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5 days 1 hour ago - By Zach Nash \\ Mowing

If you mow your own lawn make sure you are keeping those blades sharp on the mower. Here at Aspen we sharpen every night, it has happened that we change out blades half-way through the day to insure a good clean cut. Here is a picture that might help you determine if you need your blade or blades sharpened.
Leaf blade A shows what a leaf blade should look like after mowing. Leaf blade B shows a leaf blade injured by a dull mower blade. Leaf blade C indicates that the mower blade is not sharp enough. The white tissue sticking out of the leaf blades (C and D) is plant vascular tissue. Leaf blade D was repeatedly mown with a dull mower blade.

1 week 3 days ago - By Zach Nash \\ General

Does your tree look this? If you have a job that is too big for Aspen to take care of we highly recommend KC Arborist. Visit their website and see if they can help you with any tree needs.   www.kcarborist.com

3 weeks 2 days ago - By Zach Nash \\ Turf & Ornamental Maintenance

With the mild winter and very unusual warm weather early on this year bugs are starting to get bad earlier. I have had may calls about ticks and chiggers. If you don’t already know, our turf department has the solution. Call in today and schedule an application for fleas, ticks, chiggers and many more. Starting cost is $59. 

5 weeks 4 hours ago - By Zach Nash \\ Turf & Ornamental Maintenance

I have come across a few lawns this year that have had 2ft sq to 3 ft sq very dry to nearly dead grass in those areas. What causes this when the rest of the lawn is doing great with no problems? What I am finding is that when I probe the ground in those spots there are large rocks 3 to 4 inches under the soil. Why do those areas start stressing out? With all the rain we received early on in March and then not a lot of rain after,  what happened was those areas dried up faster because the root system of the grass sitting on top of the rock were only 3 to 4 inches thick. This caused the soil to dry up much faster and cannot hold as much water as other parts of the lawn.  What can you do to fix this problem? You need to dig up the rock.

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