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Category: lawn care

By Red Seal Vas06/09/20254 min read

The longest lawn scalp I have ever seen

Stop! Lawn scalping refers to cutting your grass down to soil level, literally leaving a dark scalp in your lawn. […]

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  • lawn care
  • machines
By Red Seal Vas17/03/20254 min read

Notes from a recent lawn welfare check

12 months later Just a few days ago I drove by my client’s place to take pictures of his lawn […]

  • landscaping
  • lawn care
By Red Seal Vas27/12/20243 min read

Here to help: “How can lawn care services improve the look of my yard?”

Glad you asked When you hire lawn care professionals they cut your lawn regularly and at the correct height. Every […]

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By Red Seal Vas14/10/20244 min read

Why turfing over tree wells is a bad project

Say what? Just this week I was on Facebook and in one of the green professional groups someone asked a […]

  • landscaping
  • lawn care
By Red Seal Vas05/08/20244 min read

Landscapers don’t have right of way around trees

Lawn care epidemic I often receive calls from potential new clients to come over and give them a quote. So […]

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  • education
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  • mistakes
  • trees
By Red Seal Vas19/07/20243 min read

Why I wrote my Lawncare Mistakes online course

Basic mistakes It happens all the time: I show up to help on a strata site and the first tree […]

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  • lawn care
By Red Seal Vas10/03/20245 min read

Lawns and senior’s discount? Really?

Here we go! When people find me online and call me, it’s a great feeling. It means Google is still […]

  • landscaping
  • lawn care
By Red Seal Vas08/03/20243 min read

When it makes sense to switch from lawn to rocks

Looking back Back when I was still working at the City of Coquitlam as a temporary full-time parks employee, I […]

  • landscaping
  • lawn care
By Red Seal Vas07/03/20244 min read

How to renovate your lawn

Is it time? It snowed in my home city overnight but now it’s sunny so let’s talk about your tired, […]

  • landscaping
  • lawn care
By Red Seal Vas01/07/20233 min read

How to kill a mower shaft

Mowing like a killer Picture an experienced landscaper making the same weekly mistake of mowing over a shallow stump. Every […]

  • lawn care
  • machines

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