Tending to your garden needs while maintaining your ecosystem
What we offer
Sanitation Weeding, time appropriate HAND pruning, correct planting practices, invasive plant removal, native plant recommendations, artful wildlife habitat creations, composting, leaf recycling, delayed spring clean up, organic fertilizing and soil amending, trellising/staking, seeding, transplanting, pest and pathogen scouting, small scale mulch/wood chip application and soil/compost distribution.
In a desire to stay small and maintain standards we do NOT take commercial contracts. Individual homeowners only please.
HAND PRUNING
At APH gardens we hand prune using sterile, sharp hand pruners, loppers, and hand saws. We are mindful of appropriate pruning windows based on the specifics plants needs. We are knowledgeable about old wood versus new wood growth plants. We utilize the 45 degree angle cut method, not pruning out more than 1/3 of a plants’ total mass at one time. We 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
