Spring Clean (N' Spring Gutter Cleaning) Updates

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Spring Cleans / Lawn De-thatching / Spring Gutter Cleaning:

UPDATED SUNDAY, MAY 5:

** this is our final update of the spring season including spring clean up & lawn de-thatching and also spring gutter cleaning **

SPRING CLEAN UP & LAWN DE-THATCHING: As planned talked about on the previous update below, our spring clean up and lawn de-thatching services did wrap up on Monday, April 29th. That final day of work was damp, but we did get them done, then it rained more on the following Tuesday, 4/30 where we ended up transitioning our equipment from spring clean up mode to weekly mowing mode. So, weekly mowing did start on Wednesday, May 1st, and if you want more info on our mowing progress, please go to the weekly mowing progress update page.
As of the end of Monday, April 29th - we were finished with spring clean up and lawn de-thatching jobs, and no longer able to accept any new jobs for this spring season. Lot’s of moisture we have been receiving makes for lush green and growing grass, and our full attention now is on weekly mowing services starting up and of course the landscape season. Thank you very much for your spring clean up business!

SPRING GUTTER CLEANING JOBS: We were completing the spring gutter cleaning jobs as well as we progressed with the spring clean up schedule. But, we were unable to get to them all during that time, and on Wednesday, May 1st - we did go out and finish all remaining spring clean up jobs. Our gutter cleaning this spring now has been completed, along with the spring cleaning of properties & lawn de-thatching. Our next round of gutter cleaning will likely come during the month of July which we call “mid-summer gutter cleaning”. If you are looking to get on that schedule, please go to FREE ESTIMATES to submit your request.

Past Updates

UPDATED SUNDAY, APRIL 28:

Please read our last update as you scroll further down to catch up on the history of our progress which has lead us to this point.

For spring clean up & lawn de-thatching services, we do plan to get out during the afternoon of Monday, 4/29 (morning will be too wet to work). And then finish up on Tuesday 4/30 (hopefully) before the rain hits that afternoon. If we reach our goal from this plan, that means all spring clean ups and lawn de-thatching will be completed on Tuesday, 4/30.

Because we need to move right onto our mowing schedules after Tuesday this week, we are unable to take on new requests for spring clean up work or lawn de-thatching. If you are a NEW customer interested in still getting a spring clean up this April/early May, we are sorry for the inconvenience, but it is time to move onto longer/greener grass at this time and start cutting for the rest of the season.

For spring gutter cleaning? We are completing some jobs as we move through our spring schedules, but not all. After Tuesday this week coming (4/30) - we will have some more gutter cleaning jobs to finish up. Our first goal will be to finish these by the end of the week of 4/29, but if it stays pretty damp with more frequent bouts of rain, we may decide to wait until the week of 5/6 to finish the spring gutter cleaning services (let the eves dry out).

If you have further questions, please reach out AND EMAIL CRAIG.

UPDATED THURSDAY, APRIL 18:

After a warm/dryer winter, and if you look further back, 2 dry summers, we entered into this spring like services were going to be very early. Then Mother Nature kicked into gear to solve our drought problems (as of 4/16, they have removed our drought status) and late in March we had several high water content snowfalls that stalled our start date. Then the snow melted rather fast in early April, and then it was about letting things dry out enough thereafter. Mother Nature quickly made this more of a “normal" spring by bringing consistent rainfalls to our area (not more snow like in past springs). With all this said, we were able to actually start on Thursday, April 11th, but we have not been allowed to work for a bunch of days (due to weather) since that start date. And here we sit at the time of this update a week later (Thursday, April 18th) with plenty of spring cleaning & lawn de-thatching to accomplish.

We did have crews out the previous weekend, and we plan to this upcoming weekend on 4/13. We are putting in the effort when days allow us to, but again, we all need to be patient, we have not had many days to work quite yet.

With all that said, with perfect weather, we anticipate being very close to being fully completed with spring clean up and lawn de-thatching somewhere right around Friday, April 19th. And that April 19th date for “finishing spring clean ups” is still even a bit early, so we are still right on track or a bit ahead of a “normal” season. But, and this is a big “but” - we do have a couple chances of rain in the forecast during the week of April 22nd. With this anticipated, we are expecting our spring clean up & lawn de-thatching service to last into the early part of the week of April 29th.

As far as gutter cleaning jobs here in the spring, most are getting done as we progress through our schedules for spring clean up, and any leftovers we do have upon completing our spring clean up schedules, we will finish these gutter jobs during the week of April 29th or shortly thereafter, it just all depends on weather.

Stay tuned for more updates to come!

UPDATED MONDAY, APRIL 8:

As of Monday, April 8th - most of the late-March snow is gone, except for some piles on cold north sides of properties, or some larger piles on commercial lots. Other than these elements with snow, we are pretty much ready to get started with cleans ups and some gutter cleaning. But, over the weekend o 4/6 & 4/7 and into 4/8, we did get a decent amount of light to moderate rain. So, at the time of this update, even though most of the snow is gone, it is too wet to get started yet. Our goal is to get some work done during the week of April 8th. Current plan is starting Thursday and Friday which is 4/11 & 4/12. One thing that may not let this happen is a swirling clipper type system moving through Wednesday/Wednesday night, and if we just get some rain (does not have to by heavy), we will likely be to Friday, April 12th before we can possibly start, or Monday, April 15th (which was our original projection). We will see how this plays out, but know that we are geared up and ready, but the turf conditions need to be right. And for spring gutter cleaning, we do plan to complete these jobs as we progress through the spring clean/lawn de-thatching process.

*and a quick note: If you have a lawn or property that does not require our metal rake to go through (for de-thatching purposes), we may come to your house to complete a detailed clean up while things are a still a bit too wet for machines.

All N’ All - if we are able to get started just before or around 4/15, and weather does not continue to be a problem, this is still about 1 week late of average. It usually takes about 2-3 weeks to get to all clean ups and gutter cleaning. With this scenario, expect this full process to take up the rest of the month of April and maybe into very early May.

We will keep you posted!

Early April Update:

Late-March snowfall has slowed our projection for a start date with spring clean up and lawn de-thatching. Likely now it will start taking place after April 15th, maybe even after April 20th. At the time of this update, we are losing our new “snow cover”, and once the new snow cover is gone, it is about losing our “snow piles”. And after the piles are mostly gone, it is about the ground drying up enough to allow for equipment to ride safely over. When we get these late-season snowfall especially over 100% thawed out soil, it absorbs all the moisture in instead of letting it run off. I think we will find the ground being quite mushy for a while after the snow does melt. This is great for our drought conditions, but not the greatest for machines quickly getting on lawns. We will keep you posted as we get deeper into April. For now, please be sure you are signed up for spring clean up as an existing customer or as a new customer. It seems our window to complete this season’s spring clean up services will be short once again this season. If you are a new customer looking for an estimate, please go to our FREE ESTIMATES page.

UPDATED MARCH 3RD, 2024:

The first big service out the door to kick off any season is our Spring Clean-up and lawn de-thatching service. And this year is looking to start early, and at the time of this update, we may be looking to get on lawns around April 1st, give or take. But we do not want to invest too much time into predicting start times for spring clean up work. It is more important as a customer to be sure you are signed up for spring so you do not end up missing out if it is an early start. If you are still looking for your service renewals for current customers, please EMAIL CRAIG. If you are a NEW customer interested in spring clean up/lawn de-thatching service, please go to FREE ESTIMATES to submit your request. Stay tuned for later updates and we will see if winter that really never came is really done! ?

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