What is it? It is preparing your property for an event, for sale or to surprise your wife as a gift. MowingAround Landscaping, since its inception in 2000, has always received calls for cleanups or minor stagings but about two years ago that work went to another level. My bi-weekly Business Referral Team (BRT) has [...]
What happens in a lawn maintained with synthetic fertilizers and pesticides? As the title suggests, a chemical reaction. I recently attended an event sponsored by the Canadian Cancer Society and carried out at Uvic. The speaker was Paul Tukey, a one time gardener now advocate against chemicals on lawns. Paul has started a business call [...]
Lot’s new at MowingAround Landscaping 2010. I started this company in 2003 and it has been an interesting journey. I started with a new truck, old trailer and used equipment. Each has a story; -The new truck was a dodge dakota, 6 cyl, 5 speed. Looked good and the price was right. It would be pulling [...]
It is February 2010 and it is a mild winter in Greater Victoria, B.C. The bulbs have started to pop and spring feels like it has arrived. It may even convince me of an early start to the season if it remains this mild until the end of February. February has a habit of playing [...]