Hi everyone,
We are in the midst of the dog days of summer with no relief in sight unfortunately. Our temperatures are hovering around 110 during the day and high 80s at night. The lack of cool air at night exacerbates the nutritional needs of the flora and the foliage drop we see with pine trees in the heat of the summer. You may notice pine tree needles piling up as quickly as we can clean them up this time of year.
Our debris cleanup and detail work will be coordinated within our cycles. We've had high winds come through without much precipitation to show for it resulting in broken tree branches, trash and debris. Anytime there is a high-wind event we do our best to handle the urgent needs first and then work our way through the rest. We certainly appreciate your patience with that process.
We currently have a round of turf fertilizer being applied and another round of granite pre-emergent.
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions and remember to stay cool and hydrated.
Make it a great week!
Trim Cycle Rotations:
- Weed control remains a top priority, and our crew will continue to spray with their 5 gallon backpack and report if more help is needed from our spray tech division
- This time of year we see some difficult weed varieties that our normal herbicide applications have a hard time eradicating and may have to use some other herbicides. One example is thistle (which eventually turns into a tumbleweed). It is particularly ornery and tough.
- Routine shrub pruning continues in our trim cycle work as well as a detailed blowout of the same area and that is marked on your attached weekly report for your reference. Flower plants will be lightly trimmed for now so they don't become way overgrown and we try to preserve the spring blooms.
- You may see certain shrubs pruned and others not in the same cycle, as we try to let them bloom as much as possible with reason
Water Management:
- It is HOT so we are on a more frequent watering schedule as the daytime temperatures continue to increase and the days get longer.
- Grass area watering is at least 5 times per week right now with multiple start times in most cases. We try to keep turf watering outside of daylight hours as best we can to mitigate evaporation and there's also less wind during the night than daytime.
- If you notice evidence of heavy runoff or excessive watering, please inform us, as it may be a few days before our maintenance crew returns to the site.
After Hours/Weekend/Holiday Emergency Communications :
Call our Emergency number: 480-206-6536 ( **this number does not receive text messages**)
- If not answered, leave a detailed voicemail
- Name of caller with callback number
- Name of community
- Nature and location of the emergency, as specific as possible
- Follow phone call with email to both Brandon Ridenour and Andrew Roberts with same info as above: