Landscaping Project Updates

CN'R Lawn N' Landscape - Landscaping Projects

Latest Update

UPDATED SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13:

Most of our focus right now is to finish up some scheduled property landscape maintenance, whether it is weeding/chemical and/or pruning of some shrubs. We have been doing this for the first 2 weeks of October because it remained so warm and dry, and weeds started to come back. Also, because of how wet it was for the first half of the season, the second half of the season was all about making up those rain days. Therefore, this type of service lingered into October.

Now, as we head from mid-October to the end of October, we do plan to “cut-back” certain shrubs, and many perennials in preparation for our leaf fall clean up services. If you are signed up for this service, or C N’R knows you require this service prior to leaf clean up, we plan to complete that soon. If you are a customer that is looking to get on our “cut-back” schedule, please EMAIL CRAIG as soon as possible, because we will like get all these jobs done prior to starting our leaf clean up service.

Once we do start our leaf clean up service, we like to 100% focus on leaves and not cut-backs - plus we complete gutter cleaning jobs as well as we work on our fall clean up schedule. It becomes a very busy part of the season along with time restraints to get everything done, so being as prepared as possible going in is always our goal.

If you have any other questions about landscape projects and/or fall cut-back services, please EMAIL CRAIG.

Past Updates

UPDATED WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2

LATE SEASON REGULAR LANDSCAPE PROJECTS?
C N’R still continues to work on later season work out in the field. At the time of this update, we are getting close to wrapping up our season, but that will not happen until around the 20th of October. Until then, we will continue to be open for completing our scheduled jobs, and we ARE OPEN some new projects if you are looking to squeeze something in by the end of the season. Please EMAIL CRAIG or go to FREE ESTIMATES to submit your request.

BED MAINTENANCE (weeds) & ANY TYPE OF PRUNING:
We continue to keep our shears out for any trimming we are wrapping up, or even new requests until we do start our “fall clean up” service which is the cleaning up of leaves. Also, we are going to do another round of weeding to some properties here in October because of all the warm weather, weeds are still trying to thrive. If you are signed up for regular 30-45 day interval scheduling for all landscape bed maintenance, most properties are caught up, but we will be coming around to do some touch ups as October goes.

FALL PERENNIAL/SHRUB CUT-BACK SERVICE:
This service is coming up very soon (prior to October 25th) - C N’R project team members will cut back (by request only) most perennials, including grasses, and also some shrubs in preparation for winter. WE COMPLETE THIS PRIOR TO FALL CLEAN UP WORK STARTING. C N’R does not focus time into cutting items back once we do start cleaning up of leaves (crunch time!), so if you are interested in this service, please EMAIL CRAIG as soon as possible and we will get you on our radar.

Thank you for being a C N’R CUSTOMER! And if you are a new customer inquiring, please go to FREE ESTIMATES

UPDATED WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18:

REGULAR LANDSCAPE PROJECTS UPDATE:

If you are a current customer on C N’R's project schedule, we first thank you very much for your business! Also, we appreciate your patience this summer season with all the delays we have gone through. By all means, if you have a question on timing for your project, please EMAIL CRAIG. Craig has been emailing/keeping customers up to date as time goes on as well. When you have a rough first half of the season, and then experience an unforeseen hardship during the middle of the summer, it has been taxing on our crews/teams and we continue to work hard to get all jobs completed. Again, we thank you for your patience!

LANDSCAPE BED MAINTENANCE (including weeding/pruning):
If you are signed up for our 30-45 day program for landscape bed weeding and/or pruning, we continue to stay caught up keeping beds as clean as possible. We fell a little behind on pruning early, and once again, due to unforeseen hardship (explainable via phone call or email to Craig). Since around Labor Day, we have caught up summer pruning. Usually our goal is to prune shrubs and ornamental trees 2x per season, but because of all the “back-up” this season, some of you may only get pruned 1x this season. We will (as always) do our best to service our customers to the best of our ability in a timely matter. Weed pulling in beds and chemical treatments remain on schedule and under control.

FALL PERENNIAL/SHRUB CUT-BACK SERVICE:
This service is coming up faster than we may think. C N’R project team members will cut back (by request only) mostly perennial (some shrubs) in preparation for winter. WE COMPLETE THIS PRIOR TO FALL CLEAN UP WORK STARTING. C N’R does not focus time into cutting items back once we do start cleaning up of leaves (crunch time!), so if you are interested in this service, please EMAIL CRAIG. prior to October 20th.

If you are looking to get on our project schedule yet this season with a NEW request, please submit your request from our FREE ESTIMATES PAGE and we can take it from there and see if we can get it done in September or during the first half of October.

UPDATED MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH

REGULAR LANDSCAPE PROJECTS UPDATE:

If you are a current customer on C N’R's project schedule, we first thank you very much for your business! Also, we appreciate your patience this summer season with all the delays we have gone through. A complete domino effect with all jobs and we still battle somewhat in September here, to get caught up. By all means, if you have a question on timing for your project, please EMAIL CRAIG. Craig has been emailing/keeping customers up to date as time goes on as well. When you have a rough first half of the season, and then experience an unforeseen hardship during the middle of the summer, it has been taxing on our crews/teams and we continue to work hard to get all jobs completed. Again, we thank you for your patience!

LANDSCAPE BED MAINTENANCE (including weeding/pruning):
If you are signed up for our 30-45 day program for landscape bed weeding and/or pruning, we continue to stay caught keeping beds as clean as possible. We fell a little behind on pruning early, and once again, due to unforeseen hardship (explainable via phone call or email to Craig). Since around Labor Day, we have caught up summer pruning. Usually our goal is to prune shrubs and ornamental trees 2x per season, but because of all the “back-up” this season, some of you may only get pruned 1x this season. We will (as always) do our best to service our customers to the best of our ability in a timely matter. Weed pulling in bed and chemical treatments remain on schedule and under control.

FALL PERENNIAL/SHRUB CUT-BACK SERVICE:
This service is coming up faster than we may think. C N’R project team members will cut back any requested but mostly perennial (some shrubs) cut-backs in preparation for winter. WE COMPLETE THIS PRIOR TO FALL CLEAN UP WORK STARTING. C N’R does not focus time into cutting things back once we do start cleaning up of leaves (crunch time!), so if you are interested in this service, please EMAIL CRAIG prior to October 20th.

If you are looking to get on our project schedule yet this season with a NEW request, please submit your request from our FREE ESTIMATES PAGE and we can take it from there and see if we can get it done in September or during the first half of October.

UPDATED FRIDAY, AUGUST 16

REGULAR LANDSCAPE PROJECTS UPDATE:
If you are a current customer on C N’R's project schedule, we first thank you very much for your business! Also, we appreciate your patience this summer season with all the delays we have gone through. A complete domino effect with all jobs and we still battle today to get caught up. By all means, if you have a question on timing for your project, please EMAIL CRAIG. Craig has been emailing/keeping customers up to date as time goes on as well. When you have a rough first half of the season, and then experience an unforeseen hardship during the middle of the summer, it has been taxing on our crews/teams and we continue to work hard to get all jobs completed. Again, we thank you for your patience!

LANDSCAPE BED MAINTENANCE (including weeding/pruning):
If you are signed up for our 30-45 day program for landscape bed weeding and/or pruning, most properties are under control at the time of this update. The biggest thing we are more behind on is pruning, and once again, due to unforeseen hardship (explainable via phone call or email to Craig) we continue to battle and try to get back on schedule. We are expecting most or all pruning should be caught up by around Labor Day. Usually we try to prune shrubs and ornamental trees 2x per season, but because of all the “back-up” this season, some of you may only get pruned 1x this season. We will (as always) do our best to service our customers to the best of our ability.

If you are looking to get on our project schedule yet this season with a NEW request, please submit your request from our FREE ESTIMATES PAGE and we can take it from there and see if we can get it done in September or earlier October.

We will post our next update sometime after Labor Day or maybe closer to mid-September and we will continue to do our best to keep our GREAT customers informed.

UPDATED THURSDAY, JULY 25:

SHRUB PRUNING and/or ORNAMENTAL TREE PRUNING along with LANDSCAPE BED WEEDING/TREATMENTS:

Through all the rainy weather early in the season at least through May, we actually were able to stay pretty much on schedule with weeding and landscape bed maintenance. But, the one big thing about this service (if you are signed up) is all that rain created a double edged sword. A ton of rain equals plenty of weeds, and more weeds we have seen in years. Also, when we are “chemically treating” weeds, the frequent rains were washing out our results. We continue to monitor landscape beds and as we move into August, continuing our planned maintenance the best we can is our initiative. If you are seeing more weeds (in landscape beds) than usual, please EMAIL CRAIG .

As far as pruning is concerned, whether it is pruning low hanging tree canopy branches, pruning regular shrubs, and/or pruning smaller landscape ornamental trees - we are doing our very best to get caught up with this service. Remember, at the time of this update, it is still later in July, and we really did not start pruning until the beginning of July. Because of all the rain April, May, June & into July, things are growing like crazy. We get it, and if you are signed up for our regular pruning services or have signed off on a pruning job, C N’R is working these jobs in the best we can to deliver the fastest service possible, but also upholding our quality. Expect us to continue to prune shrubs through most of the month of August - it is going to take more time for us to get caught up. Thank you for your patience, and if you are looking to see where you are on our schedule, please EMAIL CRAIG.

For any NEW pruning and/or weeding requests, we ask you to fill out our FREE ESTIMATES form by CLICKING HERE.

REGULAR LANDSCAPE PROJECTS (big or small):

C N’R landscape teams continue to feel the effects of an earlier season wash-out, even as we head into August. There is no sugar coating anything here. From constructions firms, painters, and any type of outdoor service firms are way behind due to the lack of days to work May, June, and into July. Yes, weather seems to be doing a lot better now as we are in late July or going through August, but this does not mean we can snap our fingers and be caught up in a week. If you have been waiting patiently for your job to be scheduled, we greatly appreciate your trust and we will get all planned jobs done this season. It is just going to take us longer than usual. If you are curious where you are on our schedule, please EMAIL CRAIG. But all project customers have been notified of our delays through email as we feel communication is one of the most important elements coming from a service company.

If you are looking to get on our project schedule yet this season with a NEW request, please submit your request from our FREE ESTIMATES PAGE and we can take it from there.

We will update again come mid-August. Again, thank you for your patience.

UPDATED MONDAY, JULY 8:

*reading past updates as you scroll way down will help you catch up to this point on how the season has been going

LANDSCAPE PROJECTS (small to large):
As updated in previous blogs below, we have had a really tough first half of the season with all the rain. All outdoor contractors have. As this type of weather was repeating itself from week to week, it became a domino effect for a lot of services and also landscape projects. We just could not stay on schedule, and we continue to do our best with where we are now, and communicating with our GREAT patient customers as we go here.

On top of the rainy delays for a couple months, we want to make you aware that recently, one one of our long-time employees was involved with a tragic accident. This has been a sad time for our company as we grieve the loss of a friend and co-worker. We are working through the emotional rollercoaster and logistical challenges that impact our crew. C N’R customers have been very patient with delays due to this rainy season, and now, as we navigate the schedule without a full crew here in July, project timing may be further impacted.

SHRUB/ORNAMENTAL TREE PRUNING & LANDSCAPE BED WEEDING/TREATMENT:
This part of our service is upon special request to sign up for “monthly” bed/shrub maintenance. We have many commercial properties that include this type of work in their service forms, and also we have many residents on the same program. During the months of May and June, we have actually kept up with bed weeding (no trimming yet) even though it was raining a lot. Because the larger jobs were delayed with wetness, we could still work on “bed work”. But, as we are into July now, we have experienced the accident talked about above, and pruning/weeding will start to fall behind a bit. We ask for your patience as properties are closely monitored and we will get around to everyone. With all the rain, things are growing like crazy, including weeds in beds, and some properties are starting to look like we have not been there all year all of a sudden. Which is not true. Also, shrubs/tree-lines are really growing like crazy, and it is going to take us through the month of July into early August to get most of our “regular planned pruning” & weeding caught up. If you have any further questions, please EMAIL CRAIG.

UPDATED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21:

**NOTE: Due to all the efforts of trying to catch up and re-arranging schedules frequently with so many weather headaches, we do not plan to update the progress of projects until the week of July 8th

SCHEDULED MISC. LANDSCAPE PROJECTS: We still have a wide variety of popular “spring” time type of projects combining now with “summer” time type of projects. When these start to “combine”, this means we do have a log jam occuring, and even though we have fought quite hard through the month of May and well into June now, we are falling quite a bit behind with spring/summer projects that are on our schedule. If you are confirmed and signed up for any project such as mulch, sod, dirt, seed, edging, re-build, etc - and your project has not been completed yet, we are sorry. It has been difficult to stay consistent from week to week with either conditions that are too wet after heavier rains, or from days that actually do have falling rain. We say “what a difference a year makes!”. By this time last year, we were heading towards severe drought. Now, it is all about the water (15-20 inches so far!), and we will navigate through our schedule the best we can. But, as long as these conditions continue, it is going to be very tough to “catch up” so to speak because everything just slides & delays as we continue to get days/hours we cannot work. We thank you for your patience, and if you do have any questions about scheduling your particular job, please EMAIL CRAIG and we will do the best we can with an answer.

FOR NEW CUSTOMERS? Just because we are backed up here during the month of June does not mean we are booked for the season. If you are looking to get on our schedule for any project later in the season here, we thank you very much for the opportunity and we ask that you go to our FREE ESTIMATES page to submit your request and we will go from there.

LANDSCAPE BED MAINTENANCE & UP-KEEP: As we have mentioned during past updates, we feel we are as caught up as can be with some maintenance being done in May, and some in June, but because of the “domino effect” going on right now with other projects and delays, our bed maintenance items are falling behind as well as time goes on. We are referring to if you are signed up for “monthly” landscape bed weeding/clean up. Usually we get around to properties signed up every 30-45 days during the spring/summer. Also, with a lot of rain, weeds and unwanted other items growing in your beds become relentless and landscaped areas start to look worse quicker. But, keeping up with it is going to be tough, and we will do the best we can through the rest of June into July.

SHRUB/ORNAMENTAL TREE PRUNING: The pruning season is coming up and seems right around the corner. Typically we do not start pruning until after July 4th. With all the rain this season so far, it is a double edged sword. Meaning, it makes shrubs/trees to really grow fast and out of control earlier, but also get us behind as a company because we are lacking “good” quality days to get our current work load completed. It is tough to predict the future, but if the rainier conditions do continue, we are assuming starting pruning will be a bit later this season as well. We want to for sure wait until after bloom as we do not want to get too anxious with early pruning just because things are growing much faster this season. In the end, expect pruning to slowly start revving up as we get more and more into July. Crossing our fingers for a couple weeks of nice weather coming soon to help.

UPDATED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12:

SCHEDULED MISC. LANDSCAPE PROJECTS: We still have a wide variety of popular “spring” time type of projects combining now with “summer” time type of projects. When these start to “combine”, this means we do have some back ups occurring, and even though we have fought quite hard through the month of May and well into June now, we are falling quite a bit behind with spring/summer projects that are on our schedule. If you are confirmed and signed up for any project such as mulch, sod, dirt, seed, edging, re-build, etc - and your project has not been completed yet, we are sorry. It has been difficult to stay consistent from week to week with either conditions that are too wet after heavier rains, or from days that actually do have falling rain. We say “what a difference a year makes!”. By this time last year, we were heading towards severe drought. Now, it is all about the water, and we will navigate through our schedule the best we can. But, as long as these conditions continue, it is going to be very tough to “catch up” so to speak because everything just slides & delays as we continue to get days/hours we cannot work. We thank you for your patience, and if you do have any questions about scheduling your particular job, please EMAIL CRAIG and we will do the best we can with an answer.

FOR NEW CUSTOMERS? Just because we are backed up here in the middle of June does not mean we are booked for the season. If you are looking to get on our schedule for a any project later in the season here, we thank you very much for the opportunity and we ask that you go to our FREE ESTIMATES page to submit your request and we will go from there.

LANDSCAPE BED MAINTENANCE & UP-KEEP: As we have mentioned during past updates, we feel we are as caught up as can be with some maintenance being done in May, and some in June, but because of the “domino effect” going on right now with other projects and delays, we are expecting our bed maintenance items to fall behind as well as time goes on. We are referring to if you are signed up for “monthly” landscape bed weeding/clean up. Usually we get around to properties signed up every 30-45 days during the spring/summer.

SHRUB/ORNAMENTAL TREE PRUNING: The pruning season is coming up and seems right around the corner. Typically we do not start pruning until after July 4th. With all the rain this season so far, it is a double edged sword. Meaning, it makes shrubs/trees to really grow fast and out of control earlier, but also get us behind as a company because we are lacking “good” quality days to get our current work load completed. It is tough to predict the future, but if the rainier conditions do continue, we are assuming starting pruning will be a bit later this season as well. We want to for sure wait until after bloom as we do not want to get too anxious with early pruning just because things are growing much faster this season. Stay tuned for more updates!

UPDATED MONDAY, JUNE 3:

REGULAR LANDSCAPE PROJECTS: (such as mulch, dirt, seed, sod, edging, rock, and more) - the weather in May and into June has played a large roll with our progress with jobs to complete. Unfortunately, going into June, we are not as far as long as we would hope by this time of the season, but when it is this wet (6-8” of rain in a 3-4 week period) - it does delay things and we alway do our best to work around it. If you are on our schedule for a landscape job, we thank you for your patience. We are working through all jobs just as soon as we can in the order they were originally placed. If you have further questions about more specific scheduling, please EMAIL CRAIG and we will do our best to give you some timing details.

MONTHLY LANDSCAPE BED MAINTENANCE: During the first part of the season (May & June), our landscape bed maintenance mainly consists of pulling/treating weeds. If you are signed up for our “monthly” bed program, for a large chunk of you, we did do some weeding during the month of May, and then during the month of June, our goal will be to get around to some of you for a second time, and some of you it will be your first time of weeding - depending on our agreement plan. Then, once July hits, then we will start focusing more on SHRUB PRUNING. June is NOT the month do complete any pruning as all shrubs and ornamental trees will be in bloom or “re-leaf” mode. Shrubs/ornamentals are supposed to become more shaggy this time of the season, and when they are ready to be pruned, there is no harm to them at that time to prune them. Pruning early is stressful on each shrub or small tree. Usually "AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY” is when we start our pruning services for the summer.

If you are looking to get on our schedule or get a quote for pruning this summer, or any other project you may desire, please go to our FREE ESTIMATES page and submit a form. We will contact you shortly after.

UPDATED FRIDAY, MAY 24:
**our next update for this service will occur during the week of June 3rd sometime

REGULAR LANDSCAPE PROJECT JOBS, such as mulch/dirt/seed/sod N’ MORE!
At the time of this update, we are a couple weeks into getting projects completed (full landscape scheduling started May 6). Unfortunately, rain and wet weather has really slowed down our progress over the past week or so, but we are doing our best to get as much done as possible in these conditions. If you are signed up for a particular project and are wondering what our thoughts are on timing, please EMAIL CRAIG. Just keep in mind that the weather conditions have not been really suitable for project work. Plus, Memorial Day holiday in the mix now. Getting things done have been complicated.

MONTHLY LANDSCAPE BED MAINTENANCE:
The main items we are focused on this time of the season for landscape beds are weeds. Spaying/pulling/preventing weeds is very common in May and June, and we will continue to keep up with this service early this season for the customers that have signed up or requested this service. NO PRUNING until AFTER July 4th!

OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS, IF YOU ARE NEW CUSTOMER LOOKING FOR A LANDSCAPE PROJECT ESTIMATE, PLEASE GO TO: FREE ESTIMATES and submit your request. Thank you!

UPDATED SUNDAY, MAY 12:

Although we dabbled into some projects towards the end of the week of April 29th, our first official FULL week of landscaping did not start until Monday, May 6th. And that first week was actually a pretty successful week for completing jobs even though it did start out on the wet side of things.

For the rest of May and even through the month of June, our biggest focus will be on Mulching, dirt/seeding, sodding. These are the MOST COMMON early spring landscape services we try to fulfill the soonest. It does not mean we are not completing other categories of landscape projects early in the season as well, but we are just talking about the most common. And when we are working on a lot of volume, especially in the MULCH REFRESH department, it takes time to get through all jobs thoroughly.

If you are on our radar to compete a job for you and you are interested in finding out an approximate plan for timing, please EMAIL CRAIG. But, we want to tell you first that we will be working through all jobs just as fast and efficiently as we know how so all properties are “updated” as early as possible this spring.

FOR MONTHLY LANDSCAPE BED MAINTENANCE: During the month of May, we only focus on weeding/chemically treating beds. If you are signed up for this service, during the month of May or June this season will be our first “go-through” of landscape beds to get a head start on weeds. Remember, any pruning waits until after July 4th, so we are not even close yet on that end of the spectrum. But, if there are some rubbish (dead items) within beds as we treat for weeds, we will clean these areas out. Or if we see sticks or mulch/rock pushed out beyond the landscape bed edging, we will clean up as well.

All in all - spring services are 100% underway and we are excited this part of the season is now in full-swing. We will keep you posted as time goes on, and again, feel free to EMAIL CRAIG for any questions.

OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS, IF YOU ARE NEW CUSTOMER LOOKING FOR A LANDSCAPE PROJECT ESTIMATE, PLEASE GO TO: FREE ESTIMATES and submit your request. Thank you!

UPDATED SUNDAY, MAY 5:

Please do scroll down and read the last couple updates. But, starting the week of May 6th, we are now in full-swing for landscape projects. C N’R is more or less focusing first on dirt/seed/sod & Mulch with other items mixed in. We do have some deadlines to conquer over the next month or so, etc. If you do have a job signed with C N’R and you have an event or something where it needs to be completed by, we always stress to let us know as soon as possible.

Looking back just a bit during the week of April 29th - it was a transitional week where we as a company went from spring clean up work to finishing gutter cleaning, to weekly mowing, and into landscape projects as well. By Friday, May 3rd, mulch was getting installed and as we mentioned above here, the week of May 6th will be our first full week of landscaping for the season.

If you are looking to see where you are on our schedule this spring, you can EMAIL CRAIG We will do our best to provide timing details. Keep in mind, it is still really early and we are just starting and getting things more organized, so it may be a bit before we can provide too many specifics for now, but we are happy to help with anything at any time.

MONTHLY LANDSCAPE BED MAINTENANCE: This mostly includes weeding this time of the season. If you are signed up for our “monthly” program for bed maintenance, we do plan to get to some during the second half of May, but in June we will be getting to everything eventually just to get a first round of weeding/chemical treatment prior to July.

Stay tuned for more updates!

UPDATED SUNDAY, APRIL 28:

IMPORTANT: please do scroll down and read our previous update. It does provide a bit more information on what events have lead us to this point for landscaping.

C N’R’s biggest focus during the first couple months of the landscape season (May & June) is Mulch, dirt/seed & sod installation. These are the most common services to kick off the season, and we have a lot of work to do.

We expect that during the week of April 29th will be a transition week for C N’R - going from spring clean-up set up to weekly mowing and landscaping. For instance, both of our landscape dump trailers are set up for “spring clean ups” - therefore we cannot get landscape product until we do have our clean-ups completed and we are able to transfer to landscape mode. So, we start the week of 4/29 doing spring cleanups, and by the end of the week, we will be starting to landscape and complete projects that have been approved.

Because we are just getting to this transition type of week, we do not have a plan or schedule laid out quite yet to outline a plan for the next couple of weeks. But we will be thinking in that direction and should have some idea for some jobs pretty quickly here.

If you want to EMAIL CRAIG for his thoughts on timing of your particular project, fell free to do so anytime.

We plan to continue to keep you posted as the next weeks go by, but all-in-all: some projects will start to get done during the latter half of the week of 4/29, and then we will be more or less full-time (Monday-Friday) to start the week of 5/6 and continue from there the rest of the season with landscape projects.

More updates to come!

UPDATED FRIDAY, APRIL 19:

We have many exciting services coming up as far as landscape projects are concerned, with mainly property upkeep. What we mean by upkeep is items such as mulch, dirt/seed, and eventually sod. Sod usually is not available until closer to mid-May, but you get the picture of what the most popular services early in the season are.

And as we progress through this interesting spring, we do have many elements coming into play that are affecting our start date for these types of project services. You read all the rest of our “progress updates”, we talk about a lot of moisture that has delayed services a bit this April. Actually, the moisture we are talking about started late March. Today, we have been removed from drought conditions according to NOAA, and it only took Mother Nature about 4 weeks or less to achieve this. Two summers in a row with drought, and a winter with hardly any snow, and then all of a sudden we are back to average and actually wet. Only in Minnesota.

In the end, we are a FULL service lawn/landscape/snow removal company and we started the season off with spring cleanup & lawn de-thatching that the entire team is working on until it is completed. We do have 2 dump trailers that are both set up for sucking up debris from spring clean up work. These trailers cannot pick product, such as mulch, dirt, etc until we strip down each trailer away from the spring clean up set-up and into landscaping set up.

Starting our project season depends on when spring clean ups do get completed and it appears that with good weather, that date should be right around April 26th, but we do have more good chances of rain in the forecast and we are realistically projected to be done with spring cleanup work earlier during the week of 4/29. That week should be a transitional week, and we expect to be basically full swing into landscape projects for the week of 5/6 this season.

If you have a job that is confirmed and are wondering when we will get to it, at the time of this update, it is a bit too early to start working on a plan for projects. We need to be to a point where we know basically what date we can start. Any further questions, please EMAIL CRAIG.

We will keep you posted as we get closer to start time.

Early April Update:

We have been excited to kick off the project/landscape season as our eyes were on an early start! But, our eyes got blinded by late-March snowfall. So, it appears that our landscape season will start more or less “on-time” this season - late April? …or early May? Somewhere around there, but still too early to tell. As a company, we do focus on our spring clean up services first prior to working on any popular spring-time services such as Mulch Refresh, dirt/seed/sod jobs, etc. Barring no April snow storms, we will fully be rolling with these projects come early May and usually our popular early projects last through June. Our project season for the spring is usually May & June as we do not do many projects in April due to full focus on spring clean up services.

As far as receiving an estimate for any type of landscape project this spring, it is important to click over to FREE ESTIMATES and submit your request from there. We will be happy to assist and communicate a quoting plan to review your desired project and/or setting up a meeting.

Stay tuned for more updates to come as we get deeper into April.

UPDATED MARCH 3RD, 2024:

We are excited to kick off the project/landscaping season this spring as usual, especially after a winter that has disappointed snow lovers. At C N’R we are at least plowing lovers, and no snow means a tough winter for us. So, as the weather gets nice earlier this season (it appears early at the time of this update), we hope to start our landscape project season early as well. We do feel it will at least be earlier than the past couple of season, because those were way behind. Typically, we do not start our project teams until close to May or very early May on average. We are not looking to get out too much to do any projects super early because our focus is always spring clean ups first which take place for the better part of the month of April (on average). We will see where things take us.

As we have not seen much snow, and we have seen nice temps early in March here, at the present time we are not really looking at new project work. What we are working now is “sign-ups” for regular services, and once that gets towards the end, then we start getting out on properties to look at projects current and new customers have requested quotes on.

For NEW customers looking to do some projects this season, please go to FREE ESTIMATES to submit your requests. Once we do start with projects later in April or early May, the common items that we get done first are mulch, dirt/seed, & sod. There are many more project items can take care of, but these are the most common. Also, there is a chance to get out just prior to our “spring clean up” service to do a few smaller things, but we do not want current customers with current projects on the agenda to count on that.

More news to come later in March.

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