But the large tree in front, that we were only able to do minimal pruning too- we lost the top, and had to remove it.
Lesson learned, no matter what the size of the plant- good, regular pruning is beneficial for the look and shape of the plant, the health of the plant, and in some cases, it might just save the plant.
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Hire my outdoor Christmas decorating? Are you crazy? |
| Posted by Rick Longnecker on
Saturday, October 06, 2012 at
12:20:43 PM |
When I first heard about this- I thought you must be nuts to have this done. Why would you ever hire someone to do something so simple and and easy. Plus, isn't this just part of the season?
Well here's a few ideas of why to hire it done.
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A professional has the right ladders, and tools to perform the job safely.
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Quality decorations, installed right will look well all season long.
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Timers set right will ensure everything comes on and goes off at the right time.
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When it's time for them to come down, you don't have the hassle of dealing with bad weather, and you can keep watching the play offs.
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Spend the time with family and friends instead of running around looking for replacement bulbs and extension cords
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No need to worry about storage, when they are safely and securely stored until next season.
Enjoy your Holiday Season.
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