275 results for author: Mike Jones

Landscape and Gardening Tips – December

What our Pro’s are doing: Hawks Landscape Designer and Installation Crews: ·      Our landscape designers are working on creating landscape plans for spring.  Winter is a great time to plan next years' landscape projects.  Hawks Landscape Maintenance staff:·         Our Arborists are out pruning oaks, elms and maples.  These trees should only be pruned in the winter months to avoid potential disease issues with the trees. You should: Check trees and shrubs for rabbit, mouse and deer damage and take action. Don't forget about your house plants during the holidays. If they have been moved away from sunny windows, reduce ...

Landscape and Gardening Tips – November

What our Pro’s are doing! Hawks Landscape Designers and Installation Crews: ·      Our landscape installation crews will get the last of the spring flowering bulbs in the ground before it freezes and will continue to install landscapes.·      Our designers are gathering measurements and photos for those looking to have a landscape design done this winter and work with those looking to get a project installed before winter.Hawks Landscape Maintenance staff: Our plant bed maintenance crews are busy this month getting landscapes ready for the upcoming winter. They will be: Mounding hybrid roses with 12" of loose soil or using ...

Landscape and Gardening Tips – October

What our Pro’s are doing to keep landscapes beautiful.

Landscape and Gardening Tips – September

What our Pro’s are doing to keep landscapes beautiful.

Landscape and Gardening Tips – August

What our Pro’s are doing to keep landscapes beautiful.

Plant tips for July

Landscape and Gardening Tips – July What our Pro’s are doing: Hawks Landscape Designers and Installation Crews: It’s not too hot for installing plants, our installation crews don’t stop planting in the heat. The plants are much happier going in the ground then they are sitting above it in the nursery! Our designers are busy too, planning projects for installation later in the season. Hawks Landscape Maintenance staff: Our lawn care crews will finish applying the third application of our 5-Step Lawn Fertilization program. It includes a granular slow release fertilizer (with Iron) and a liquid broad leaf weed killer. Our ...

Landscape & Gardening Tips – June

What our Pro’s are doing: Hawks Landscape Designers and Installation Crews: Our Landscape Designers will be working on creative solutions for their client’s yards and businesses. Our Landscape installers will continue to work on plant installations, patios, retaining walls and decks. Hawks Landscape Maintenance staff: Our lawn care crews will finish applying the second application on some properties and begin to apply the third application of our 5-Step Lawn Fertilization program to others. It includes a granular slow release fertilizer (with Iron) and a liquid broad leaf weed killer. Our bed care crews will begin to shear ...

Landscape and Gardening Tips for May

Landscape & Gardening Tips – May What our Pro’s are doing: Hawks Landscape Designers and Installation Crews: Our designers and installers are working together creating outdoor spaces for residential and commercial clients from tree and shrub plantings to elaborate outdoor spaces. Our installers are re-mulching existing landscape beds, if needed. A one-inch top dressing of shredded bark mulch freshens the look of the bed and helps reduce weeds. Hawks Landscape Maintenance staff: Later this month, our lawn care crews will begin the second application of our 5-Step Lawn Fertilization Program which includes a granular slow ...

Landscape and Gardening Tips for March

What our Pro’s are doing: Hawks Landscape Designers and Installation Crews: Our landscape crews will begin work on the projects that our designers created last fall and this winter. Our landscape designers will be filling up the rest of our spring schedule with exciting projects around southeastern Wisconsin. Hawks Landscape Maintenance staff:· Our lawn care crews will begin applying the first application of our 5-Step Lawn Fertilization Program.  This step, including a pre-emergent to control crab grass, establishes the foundation for a healthy, vigorous lawn throughout the year.  This can be done anytime the soil is thawed ...

Landscape and Gardening Tips – February

What our Pros are doing: Hawks Landscape Designers: · Our landscape designers are busy planning this spring projects for their clients.  Our schedule for spring installations is starting to fill! Hawks Landscape Maintenance staff: Our Arborists are out pruning dormant trees.  Oaks and elms must be pruned only in the winter months to avoid potential disease issues. Our Arborists are also pruning fruit trees, removing suckers, water spouts, crossing branches and crowded growth to open up the center of the tree to sun. Our Horticulturists are continuing to assemble proposals for the care and maintenance of both residential and ...