Spring Is In The Air

“Spring Is In The Air”

My favorite season is now upon us. Spring is a time of renewal and rejuvenation. I think we come out of our winter hibernation and are just as joyful at the first signs of spring as are furry and feathered friends. I am seeing a lot of my Elder friends for the first time since last summer, for a lot of my clients only need to utilize our Lawn Services. I so much enjoy working in the outdoors during the spring and summer, and it is all the more wonderful when I am able to help out our elders enjoy their yards. I have many clients who are gardening aficionados and I have learned a great deal from them over the years. There is nothing more enlightening to me than to be taught about what so many of us take for granted, and that is the joy of nature that surrounds us.

I love setting up the birdhouses, Hummingbird feeders, and filling the plethora of other feeders that my clients so enjoy. Many clients like to set these feeders up close to where they enjoy having their morning coffee, or where they sit on their verandas to take in the beauty of their own sanctuaries that they created for themselves, and that I help keep in good condition during the spring and summer. Some of my clients work me into the ground when they think of a new garden they want planted, or some new shrubbery design they have dreamed of during the winter, but I love every minute of the work.

This season I actually had a client who decided that he needed a new sidewalk that would go all the way around his house, so he could walk on firm ground while inspecting his magnificent array of plants and flowers. He designed the walkway himself, and that included picking up samples of the bricks he wanted to use, and the rocks that serve as the base, and he even drew out a schematic of how the path was to meander throughout his yard. I have been working on this for the past 2 weeks off and on, and we are doing it in sections so he does not have to purchase all of the materials at once. I do not mind doing this in piece work, for he is so excited about the process that when I am working, he comes outside to talk and tell me wonderful stories about his very colorful life. It makes the work easy and I get to learn more about him and a great many other subjects, as well. I am truly blessed with the greatest clients in the world, and am thankful to each and every one of them.

My favorite thing to do for my clients, if they are interested, is building full life cycle Butterfly Gardens. This allows them, and me, to watch the butterflies lay their eggs on the herbs planted around the garden, and then watch them become caterpillars and munch away on the herbs and get bigger, and bigger! The next stage is the best, for when they get large enough they crawl up one of the branches I strategically place throughout the garden and go into chrysalis. Depending on the temperatures, they soon spring out to display their newly found glory, and the first place they feed is on the butterfly bushes that are the center of the garden, and the cycle of life begins again.

If you know of anyone in need of lawn care please refer them to me and my staff and I will do our best to help them to enjoy their sanctuaries. Remember, you do not have to be an Elder to use my lawn services, but if you are over 55 you will receive a discount! Take care and enjoy your spring!

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