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Special Services 2015

SOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERApring start for gardening is here. Total Lawn Care, Inc. offers many special services to help with all your gardening and landscape needs. Weeding and cultivating can be scheduled weekly, biweekly or on monthly occurrences to meet your site landscape needs. We use cultural and chemical controls were needed for the best results. Annual garden color rotations start in spring after the frost date May 15th or later if we have a cool May. Frost has been an issue in the past. Annuals are installed through June. Planter pots can be planted throughout the season. Perennials are also planted throughout the season. Fall color rotations are installed late September through October to enhance the fall landscape. Special services are not limited to garden areas only. We offer debris removal, clean ups, core aeration, over seeding, sod installation, bed soil amendments, lighting, and bed top dressing. We use double shredded hardwood bark mulch, colored bark mulch, pine straw mulch, compost, plant mix and stone products to top dress bed areas. Fertilization including Organic Fertilizers are applied to bed areas to help maintain plant color, vigor and density. Pest controls after proper pest identification can be applied. It is time to start planning services for the 2015 Garden season.

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Irrigation 2015

Sign up and get your irrigation system spring check up underway.  Total Lawn Care Inc. will turn on the water supply; check the irrigation clock controller for appropriate time settings per zone, set run times and days, check the vacuum breaker and run all zones to assure proper coverage.  All heads will be adjusted as needed to maximize water resources.  Irrigation sensors if installed will be checked.  If needed Total Lawn Care Inc. Irrigation Tech can install sensors to help conserve water and keep water bills down.  Any system repairs or upgrades can be approved and repaired on site in most cases.   There is a variety of new water conserving irrigation heads and drip line products that are available to upgrade the existing systems.  New system installations and zone area additions can be performed by Total lawn Care Inc.  Mid season site checks and irrigation audits can be scheduled to monitor your irrigation system.  Fall comes quick, schedule the irrigation shut down with your start up to make sure you have your irrigation system Winterized in time.  The irrigation shut down includes turning off the water supply and irrigation clock controller.  We use an air compressor to remove all moisture from the lines, vacuum breaker, valves and heads to assure no winter damage from freezing temperatures.  Schedule your irrigation services today.

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Spring Clean 2015

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe official first day of Spring is almost here! Soon, the early Spring bulbs will be revealing their heads telling us Spring has sprung! The melting snow has uncovered all the debris that has accumulated on our lawns and in our landscape beds. The warmer weather calls for outdoor activities like baseball, bike riding, BBQ’s and Spring Cleaning.

Let Total lawn Care take over some of your chores by doing a Spring Clean of your landscape so you can get on with the fun stuff. With a basic Spring Clean we will remove any annuals and perennials from last fall, clear out all debris from your lawn and landscape beds, mow the grass and trim the edges. All the debris is brought back to our facility and recycled into compost.

If you really want to make your landscape sparkle, we can trim your shrubs, prune out winter damage, install mulch and prepare your beds for Summer annuals. If you forgot to clean your gutters last Fall, we can do that too. One company to handle multiple jobs makes it very easy to make your landscape the star of the neighborhood.

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Lawn Care 2015

Let’s face it, there’s very few people who actually enjoy cutting their lawns every week. We’d rather be doing something else. That’s where Total Lawn Care, Inc. comes in! With 20 seasons under our belt, Total Lawn Care, Inc. knows how to address your specific lawn needs so you can have more time to do the things you want to do.

Let our professionally uniformed technicians visit your home weekly to mow the grass. We even edge your paved areas every other week. We blow all the clippings off of the paved areas when we’re done. The result is a well maintained lawn without you having to sacrifice your time to keep it that way.

Now, imagine sitting out on your lawn and relaxing knowing that you have put your lawn into the hands of professionals. Total Lawn Care, Inc. can give you this peace of mind.Bills2014Pictures 084

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Total Lawn Care’s 21st Season!

If you are considering an enhancement or renovation project this year, please help us to give your project preference by calling early to plan with one of our staff professionals.

Updates as we prepare for our 21st season!

Lower fuel prices mean that there will be NO price increases to the services contracts and we will not apply fuel surcharges unless gas rises above $3.20/gal. We continue to explore viable, alternative fuel sources and new technologies to help keep prices down and lower fuel emissions.

Phase 2 of the landscape installation project at Mahle’s World Headquarters is complete and was awarded The Farmington Hills Beautification Award for the ‘creation of a beautiful place to work and live’.

We took in over 750 tons of compostable material and processed it into rich, fertile and repurposed compost, which was thereby diverted from our landfills.

We remain steadfastly committed to the promotion of The Healthy Lawn Care Program. See enclosed program details.

There are four MGIA/Professional Land Care Landscape Certified Technicians, one International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist and one Michigan Nursery and Landscape Certified Green Industry Professional on staff this season and we continue to promote furthering education, training and development for all of our team members.
Looking forward to seeing you this spring!!

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Peter, Michael, Bill, Fred, Cindy, Brian and staff

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Keep Your Shrubs Looking Beautiful All Season Long!

Shrub trimming should be done twice per season on average after the first round of growth in June/July and late in the season when the shrub is done growing for the season usually around September or October.

shrubs at an average royal oak MI home,

 

 

Shrub trimming has a number of positive effects for the shrubs 1) by removing dead leaves and branches you make room for new growth. 2) You are able to maintain the desired height and width, or shape if you so desire,  by staying on a regular maintenance schedule with your bushes. This also helps to keep shrubs/trees from growing into the side or roof of your home/garage before it’s too late. With the recent storms we have experienced many homes were damaged unnecessarily by dead limbs.

 

 

 

globe and traditional arborvitae just starting to look a bit shaggy for the season
To maintain a nice shape both types of arborvitae should be regularly trimmed.

Keeping your bushes trimmed can help on both sides of the fence when comes to security, it can be used to create a nice privacy barrier for your backyard with a nice arborvitae hedge.  Pruning/trimming can also be used to your advantage to keep views from your windows unobstructed and give you clear line of sight to all areas of your property.

 

remove dead portions of this bush to promote growth of the healthy part of the shrub, Clawson MI

Trimming dead sections of bushes

<——-like this one allows more sunlight and air to reach the healthy parts of the plant which in turn allows the plant to flourish and grow to its fullest potential.

Total Lawn Care Inc. has the best crew leaders on staff to prune your shrubs to help prevent disease or insects from entering the dead part of the bush and spreading to the entire bush, costing you alot more money to replace the whole thing.

Give us a call 248-588-1694 or email us, many times our crew can perform a few tasks during one visit such as weeding your garden beds, cutting in a new natural bed edge, or even cleaning the gutters. All of which will add to the beautification of your property, while keeping the costs down from multiple visits from multiple companies.

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