There is a fair amount of uncertainty as to what needs to be done to prepare the typical Ottawa lawn and garden before Winter. I will go through some of the basic tasks that comprise a successful Fall cleanup. The first and most common fall clean up task for most properties is leaf pick up. [...]
When you own a landscaping and gardening business in Ottawa, it is inevitable that friends and clients will ask what can I do to make my garden and flower beds easier to maintain? I truly believe that the single most important thing, other than appropriate plant selection and proper planting procedure, is adding mulch to [...]
Ma pelouse fait dur. Pouvez-vous m’aider? Ayant vécu en ville toute ma vie, je connais les effets de l’hiver sur nos pelouses à Ottawa. Il est quand même assez rare de voir une pelouse qui est aussi jolie au mois de mai qu’elle ne l’était en fin de saison l’année précédente. Même si on a [...]
Lawn care or more commonly known as lawn mowing and grass cutting is equal parts hard work and art as well. There is a lot more to maintaining a well groomed lawn than rolling a mower over it once a week or so in our zone 5 Ottawa Valley climate. There are several factors that [...]
Help! My garden is dying! That’s a pretty dramatic statement and it is something I hear every year from exasperated Ottawa homeowners. If you’ve spent any amount of time in a typical zone 5 climate, by the time mid April rolls around you are ready for warmer days with many hours of sunshine. Those of [...]
If you live on Ottawa and own a home with a lawn chances are that after a long Winter when Spring finally arrives and the grass starts to come back to life, it looks a little worse for wear. Many homeowners take on the Spring cleanup of their lawn themselves by taking out the dead [...]
I have often asked clients and friends over the years, “Would you like to have a beautiful and colourful flower garden that is also easy to maintain?”. I have seen mostly skeptical faces looking back at me wondering what I could possibly offer that fits both those criteria. One client even asked if the plan [...]
After a long Ottawa Winter many people realize that their lawn is looking a little rough once the snow has melted and that they may need to repair it before the beginning of the season. Many factors contribute to the grass not looking quite up to par in the Spring. You need not despair as [...]
With the warm weather and melting snow we can feel the spring coming in Ottawa Valley. There is no more exciting time in the year than spring. In a few weeks we will see buds appearing on the trees and shrubs, insects waking up and grass coming back to life. Here at Primo Landscaping we [...]
