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Sugarloaf Landscaping

602 Whately Road
5.00(
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Sugarloaf Landscaping

602 Whately Road
5.00(
3
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•Approved Pro
32 local quotes requested
5 years of experience

Sugarloaf Landscaping offers landscaping services for the Pioneer Valley and surrounding! We offer FREE Quotes for all of our service offerings. Our services include: Lawncare/Mowing, Weed-Whacking, Spring & Fall Cleanups, Power Washing, and more! Visit our website and get your FREE Quote Today! Spring Clean Up, Lawn Care, Landscaping, Mulch, Top Soil

Sugarloaf Landscaping offers landscaping services for the Pioneer Valley and surrounding! We offer FREE Quotes for all of our service offerings. Our services include: Lawncare/Mowing, Weed-Whacking, Spring & Fall Cleanups, Power Washing, and more! Visit our website and get your FREE Quote Today! Spring Clean Up, Lawn Care, Landscaping, Mulch, Top Soil

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Ground and Pot

9 Benton St
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Ground and Pot

9 Benton St
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2 years of experience

Ground and Pot is a plant care and garden coaching service. Whether consulting on what to do with your plants and garden spaces, to the needs of maintaining or building them, I'm here for you.

Ground and Pot is a plant care and garden coaching service. Whether consulting on what to do with your plants and garden spaces, to the needs of maintaining or building them, I'm here for you.

Eco Forestry and land management

Londonderry Turnpike
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Eco Forestry and land management

Londonderry Turnpike
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10 years of experience

We are a forestry mulching and land management company proudly serving New Hampshire, Vermont, & Maine We have a wide range of top of the line, cutting edge heavy equipment to help you with your projects. We treat every project equally, with our famously high standard of workmanship. Projects large or small, get it done right the first time! We are licensed & fully Insured.

We are a forestry mulching and land management company proudly serving New Hampshire, Vermont, & Maine We have a wide range of top of the line, cutting edge heavy equipment to help you with your projects. We treat every project equally, with our famously high standard of workmanship. Projects large or small, get it done right the first time! We are licensed & fully Insured.

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R Cox Enterprises

17 Warren Rd
3.67(
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R Cox Enterprises

17 Warren Rd
3.67(
6
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40 years of experience

We are a full service Excavation and Trucking Company with 30+ years of experience. Specializing in Complete Septic System Installation and Repair. New or Failing System we perform perk and have Design Engineers we work with your particular project. Demolition of any Building and removal of debris. We do not perform septic pump outs.

"Addendum to my last review: When the septic pump failed, we discovered how many corners were cut. Instead of a septic pump, a sump pump (for rainwater) was installed with the 1½ inch pipe joined to a 2 inch pipe to make it look like it was supposed to. There was no coupler on the pipe leading to the distribution box, necessitating cutting the pipe to get the sump pump out. No check valve. Do NOT use this guy."

Candy K on June 2025

We are a full service Excavation and Trucking Company with 30+ years of experience. Specializing in Complete Septic System Installation and Repair. New or Failing System we perform perk and have Design Engineers we work with your particular project. Demolition of any Building and removal of debris. We do not perform septic pump outs.

"Addendum to my last review: When the septic pump failed, we discovered how many corners were cut. Instead of a septic pump, a sump pump (for rainwater) was installed with the 1½ inch pipe joined to a 2 inch pipe to make it look like it was supposed to. There was no coupler on the pipe leading to the distribution box, necessitating cutting the pipe to get the sump pump out. No check valve. Do NOT use this guy."

Candy K on June 2025

Always Reliable Excavating

35 Fairlawn St
5.00(
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Always Reliable Excavating

35 Fairlawn St
5.00(
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Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers
"The guys were very reliable and did excellent work. They are very customer-service oriented, which we appreciated. They were knowledgeable, friendly, professional. They cleaned up everything. We were very happy with their work."

Margaret K on January 2018

"The guys were very reliable and did excellent work. They are very customer-service oriented, which we appreciated. They were knowledgeable, friendly, professional. They cleaned up everything. We were very happy with their work."

Margaret K on January 2018

Green By Malone LLC

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Green By Malone LLC

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Green By Malone LLC is a small landscaping company operating locally. Get your first mow and trim free if you sign up for weekly or biweekly mowing for this season before June 1st. We offer a variety of billing options: per job, monthly, seasonal contracts.

Green By Malone LLC is a small landscaping company operating locally. Get your first mow and trim free if you sign up for weekly or biweekly mowing for this season before June 1st. We offer a variety of billing options: per job, monthly, seasonal contracts.

The Right Handyman

Unknown
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The Right Handyman

Unknown
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10 years of experience

The Right Handyman was started to service the Hampshire and surrounding counties for their everyday handyman needs to large renovation projects. Please contact us today to discuss your upcoming projects. Additional email - [email protected].

The Right Handyman was started to service the Hampshire and surrounding counties for their everyday handyman needs to large renovation projects. Please contact us today to discuss your upcoming projects. Additional email - [email protected].

Riverside Contracting

77 Mill Street, Unit015
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Riverside Contracting

77 Mill Street, Unit015
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11 years of experience

Riverside Contracting ! We do every job like it's our own home. We reach more than you're expectations and provide everything you need all in one. Something that we can't do? Don't worry! We work together with many great companies to get the job done right!

Riverside Contracting ! We do every job like it's our own home. We reach more than you're expectations and provide everything you need all in one. Something that we can't do? Don't worry! We work together with many great companies to get the job done right!

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Mulch and Topsoil questions, answered by experts

As a base, you should use a fertilizer with a 5-5-5 NPK ratio (5% nitrogen, 5% phosphorus, and 5% potassium). You may need a different ratio depending on what your soil is lacking, but a soil test can help determine the perfect amount.

Colored mulch can be bad for plants in that it robs them of nitrogen as it depletes the soil to break itself down. With this in mind, it’s a good idea to test your soil to check the nitrogen levels. If the nitrogen levels are low, use fertilizer with extra nitrogen or switch to regular mulch.

Another downside of colored mulch is if it’s heavily contaminated, it can contaminate the soil and damage your plants. To avoid this, look for the MSC certification logo on the mulch bag before purchasing.

The best mulches for trees are wood chips, bark nuggets, or pine straw. Depending on your goals, you may want to avoid using plastic, stone, rubber, or wet grass clippings. Plastic mulch prevents water from reaching the mulched areas of your tree, stones don’t offer any nutritional benefits to the soil, rubber can release byproducts into the soil when it decomposes, and wet grass clippings can lead to rot. 

Plastic may prove beneficial in cold climates in the winter, but wood chips are the ideal option for most environments.

Not typically. A paver patio drainage problem generally requires a landscaping fix that can include a drainage pipe or dry well capable of handling the amount of runoff in your yard.

Top up your gravel driveway whenever water starts to pool in areas. This is bound to happen over time. You can be proactive and top up your driveway at the start of the warm season, and then check on it throughout the summer, particularly after heavy rainfall. Every few years, you should consider installing a new, clean layer of gravel—and that’s a good opportunity to install a layer of landscaping fabric before doing so.

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