Native Land Design http://nativelanddesign.com/landscaping Commercial landscape management Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:24:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Irrigation Inspections http://nativelanddesign.com/landscaping/irrigation-inspections/ http://nativelanddesign.com/landscaping/irrigation-inspections/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:23:06 +0000 landscape http://nativelanddesign.com/landscaping/?p=17 You might be thinking: “It’s winter, why do I care about inspecting my irrigation system?” Testing your irrigation system now is essential because it ensures you won’t have any problems or gaps in watering cycles when spring comes.

Inspecting your irrigation system is simple, just follow these easy steps.

  1. Turn on the system one zone at a time.
  2. Run each zone for three to four minutes.
  3. Inspect all irrigation heads to make sure they

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Pruning: Knowing how and when to prune your trees is critical to their long term health. As a general rule, you should never prune more than a 1/4 of the tree’s crown and avoid pruning branches that are greater than a… Read the rest

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