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What's New?
Every other month or so, and more
frequently if appropriate, we'll provide you with an
update of what's new and exciting at Holmes Landscape
Company on this page. If you have a question, a
suggestion, or a comment about the information provided
here, or anywhere on our Web site, please send me an
e-mail message at holmes@holmeslandscape.com.
 
Worms
Anyone can grow grass and trees, but worms? Seriously, we
have started a worm colony and have plans to introduce
earthworms to our landscapes. Earthworms aerate and
enrich soil, and therefore play a very necessary and
important role in landscape maintenance.
Snails
We are also growing snails. We have started decolate
snail colonies in a couple of neighborhoods, and
depending on our success, we're planning to repeat the
experiment elsewhere. Decolate snails do not eat plants
and do not climb walls, but they eat the common European
snails that love to chew up our landscapes and vegetable
gardens. Good snails eating bad snails!
Composting
Some of you may not know that we recycle a lot of your
green waste by mulching it, then applying it back down in
your gardens and on slopes. The chipper we use does an
efficient job of converting your landscape waste into
mulch, and when it's reintroduced to your landscapes,
water retention, soil buildup, soil cooling are all
improved. A side benefit is that we avoid having to haul
more waste to our fast-filling landfills.
Irrigation
Injector
For the last couple of years we have been using
irrigation injector systems to introduce landscape
chemicals (fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.) directly
into irrigation mainlines. This technique insures uniform
distribution of these chemicals, and is extremely time
and labor efficient.
Irrigation
Monitoring
We do weekly water meter readings for each of our
customers, then set irrigation runtimes based on the
actual water used and the environmental factors that
impact the amount of water available for landscape
vegetation (see Irrigation
Auditing and Management). There is absolutely no
better way to manage landscape irrigation without having
a fully computerized irrigation system!
Plant Experiments
We are also introducing new plant types and ground
covers, and monitoring their growth in our harsh soil
conditions. We have had great success with several
varieties of the sedum family - succulent perennials and
subshrubs. We are also doing work on using unrooted
ground cover cuttings winter plantings.
December 1996
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Holmes Landscape Company
934 La Rueda Road, Vista, CA 92084-6518
760.732.3379760.598.3500 Fax
holmes@holmeslandscape.com
"Always looking to improve ourselves, our workers, and the quality of our work."
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