Green Guys can help spruce up your curb appeal all while saving you money. Save on our services by bundling them together for the Spring and Fall – there’s no better landscaping deal in Longmont. Contact or call us today at (303) 775-7412 to set up an appointment! Applicable Fall Season Packages: Spring Start-Up, Colorado Spring Fertilization*, Fall…
Read detailsAugust’s higher temperatures mean making sure that your trees and shrubs are getting enough water. Pay attention to your watering practices, and be diligent to thoroughly hydrate areas in full sun, or on south or southwest-facing slopes. Watch out for weeds this month! Make sure they don’t grow large enough to flower and drop seeds…
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What’s bound to be one of the last things on your mind when you’re buying a recently built house? Even if you’ve been to the property, you may not be considering its landscaping, and you certainly can’t go without. Building new landscaping can be a complicated process, especially in an area with weather extremes like the…
Read detailsHailstorms can be an unexpected – and unexpectedly expensive – surprise in the Spring and Summer, but even if you’ve been lucky enough to avoid dings in your hood and cracks in your windshield, hail may have taken its toll in other ways. Hail forms when the pressure below large storm systems is too high…
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Continue planting summer flowing bulbs like cannas, dahlias, and gladioli – if you plant a few gladioli each week in June, you’ll have continuous flowers blooming throughout the Summer. Fertilize your annuals and perennials with nitrogen-based fertilizer. Check your drip and lawn irrigation system for damage. Remove any sprinkler heads or emitters that are overwatering…
Read detailsThe outdoors are full of color, pollen, and life! Summertime in Colorado is a buzzing and thriving as the foothills and plains are fed by afternoon rainstorms and seas of snowmelt finding their way down the mountains. This means great things for your grass and trees and plants… it also provides everything necessary for noxious weeds to…
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It’s been a wet beginning to the Summer here in the northern Colorado Front Range. As the summer fully sets, though, we’ll be seeing drier days and higher temperatures. In March for World Water Conservation Day, we talked about some of the ways you can conserve water in your landscaping, including smart sprinklers and rain barrels. For…
Read detailsConserve moisture and protect against weeds in planters and beds by spreading mulch around flowers and shrubs. Mow lawn to no-less-than 2″ in height, and never remove more than 1/3 of blades. Water all plants, shrubs, trees, and your lawn thoroughly, but infrequently. A week after the average frost in the Front Range (May 8th),…
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Many homeowners ask us how much improved landscaping will actually raise their home value. With the seller’s market here in the Front Range, we imagine it’s something on everyone’s mind who might be considering selling their home. It’s an important question, and one that we take very seriously. We think professional landscaping adds value at…
Read detailsApril is National Lawn Care Month! Prepare to reactivate your sprinkler system for the Summer. Aerate and fertilize the lawn. Cut back perennials – except evergreen perennials (plants that stay green all year). Remove dead material all the way to the ground with a sharp pair of scissors. Prepare your soil for gardening (if you’re in…
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March 22nd is World Water Day, and though we’ve been having wetter weather the last couple of years, we should all be thinking about conservation. When we use less, it costs less.. to us in dollars for the water and the infrastructure to deliver it, to the infrastructure itself, and to the environment. Using less…
Read detailsGreen Guys can build your outdoor living to be more sustainable by assisting you in selecting plant material that is native, easier to maintain or both, proper hardscape that defines the architecture of your property, water and light elements to complement it all. We can help you create a beautiful, low-maintenance landscape or xeriscape that…
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