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Time's running out! Trim these 6 spring blooming plants by June's end.
Published on Thursday, June 11, 2020
As spring moves into summer, the blooms on your spring flowering plants and shrubs will begin to die off and fall to the ground. When this happens, it means it is time to get them trimmed. Waiting too long can be disastrous for their health.
Learn why you should trim spring blooming plants by the end of June in areas such as Macomb, Shelby, Chesterfield, and neighboring communities in Michigan.
Six Common Spring Flowering Plants in Our Area
When buds begin to ...
When do I start my sprinkler system?
Published on Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Hello, it’s Chester with Big Lakes Lawn Care.
The question is, when do I start up my sprinkler system in the spring?
The answer is, you start up your sprinkler system in the spring when the nighttime temperatures are staying above freezing.
Generally in southeast Michigan, that’s late April, early May.
Be careful not to start up your sprinkler system too early, because if you do, you run the risk of having an overnight freeze that could damage the system. So again, late...
Macomb Lawn Mowing Pricing
Published on Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Yo, what’s up guys?
It’s Chester with Big Lakes Lawncare.
Really quick, I’m going to talk to you about lawn mowing prices.
We cut tons of lawns. That’s our bread and butter, is cutting grass, and we cut hundreds, if not 1000 lawns every week by the time you’re watching this video.
The average price at our company is $29.97.
That means we’ll come in, we’ll edge all the concrete, whip around all the obstacles, we’ll mow the lawn in a...
What you should look for in a snow plowing contract!
Published on Wednesday, March 13, 2019
What’s up, everyone? I just got a quick tip for you.
This video is especially helpful for property managers, facility managers, business owners, purchasing agents.
If you’re getting a snow plowing contract, you better make sure that they guarantee repairing any sod damage in the spring.
I just got a call from a lead up in Auburn Hills, and he said his sod’s all torn up from his plowing company and he’s looking for a bid. That should be included in the contract.
...
Public Service Announcement
Published on Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Hello! This is Chester with big Lakes Lawncare, and I have a question for you. Do you live in Southeast Michigan? If you live in Macomb County? Or Oakland County? If the answer is yes, then here’s my next question. Do you live in a neighborhood with mature trees? Mature like the ones behind me. If the answer is yes again, then tell me this:, How does your lawn look? Is it old, dried, destroyed, and beat-up? If so? Give us a call. We do sod, we do lots of sod, and we do sod, the best...
When to trim Forsythia?
Published on Wednesday, January 30, 2019
What’s up, everyone? It’s Chester here with Big Leagues Lawn Care.
Just wanted to show you this plant really quick.
This is the same plant from the spring.
It’s called a forsythia, and these things are gorgeous and bright yellow when they bloom.
When they’re dormant, the other 50 weeks out of the year, they just look kind of scrubby, like a big old unruly bush, but these are gorgeous.
When these things do bloom, that means it’s spring.
They...
What to be careful of when trimming hedgerows.
Published on Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Hello. Chester Buczynski here Big Lakes Lawncare. I have a quick quick tip excuse me, a quick tip for any of you that may be trimming your own hedges this year.
There’s one tip I have that I see happen all the time. People make this mistake and it makes the hedges look like crap. So, the idea when you’re trimming your hedges is to have a consistent level that’s flat straight across.
Now, what happens is you get to the beginning of the shrubs and start trimming...
Lawn Mowing Tips
Published on Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Everybody loves them, and we’re all thinking about our lawns right now. Maybe, maybe not.
There are 40 million acres of lawn in the US, you wanna know the single most irrigated crop in the United States?
Corn, soy beans, wheat?
Nope! Its lawns.
Single biggest irrigated crop in the US is lawns.
People love them.
People also spend an average of 70 hours per year mowing their lawns and an average of 20 hours per year maintaining their lawn mower, sharpening the blade,...
Three types of lawn and landscaping companies.
Published on Wednesday, January 30, 2019
What’s up, everyone? It’s Chester with Big Lakes Lawncare.
I’m out here today in Macomb, Michigan. Gorgeous winter day out here.
I’m at a site we maintain that’s a hotel. If you’re looking for a lawn or landscape contractor, or snow removal contractor, landscape installation contractor, there’s generally three types of options that you’re gonna be considering.
The first option’s the big guy.
The second option, excuse me, is the...
