Pro Tips

Caring for floral installations and annuals is really pretty straightforward, especially when you’re a LandKeeping client. Here’s what you need to know: Watering If you have an irrigation system that covers your flower beds, make sure it’s set to “On” or “Auto”. It will take care of this step for you! If you don’t have an irrigation system, but also don’t want to worry about watering your annuals yourself, ask your LandKeeping Consultant about our watering program. If you’ll be watering annuals yourself, here are our tips for the best results. 1. ...

Before our crew arrives to aerate your lawn, please make sure you: Have any shallow wires, like dog fences, lamp posts, or lighting marked or let us know where they are. We get the best results when the soil is damp but not soggy when we arrive. If your lawn is dry, water well before we arrive. If we maintain your sprinkler system, we’ll mark the sprinkler heads with flags. Please leave these in place – we’ll remove them when we’re finished. If you have a sprinkler system that we ...

Here is what we recommend you do to maintain green, healthy grass year-round: Watering Watering deeply and infrequently is the best way to help your grass grow strong roots that can better withstand any draughts. If you have an irrigation system, it’s likely taking care of this for you. Here are some things to watch for: Signs of overwatering: standing water, yellowing grass, or spots on the lawn that are particularly squishy and muddy. Signs of underwatering: brown, straw-like patches of grass Set your sprinkler at the lowest level where ...

We know it may not look like we did anything when we leave your property after installing fall bulbs. Trust us: they’re in the ground working their magic now so they can impress you in the spring. Here’s what you should know about fall bulbs: Care for All Bulbs Spring-blooming bulbs don’t usually need any supplemental watering or fertilizing. It’s best to just let them be – they will get everything they need from the soil and weather. If they start sprouting too early, don’t worry. Sometimes when we have ...

What makes our spring clean-up process unique to the Dayton and Cincinnati area? Keeping your landscaping healthy and thriving is always our priority, and we’ve designed our spring and fall clean-ups to do just that. The steps our crews follow will get your property ready for the season ahead. Here’s what to expect: Spring Clean-Ups Our spring clean-up is designed to get your plants ready to wake up for the warmer months ahead. We follow 11 steps while we’re on your property: Rake and haul out leaves, twigs, and any ...

Our Fall Clean-Up is designed to remove debris and prepare your Dayton or Cincinnati property for a safe winter. As your landscaping goes dormant, we want to remove any trip or fall hazards and take care of branches that may snap under the weight of snow. Here are the steps our crews follow and why: Debris We’ll clean up leaves and debris and remove annuals that are finished blooming. We’ll check high and low, rake or blow it all out, and will haul it away with us when we’re done. ...

We take our job as stewards of green spaces seriously. One of the many ways that we care for our environment is with the way we handle debris and yard waste that we remove from properties in Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio. When we remove debris, leaves, and yard waste from your property, we bring it back to our Miamisburg facility to compost and recycle what we can. We do all of our composting at our Dayton, Ohio facility. Here are the steps that leaves go through: Fresh leaves are put ...

Anyone can have a green thumb when armed with the right information, and we want to set you up to enjoy a healthy landscape for years to come. Here’s what you should know about caring for freshly planted landscaping: Watering Watering deeply is always best because it helps your plants grow deeper roots. Set the hose on a trickle and place it at the base of your plant. Set a timer and move the hose from plant to plant as time runs out. Each plant has different preferences for how ...