Landscaping Services In Lexington, Ma - Commercial & Residential Landscape Company

Spring Clean-Up

Spring cleanup is probably the most important service for Lexington properties. After our winters - which can be pretty brutal some years - your property needs serious attention before the growing season kicks in.

We're talking about removing all the leaves that got matted down over winter, cutting back dead perennials, cleaning out your beds, and getting rid of all the sticks and debris that accumulated. A lot of properties around here have big old trees, which is great for shade but means tons of branches come down over winter.

Spring cleanup also means getting your lawn ready. We rake out all the dead spots, clean up the edges where grass meets your beds, and make sure drainage areas are clear. Properties near the conservation areas off Lincoln Street deal with alot of drainage issues, and if you don't address that stuff in spring, you'll have problems all summer.

Most people wait to long to do spring cleanup and then your fighting against new growth that's already started. The best time is usually late March or early April, depending on when the ground thaws out. By the time the Patriot's Day stuff happens downtown, your property should already be cleaned up and looking good.

Fall Clean-Up

Fall cleanup is the other big one. Lexington has so many mature trees that leaf cleanup becomes a massive job. If you live anywhere near Depot Square or over by the Minuteman Bikeway, you know what I mean - those old maples and oaks drop leaves for weeks.

The problem with skipping fall cleanup is all those leaves sit on your lawn all winter and kill the grass underneath. Come spring, you've got big dead patches everywhere. Plus wet leaves get real heavy and smother everything in your beds to.

We do multiple passes for fall cleanup because the leaves don't all drop at once. Usually we're out there from late October through early December, depending on the year. Some properties need three or four cleanups to get everything.

Fall cleanup also means cutting back your perennials, pulling out dead annuals, and getting your beds ready for winter. A lot of property owners forget about there garden beds in fall and then wonder why stuff doesn't come back healthy in spring.

And gutters - if your not cleaning those out in fall, your asking for problems. All those leaves end up clogging everything and then you get ice dams and water damage.

Bi-Weekly Weeding

Here's the thing about weeds in Lexington - they never quit. You can pull them all out one week and by the next week there's more. That's why bi-weekly weeding makes such a big difference.

When we come every two weeks during the growing season, we catch weeds when there still small. That means they come out easy and haven't had time to go to seed and make more weeds. If you wait a month between weeding, your basically starting over each time because everything's gotten so big and established.

Properties with alot of mulch beds need regular weeding the most. That area around the visitor center and all those commercial properties on Mass Ave - they've all got big mulch beds that look terrible when they get weedy. And once weeds get established in mulch, there roots go deep and become really hard to get rid of.

Bi-weekly weeding also means we can spot other problems early. Maybe you've got some plants that aren't doing well, or theres a pest issue starting, or a drainage problem developing. When were there regularly, we catch that stuff before it becomes a bigger issue.

The growing season here runs roughly from May through September, so that's when bi-weekly weeding matters most. Some years if we get alot of rain in June and July, weeds go absolutely nuts and you really see the difference regular maintenance makes.