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Core 3 Landscaping & Snow Removal Services

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Core 3 Landscaping & Snow Removal Services

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Core 3 Landscaping & Snow Removal Services offers a wide variety of commercial & residential lawn care, landscaping services and snow removal services in Bloomington, Illinois and the surrounding communities. We service multi-family housing, business complexes, offices, commercial development, HOAs and single family homes.

Core 3 Landscaping & Snow Removal Services offers a wide variety of commercial & residential lawn care, landscaping services and snow removal services in Bloomington, Illinois and the surrounding communities. We service multi-family housing, business complexes, offices, commercial development, HOAs and single family homes.

Curly Q's Home Improvements

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Curly Q's Home Improvements

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Curly Q's Home Improvements is a family owned business of 3 people. Mother, son & daughter. We strive for quality not quantity. Cost is determined by the job, Travel charge $25. Like us on www.Facebook.com/23curlyqs

Curly Q's Home Improvements is a family owned business of 3 people. Mother, son & daughter. We strive for quality not quantity. Cost is determined by the job, Travel charge $25. Like us on www.Facebook.com/23curlyqs

Lawn Magic

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Lawn Magic

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At Lawn Magic, we make your lawn and exterior look perfect all year long with routine lawn, landscaping, snow removal and exterior maintenance services. Contact us to maintain a well-manicured lawn with our lawn care services. We also offer landscaping, painting, snow removal & salt, pressure washing, mulch & rock installation, tree & hedge trimming, seasonal & storm clean-up, weed control and fertilizer. Your exterior maintenance provider. " LET US REFRESH YOUR EXTERIOR "

At Lawn Magic, we make your lawn and exterior look perfect all year long with routine lawn, landscaping, snow removal and exterior maintenance services. Contact us to maintain a well-manicured lawn with our lawn care services. We also offer landscaping, painting, snow removal & salt, pressure washing, mulch & rock installation, tree & hedge trimming, seasonal & storm clean-up, weed control and fertilizer. Your exterior maintenance provider. " LET US REFRESH YOUR EXTERIOR "

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Lane's End Construction

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Lane's End Construction

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Lane's End Construction is your local remodeling and home maintenance specialists. Call Lane's End today for all your home improvement needs. (309)842-9042

Lane's End Construction is your local remodeling and home maintenance specialists. Call Lane's End today for all your home improvement needs. (309)842-9042

Hedrick Home Improvement

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Hedrick Home Improvement

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Anything and everything that needs fixed, repaired, removed, added, painted, or made for your home inside and out and on your property. Call for free estimates and questions I do all the estimates and perform all work.

Anything and everything that needs fixed, repaired, removed, added, painted, or made for your home inside and out and on your property. Call for free estimates and questions I do all the estimates and perform all work.

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Stone Timber Brush

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Stone Timber Brush

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- BRUSH & LEAF CLEANUP & REMOVAL - SHRUB, PLANT, TREE CUTBACK/REMOVAL AND/OR PLANTING - GARDEN TILLING AND SERVICES - GUTTER CLEANING AND/OR REMOVAL - DECK/PATIO & FENCE REMOVAL AND/OR INSTALLATION - PLANT/SOIL TREATMENT - PROPERTY PRESERVATION - FLOWER AND/OR SEED TRANSPLANTING AND/OR GERMINATION - STORM CLEANUP/RECOVERY AND/OR POWER WASHING - FOREST RESTORATION & HABITAT CONTROL - FARM SCRAP CLEANUP AND POWER WASHING - MOWING, SEEDING, FERTILIZER SPREADING - EDGING, TRIMMING AND/OR LAWN MAINTENANCE Serving Central IL. Commercial, residential, small and large properties. Call, text or email for free quotes and/or estimates.

- BRUSH & LEAF CLEANUP & REMOVAL - SHRUB, PLANT, TREE CUTBACK/REMOVAL AND/OR PLANTING - GARDEN TILLING AND SERVICES - GUTTER CLEANING AND/OR REMOVAL - DECK/PATIO & FENCE REMOVAL AND/OR INSTALLATION - PLANT/SOIL TREATMENT - PROPERTY PRESERVATION - FLOWER AND/OR SEED TRANSPLANTING AND/OR GERMINATION - STORM CLEANUP/RECOVERY AND/OR POWER WASHING - FOREST RESTORATION & HABITAT CONTROL - FARM SCRAP CLEANUP AND POWER WASHING - MOWING, SEEDING, FERTILIZER SPREADING - EDGING, TRIMMING AND/OR LAWN MAINTENANCE Serving Central IL. Commercial, residential, small and large properties. Call, text or email for free quotes and/or estimates.

Total Lawn Perfection

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Total Lawn Perfection

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35 years of experience

We are a Complete Lawn Care and Landscaping Maintenance business with over 20 years professional experience using only reliable and quality equipment and serving the Bloomington / Normal and Decatur markets. Your lawn deserves to look its best; do not settle for anything less than "Total Lawn Perfection!"

We are a Complete Lawn Care and Landscaping Maintenance business with over 20 years professional experience using only reliable and quality equipment and serving the Bloomington / Normal and Decatur markets. Your lawn deserves to look its best; do not settle for anything less than "Total Lawn Perfection!"

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Mulch and Topsoil questions, answered by experts

If you’re using crushed stone or gravel as a base material, then yes, you should compact it to prevent movement of the top layers. For instance, if you don’t compact crushed stone or gravel and you lay pavers on top of them, the pavers will shift over time. However, if you’re using gravel or crushed stone as a top layer for aesthetic purposes, you might not want to compact the materials.

Although it’s not required to lay anything under mulch, it can help to put landscape fabric or plastic weed barrier down and lay mulch on top. The barrier helps keep weeds from growing up through your mulch. It also helps keep rodents and insects from burrowing into the ground underneath.

When laying gravel, it's often a good idea to apply a base layer, such as sand or crushed concrete. You may also want to layer a weed-blocking membrane on top of the base layer to prevent weeds and grass from sprouting up in your gravel driveway. Without the appropriate base layer, the gravel you lay may sink into the soil.

Mulching any time of year can be beneficial, so you can choose based on your preference. Most homeowners avoid the winter and summer because of the uncomfortable temperatures, so spring and fall are often best. Try not to mulch right before heavy rainfall or a big storm is expected, as wind and runoff can move newly laid mulch around and make more work for you.

Yes, weeds can still grow in decomposed granite. If properly compacted, it can act as a good weed suppressant, meaning you’ll only pull weeds occasionally. But no ground cover is completely weed-proof. To further prevent weeds, you can try spraying your decomposed granite with distilled white vinegar.

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