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Before digging in Illinois be sure to call 811, JULIE 800-892-0123 or CHICAGO DIGGER 312-744-7000 to avoid buried utilities
Whether you are preparing to install a tree, pond, hedge, drainage system, new concrete or even a road side mailbox be sure to call 811 (or your local One-Call system) to learn if there are any buried utilities (electric, natural … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape Improvements, Pacocha Landscaping Services, Property Evaluation
Tagged 811, Arlington Heights, BLUE = DRINKING WATER, Chicago, CHICAGO DIGGER, Dig, Digging, Excavation, GREEN = SEWER, Illinois, JULIE, Landscaping, ORANGE = COMMUNICATION CABLE, Pacocha Landscaping Services, PINK = TEMPORARY SURVEY MARKINGS, planting, PURPLE = PRIVATE IRRIGATION, RED = ELECTRIC, removal, soil, Underground, Utilities, WHITE = PROPOSED EXCAVATION, YELLOW = NATURAL GAS
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Chicago area underground flood control systems, sewer repairs, emergency utility work and the necessary landscape related repairs that follow!
The damage done to a mature lawn or landscape (in particular) after a major sewer repair, drainage improvements or new flood control system has been installed can be minimal or quite extreme. Plant material, lawns, irrigation systems, retaining walls, pavement … Continue reading
Posted in Disposal of Waste, Landscape Improvements, Property Evaluation
Tagged Arlington Heights, Chicago, compaction, drainage, Excavation, Flood Control, irrigation, Landscaping, Lawn, Material, Pacocha Landscaping Services, plant, residential, Restoration, root system, Sewer, soil, Underground
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Types of Herbicides: Non-Selective VS. Selective
You need to know the difference between a non-selective and a selective herbicide before you perform or authorize any herbicide application on your property. A non-selective herbicide kills all actively growing vegetation by contact or by a systemic mode of … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape Improvements, Lawn Care
Tagged 2 4-D, application, Contact, Glyphosate, herbicide, Non-selective, Pacocha, PLS, pre-emergent, RoundUp, Selective, soil, Sterilant, Systemic, turf, Weed Control
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Shatter your soil for a better lawn!
A great way to increase air, water and nutrient flow to your lawn’s root zone is by performing core aeration. Core aeration is a mechanical lawn improvement process where motor driven cylinder-like spoons are plunged into and shatter the soil thereby relieving compaction and reducing thatch build up. Half … Continue reading
Planting a new lawn by seed vs. sod
My professional opinion on the use of sod is that I will recommend it only when absolutely necessary. The reason we like growing a lawn from seed over sod is that we can choose the best blend of turf grass seed … Continue reading
