Month: January 2017

February Landscape Tasks for Montgomery County, MD

Get These Landscape Tasks For Montgomery County, MD Done Now The weather has hardly been winter-like but that doesn’t mean we still won’t get cold weather. Here are a few landscape tasks for Montgomery County, MD to help you get ready for spring. Prune any dead and diseased wood from your trees and shrubs. Plant frost tolerant trees. Clean and refill bird feeders Buy seeds from the new garden catalogs.

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Allentuck Landscaping’s Inside Dirt – February 2017

A Great Start! Keep The Progress Rolling! January has been a jam packed start of the year. I am psyched about the progress we have been making on improving our company. We have been fortunate to have decent weather to work in. A few of the highlights: We have screened the old soil in the field and turned it into excellent topsoil The stables has been cleaned and organized (Thanks

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Allentuck Landscaping – February 2017 Safety Line

Personal Protection Equipment It benefits everyone Like athletes on the football field, you must also wear protection when doing your job. These items are designed to keep your body safe and protected from hazards that you may encounter. Our personal protective equipment (PPE) includes ear plugs, work boots, hat and safety goggles. At times, we may also require you to wear a hard hat, safety vest and/or chaps. Here are

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Lawn Care That Is Kid Safe, Pet Safe, Earth Safe

We All Want Lawn Care That Is Safe Safe lawn care is something that we are all concerned about. We want to know that our lawns are safe for our children and for our pets. We also want to make sure that what we put on our lawns is not harming the earth. At the same time, we all still want the American dream of a lush, green yard. It

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Solutions For Planting Under Trees

Planting Under Trees Can Be Challenging It is a common complaint, “Nothing will grow under my trees”. To be perfectly honest, our first response to this statement is usually not what our customers want to hear: “Duh”. Mature trees have large canopies that block out the sun and massive root systems that will out compete smaller plants for water every day. So the area under the trees becomes brown and

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8 Fantastic Shrubs With Winter Interest

Put Some “Boom” In Your Garden With These Shrubs With Winter Interest The winter landscape can be bland enough. Why not add some of the fantastic shrubs with winter interest. Whether it is from evergreen foliage, berries or twigs, these shrubs each offer something your garden may be lacking in the winter.   Red Osier Dogwood Deciduous shrub, about 4 ft (1.5 m) tall, multi-stemmed; in winter stems are bright

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How We Improved This Home’s Rockville, MD Front Yard

This Rockville, MD Front Yard Needed A Facelift Dated. Overgrown. Boring. Those were the words that best described this Rockville, MD Front Yard. Allentuck Landscaping Co. was tasked with coming up with a plan to vastly improve its curb appeal and make it a more welcoming landscape. But where to start? Tim Carbis headed up this renovation. His first step was to evaluate what in the existing landscape was worth

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9 Hot Ideas For Your Potomac, MD Backyard Landscape

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Your Backyard Landscape Can Be Your Oasis Retreat There has never been a better time to dream big when creating your backyard landscape. Whereas the front yard is often considered more of a public space, the backyard is your opportunity to create an oasis that is solely for you to enjoy. Adding features that fit your lifestyle is key to creating a space where you can relax and entertain.

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Will Cold Weather Harm Landscape Plants?

Cold Weather Can Challenge Landscape Plants Baby its cold out there! In fact, these are the coldest temperatures we have seen in several years. You and I may be able to bundle up, but what about our plants? Is cold weather bad for plants? Let’s first assume that you have plants that are correct for our area. Obviously, plants that are normally found in southern regions will not do well

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Join Our Sales Team!

Come Grow With Us 2016 was an exciting year for Allentuck Landscaping Co. We had both top line growth and bottom line growth, completed many outstanding projects, increased the number of maintenance contracts and continued to develop our outstanding team. 2017 looks to be just as fantastic but to keep it up, we need some help. We are currently interviewing to add to our Residential Landscape Sales team. Allentuck Landscaping

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