A. R. Landscapes LLC

01/21/2022

Let it snow let it snow 2022

01/21/2022

Ladies and gentlemen, it's going to be a slippery three days of sliding and pushing, pulling, and letting salt fly!! Call for pricing! Stay safe everyone!! If you don't have to be on the road, stay home and enjoy family! We work so that when you do need to travel, the road and surrounding areas are safe!

06/10/2021

Dropping knowledge

When is a bee not a bee?
It's World Bee Day. Recognize any of these great pollinators?

Support pollinators by keeping your trees and shrubs in good health. Proper watering, pruning out dead wood, composted wood chip mulch around the root zone...all these actions are easy steps to take or recommended to help pollinators thrive. We hope you enjoy and share this awesome graphic as much as we do!
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06/03/2021

Attention attention! May we have your attention?

Homeowners often prefer a highly manicured landscape out of fear of pests. But manicured landscapes harm biodiversity and encourage more pests in the long run. The best way to fight pests and diseases? Support a healthy environment with plenty of native plant species. Those plants will support the biodiversity we need for a healthy balance. www.healthyyards.org

05/29/2021

One more poison awareness for you!

Can you identify these plants? Three of them poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac can cause an allergic reaction on the skin of most people who touch them with bare skin. View the article: https://bit.ly/IdentifyPoisonIvy

The rash from these three plants is caused by the oil urushiol, and some people have reactions that are severe enough to warrant emergency medical attention.

Learning to distinguish harmless plants like virginia creeper, box elder, and peppervine from poisonous plants will make for more pleasant and safe outdoor experiences this summer.

05/29/2021

Please please please do not Myrtle Massacre  your crape! This is not pruning!!

You've probably seen crape myrtles with the tops of all their branches cut off. "Topping" isn't considered a proper way to prune because it affects the plant's shape (creating more upright sprouts as it grows back), leaves large areas of exposed wood, and can increase future maintenance requirements. Topped crape myrtles also bloom later than others.

If planted in full sun in a location with plenty of room for plant growth, crape myrtle is a low maintenance plant needing little or no maintenance!

Learn more about what's wrong with topping here:https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/documents/CrapeMyrtlePruning.pdf

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Crape myrder
Incorrect pruning: topping crape myrtles ruins the natural form of the plant.
Instead: use naturalistic pruning to remove small twigs (or leave unpruned).

05/29/2021

Extremely important information for all my mid Atlantic folks!

Poison ivy (and poison oak as well) has three leaves. “Fingers three, turn and flee” is from 1902 and “Leaves three, quickly flee” is from 1904. The rhyme “leaflets three, let it be” has been cited in print since at least 1907.

“Leaves of three, let it be!” was cited in print in 1959 and “Leaves of three, let them be” was cited in print in 1977. However, the rhyme minimizes the danger of other plants; poison sumac has 7—13 leaflets.

Similar poison ivy rhymes include “Leaves of five, let it thrive,” “Berries white, a poisonous sight,” “Hairy vine, no friend of mine” and “Raggy rope, don’t be a dope.”

05/28/2021

We have a BRAND NEW FB and Instagram!! Check them out If you haven't already done so! We add regular content and up to date information about projects, new designs, equipment, DYI tips and tricks, specials and discounts! See you there! Oh by the way the grass is most definitely greener on our side!

05/28/2021

Rip Rap Rock Retaining Wall construction (in reverse).