Storm Damage - Disaster bring opportunity to refresh your gardens

Storm Damage - Disaster bring opportunity to refresh your gardens.

By: Tonya Wisch
A Better Garden Maintenance, LLC
Denver, CO

On Monday, July 20, a large storm packed with high winds, large hail and a considerable amount of rain hammered the Denver-Metro area; particularly the Northwest side and cities such as Lakewood, Wheat Ridge and Arvada.



Excessive rain, damaging winds and large hail stones reaped havoc on many homes, cars and garden landscapes. The storm left many Coloradoans without power and with quite a mess to clean up inside and out. In some cases, trees were completely uprooted or their branches stripped bare. Garden landscapes were washed or blown away, buried under inches of nickel and quarter sized hail or, in some cases, all three! It was a storm unlike any Jefferson County residents are used to experiencing.



At A Better Garden Maintenance, we can help you mend your trodden garden landscape. Whether you just want to have your existing landscape restored to its pre-storm condition or you’re thinking now would be the perfect opportunity to finally make some of the changes that perhaps there has not been time for, we’ll be glad to provide an estimate regarding your landscape needs. Additionally, we strive to fit your schedule and make your landscape recovery as quick and effortless for you as possible and can provide weekly or bi-weekly maintenance of the property thereafter if desired. Call today to see what we can do for you. We look forward to helping you in pursuit of A Better Garden.

Dormant Pruning - Cutting back to save you trouble.

Dormant Pruning - Cutting back to save you trouble.

By:Jonathan Manning, CLT
A Better Garden Maintenance, LLC
Denver, CO

It is expected to be a high of 51 degrees today and a high of 56 degrees tomorrow in the wonderful city of Denver. With those temperatures and an expected snow on Sunday, these might be the best days to get a little work done in your lawn & garden. As always in this weather it might be a good idea to supplement the water for all the plants in your garden with your hose. (**Rembember to always disconnect your garden water hose from the water spiggot. Possible freeze damage could occur.)



More importantly, now is a great time to perform any necessary dormant pruning. Look for branches in trees which are rubbing against each other. When branches in these trees rub together, over time they present an area on the tree prone to infections. By performing a spot check in your yard and taking the necessary action. I mean either pruning the trees yourself of contacting a professional to take care your gardening needs for you. Much can be saved in the way of time, money or both when later you will need the tree removed due to disease. The other items you should be checking for is both broken branches and sap.



A lot of times you will not see any borer holes or any other symptoms of disease, but there will still be sap coming from a tree. Sometimes what people believe is sap is really an excrement from an insect such as an aphid. This resinous substance is actually known as "honeydew" (This will be discussed at a later blog). Sap though is a 'flare' or 'red flag' from the plant to let you know something is wrong. If you are unsure what you are looking at, consult your local tree expert. A Better Garden Maintenance, LLC only will prune what is approximately within 15 feet of the ground or to where our tools will reach. We recommend Davey Tree Care for large trees, ask for Derek Fox and tell him Jonathan sent you.



Remember, a little extra effort now can save you a load of time and money down the road. Let us know if we can help you have A Better Garden.