Tending to your garden needs while maintaining your ecosystem
What we offer
* Sanitation Weeding
* Specialized HAND pruning
* Correct planting practices
* Invasive plant removal
* Native plant recommendations
* Artful wildlife habitat creations
* Compost system setup
* Leaf recycling
* Garden clean up and restoration
* Organic fertilizer and soil amendment application
* Trellising/staking
* Organic pest and pathogen identification and targeted treatment
* Small scale mulch/wood chip application and soil/compost distribution
In a desire to stay small and my maintain standards I only work with individual homeowners. No commercial contracts.
HAND PRUNING
At APH Gardens we:
* Hand prune using sterile, sharp hand pruners, loppers, and hand saws
* Are mindful of appropriate pruning windows based on the specifics plants needs
* Are knowledgeable about old wood versus new wood growth plants
* Utilize the 45 degree angle cut method,
* Do not remove more than 1/3 of a plants’ total mass at one time
* Will inform you of any diseased plant material and will monitor as necessary
Sanitation Weeding
Weeding either by hand weeder or stirrup hoe making sure to get the roots. The goal is to weed before the plants “go to seed” this reduces the weed the seed presence in your soil “bank”. This is a more time intensive initially but with regular maintenance it saves much time and energy trying to fight mature weedy roots. Mulch or ground cover may be recommended as well.
composting
Educating and assisting you in assembling a successful three bin compost system. Its not as daunting as it seems!
Leaf Recycling
Raking and using a blower to move leaves from the grass or walkways into your garden beds.
Making piles of leaves near compost to use as carbon
Making leaf mold piles
