Author: Allentuck Landscaping

Allentuck Landscaping Co. Acquires A Rockville, MD Landscape Company

Exciting news! It is with great pleasure that we announce that Allentuck Landscaping Co. has acquired KART Landscape & Lawns, a Rockville, MD landscape company. In a separate transaction, we have also purchased the KART facility and are in the process of relocating our company to it and making many improvements to the site. KART Landscape & Lawns has been in business for 40 years specializing in landscape design &

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Good Patio Design Will Improve Your Life

Good Patio Design Increases Your Living Space In this hectic go, go, go world, sometimes we all just need a place to chill out and enjoy ourselves. That is where a good patio design can improve the quality of our life. A patio increases your living space and provides a wonderful area for outdoor entertaining. It can quickly increase the beauty of your home and its value. An outdoor patio

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Selecting The Best Ice Melt Products For Your Home

Not All Ice Melt Products Are Right In Every Situation One of the questions our customers ask us the most is “Which ice melt products should we use”? Some products melt ice better than others, some are safe on concrete and some are not, and which ones will not harm plants. To give you the answer, we took a trip to Home Depot to see which products are readily available.

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Recent Landscape Projects Showcase – Fall 2019

A Showcase Of Some Of Our Recent Landscape Projects It has been another busy fall here at Allentuck Landscaping Co. We are grateful for all of the wonderful project we have had the pleasure to be a part of and wanted to share them with you. Front Garden Project in Gaithersburg, Maryland This project was the second one we completed for this customer. Last year we designed and built a

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5 Great Ideas For Creating A Beautiful Paver Patio

A Paver Patio Add Value and Enjoyment To Any Home Pavers offer a lot of flexibility when it comes to patio design. There are tons of different styles and colors to choose from, they can be used in many very interesting combinations, and it is possible to add outdoor living features that will make your patio uniquely your own. However you plan to use your paver patio, the following ideas

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Prepare Your Patio For Winter

A Few Useful Tips To Prepare Your Patio For Winter Your patio is our outdoor living room and being outside, requires a little pro-active preparation to protect it and the furnishings on it from winter. Following these simple guidelines to prepare your patio for winter and you will assure that your patio will look good for a very long time. Clean off leaves and debris as often as possible to

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5 Worst Pieces of Advice About Lawn Care

We’ve Debunked 5 Lawn Care Advice Myths There is a lot of bad lawn care advice floating around out there about lawn care. Some of it is urban myth. Some of it is spread by “know it alls”. Some of it is just a plain old fashioned cop out. We want to set the record straight on these lawn care myths once and for all so you can get your

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Our Guide To Fall Flowers For The Garden

Keep The Color Coming With Fall Flowers  Just because fall has arrived does not mean the garden cannot have lots of color. In Montgomery County, Maryland area, many fall flowers will bloom well into the approaching winter. Some, like pansies, will even bloom again once spring arrives. Fall flowers in bloom are a spectacular way to add extra color to gardens, flowers pots, even fall flower bouquets in a vase

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Why Core Aeration Is So Good For Your Lawn

Core Aeration Is A Key To A Beautiful Lawn Let’s face it. The soil in our area is thick, compacted clay. Not exactly optimal for growing a nice lust lawn. The problem with clay is that it makes it difficult for air, water and nutrients to get to the root system where it is needed. It also holds on tightly to what nutrients are available, and does not release them

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Japanese Stilt Grass Control Strategies

Japanese Stilt Grass Is A Tough Weed To Control What Is Japanese Stilt Grass Japanese Stilt Grass (Microstegium vimineum) has become the bane of many gardener’s existence. It is an aggressive spreader, literally taking over acreage when one turns one’s back. It is so aggressive that it squeezes out other plant and actually can change a soil’s structure. It is a threat to both gardens and lawns. Japanese Stilt Grass

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