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IF FOLKS ONLY KNEW
HOW MANY
Minutes of Thinking
Hours of Digging
Days of Sunshine
Weeks of Coaxing
Barrels Of Fuel Oil
Tons of Material
Pounds of Fertilizer
Bushels of Rich Soil
Gallons of Water and
Inches of Backache
IT TAKES TO PRODUCE
A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE
They Would Gladly Make The Investment

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BEYOND THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER:

For that brief moment as the sun seemed to have almost stood still at its lowest point in the sky, the twenty first of December was the day of the winter solstice. This is one of earth’s natural turning points in nature’s sensational climate change over. In winter, we can try to recall those days of wonder, staying home from school, playing in the snow and drinking hot cocoa with marshmallows while gazing across winter's amazing forward movement to spring's new growth.

During the peak of the winter solstice, the northern hemisphere is furthest from the sun making that night the longest night of our four annual seasons.

If it wasn’t for the earth's northern and southern poles forever changing position in relation to the sun throughout the year, we would not get to enjoy those incredible winter, spring, summer, and fall seasons.

Although it’s cold in the winter, the snow can look spectacular on the ground and on all nature’s deciduous trees, shrubs, and evergreens. Try not to forget the colorful winter birds are always so active this time of year, searching for those wild seeds waiting to germinate and be born in the spring.  The erratic squirrels can be helpful when forgetting where they hid acorns and other nuts they’ve planted for their winter meals. They often leave plenty behind to grow into healthy new seedlings.

We can now look forward to the reversal of the gradual lengthening of night and shortening of day. As each day moves towards the spring equinox on March twentieth, the closing of winter, the days grow longer and the sun becomes higher in the sky. It brings the earth back closer to the sun, warming the land and climate a little bit day by day creating that sudden flush of a plant's life cycle.

In the wintertime as plants lay in a dormant state, it is the healthiest and safest time to selectively prune most all trees and shrubs.

Pruning now, helps improve a plant's appearance and greatly reduces the chance for disease. Cutting out dead wood not only contributes to the safety of objects below, but it also keeps out insects and rejuvenates old trees and shrubs.

Even young plants require selective pruning, this helps control size and form along with the strengthening of its trunk and branches for the years to come.

Wounds heal faster and close more rapidly when the cuts are made now, just before new growth starts to emerge in early spring.

With years of experience working with trees, shrubs, and perennials, our company can help you with all of your pruning and bed maintenance this winter.

Also, it’s a good time to get a quote on those early spring projects, such as bed renovation, plant installation, or hardscape construction.

We should all set our sights on looking towards that bright new horizon come the spring thaw. So allow your landscape to broaden this year with our reasonably low labor rate.

Thank you for viewing our website this winter.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Stay Safe,
David Phillips
Your Green Industry Specialist