maintenance Archives - A Yard & A Half Landscaping Cooperative

7 Essential Steps for Fall Home Maintenance
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Gardening, Home & Garden
Ah, the beautiful respite of Fall. Things are starting to cool off as pumpkin lattes and children with backpacks abound. It can be easy to be taken away by the...
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Spring in the Garden - What to Expect -...
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Gardening, Home & Garden, Uncategorized
After a record-breaking winter of snow, many Boston-area gardeners and homeowners are wondering what they will find when the snow and ice melt. Here's a glimpse into what you...
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Protecting plants in freezing weather
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Gardening, Home & Garden, Plants, Uncategorized
Rhododendron leaves curling in cold When winter temps drop below 0, Boston-area gardeners may need to exercise special care to protect plants. As average temperatures have warmed in recent years,...
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Protecting plants from late spring frost
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Gardening
Frost Warning for the Boston AreaTonight - Tips from Mahoney's Nurseries: The weather forecast is calling for overnight temperatures in the low 30's (possibly upper 20's) and the probability of...
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7 steps to a beautiful spring garden clean-up
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Two-plus months in to the year, how are you doing with those New Year's resolutions? Luckily, the gardening year in the Boston area is just starting, so you have...
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More than Maintenance: Year-Round Lawn & Garden Care
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Gardening, Uncategorized
In addition to choosing us for installation of beautiful patios, long-lasting driveways, and colorful plantings, many of our design-build customers turn to us for their regular landscape maintenance. What...
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Organic Maintenance Checklist
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When do I prune this? How high should I mow my lawn? Can I cut back my perennials after they turn brown? Get answers to these and other basic organic...
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Crabgrass and knotweed and grubs, oh my!
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ayardandahalf
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Mid summer is the true test of your landscape's heath. Are layered planting beds, mulch, and turf thick enough to shade and cool the soil, withstanding drought and out-competing...
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What is "Sustainable" Landscaping?
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In a recent Customer Advisory Board meeting, someone mentioned that "sustainability" has become a meaningless term. If we are to say that we do sustainable landscape design, construction,...
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Winter Protection
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We're doing fall clean-ups and saying our goodbyes to many of you for the year, but please remember that the work of protecting your landscape investment is not done! ...
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