Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Andy's Professional Landscaping

San Diego's Landscape Company

Andy's Landscaping has a 30 year history that provides all type of services for the simple fact the owner just loves soil, grass, and the San Diego sun. He has been in business for over 20 years and strives to each client like they were his only one. The company strives on three things: 1) Customer Satisfaction 2)Integrity 3) Just ol fashion hard work!

Services Provided by Andy's Landscaping include:

Landscape Service:
Landscaping is not just planting flowers and a bush here and there. There is an art of how the techniques are performed. The way that lawn and the front yard is designed with colors of the hand picked flowers from the nursery. How the cobble stone walk way is embedded with the curves around the small palm trees recently planted.

Sod Installation:
Sod Installation can be laid by just anyone out there. You need a aerator, a rototiller, and don't forget the laborers. After many hours of hard work and tons of dirt of your nails, you will either see a lumpy or a smooth lawn. If you see a smooth lawn you have proceeded to beat the first learning curve. If your yard is lumpy go ahead and give us a call. Now for the smooth operator, you have one disadvantage did you test the lime content of your soil or the PH of you your soil? Probably not. There are many techniques with installing sod for your new lawn. Questions like what type,what kind, what grade, all very important questions. Give us a call we know what we are doing!

Irrigation Systems
Contracting the right company for this one is important. If you are a homeowner that invested money into their lawn, trees, flower beds, etc. It is very important to have the right sprinkler system and having a qualified landscaper install the system in your lawn correctly.

Lawn Maintenance
Now once you invested that money into your curb appeal, its a priority to find a Lawn Service Company that can provide the necessary care to your investment. This meaning price may not be the best way to go but experience and references.

Lawn Care
Is this not the same as the item above. Not true. Taking care of your lawn is different than mowing. Lawn care is how your lawn is fertilized and treated for grass killing bugs and insects. The Treatment of your lawn is a life or death matter! Life or death of your lawn.

Gardener:
A Gardner. I don't have a garden. That does not matter for a Gardner is another word used in the industry these days. Some one that just loves to get their hands dirty.

Other Service Areas: Chula Vista, Mission Valley, Imperial Beach, San Diego County.



Other Topics Included in Blog: Andy's Landscaping service handles services like Mowing, Tree Trimming, Sprinkler Systems, and is a Qualified Landscaper.

Is a Gardner needed in San Diego?

Gardner in San Diego

With the current season of the nice weather of January. Now is the time to get your flower beds and shrubs for the growing season. January 25th through February 5th is the time to kill off the sprouts of those nasty and deadly weeds. As a homeowner in San Diego the goal is to prepare for growth and not to prevent the blossoms of the roses and shrubs of previous years.

Pesticides are one option to kill off the weeds and dangerous bugs that may eat those gorgeous plants that you have been waiting all year to see blossom. The draw back of using pesticides to kill weeds is preventing growth of other plants. What you are actually doing to your soil is damaging the quality of the content of your soil. Which prevents growth of plants and flowers no matter what how much irrigation and fertilizer you have tended for your plants.

Having a qualified Gardner in San Diego is a great way to have the right treatment for expansion of your flowerbeds. With the elbow grease and sweat that is driven into the work of removing the buds of the weeds and the eggs of the plant eating bugs is the best form to preventing damage later to your landscape.

Its Spring Time for Tree Trimming!

San Diego Tree Trimming

Are you tired of getting high prices for tree trimming? Do you wish you had the proper equipment to trim those palm trees?

Stop before you do. Andy's Landscaping offers affordable prices for homeowners in the San Diego area. We are qualified and you the top of the line equipment. Its not about just cleaning the leaves and branches. Its about the safety of you, your house, and anyone else in the area. Not only is it important for the health of the trees but the safety of the people that live around you. A qualified landscape contractor knows this so that is why they charge outrageous prices. Please call today!

Five Steps to Fixing your Sprinkler System.

Five Steps to Fixing your San Diego Sprinkler System

Sprinkler systems function off of pressure and the flow your water system. Depending on the advantages of how deep your system is installed, is how hard fixing your leak will be.

1) To find out where your the leak is coming from turn on the water system. You will find one of the sprinklers losing pressure. This would be a sign of a leak.

2) After that you want to dig a 5 by 5 foot area around the area to make sure you have enough room to find where the pipe is actually broken.

3) Once you find the leak turn of the water system. Take pipe cutters and make two slices about 3 inches apart around the leak.

4) From your local hardwood store, place the proper fittings and pipping glue to join the two pipes together. If you have trouble doing this, anyone at your local hardwood store may be able to help you.

5) Fill back in the dirt and sod from step two. If the any of these steps are to difficult, feel free to contact Andy's Landscaping.

The Time is now to buy a new irrigation system in San Diego

Buying a New San Diego Irrigation System to Keep that New Lawn Green


Now is the time to buy the most important function of having new sod installation in your front yard. Before investing the money, you are going to want to make sure you have the proper irrigation system installed not just correctly but with the right materials and spouts.

If you have the wrong materials and directional equipment, it may be the difference between dead grass and green grass. Why is this a factor? The main factor is every yard is different and in the many years of experience we have gathered over the years. One homeowners grass might grow ten feet tall and the one next to that is dead as the desert grass in June. This comes done to experience and making sure the right Landscaper has the best interest in your investment.



About This Blog: Andy's Landscaping provides advice on the many different ways to have a Irrigation System installed in San Diego, Ca.

Starting 2009 with a New Mowing Service in San Diego

The Year 2009 and Mowing Your New Lawn.

Its that time of year again. A time of success and New Years Resolutions to be made and written out. How about that Lawn Service for the Spring Time? With the different things to add or change, having the decision to have more time on the weekends with the kids would be great. This means giving up some of those chores you know you love to do. Having that one extra chore off the list would free enough time for extra pitch and catch with the son or some extra daughter time with dolls and make up.

So what are the advantages of making a switch? Pretty simple. Price and quality. A new service is willing to drop the price a little to earn the business. There are many things that you may or may not like about your current Lawn Maintenance Company. There is one thing that matters is how good that front yard looks. Taking on San Diego Mowing Service with Andy's Landscaping would be an upgrade with customer service.





About this Blog: Mowing service changing is hard for the 2009 year. However, Andy's Landscaping focuses on Customer Service and Integrity.

The Proper San Diego Sod Installation.

There are the Wrong Ways and The Right Ways of Sod Installation

Lets start with the dirt quality, the lime, or how about my favorite the level of the ground. Did you think about any of these important things. Probably not. The facts of just going to buy grass and installing it with out preparation. Is like taking $1000 dollars and flushing it away on purpose. Taking the proper steps is a way to make sure that investment grows in the months to come.

Be sure to check with a professional before Installing Sod in San Diego yourself. Having a qualified Landscape Service provide the right tools and calculation of the right formula will be the best way to return your investment. Along with the right irrigation system designed for the best growth of your lawn.





About this Blog: Andy's Landscape provides San Diego with the proper Sod Installation.