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Cole's Lawncare
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Lawn Care - Maintain and Mow a LawnLawn & Yard Waste Clean Up

Serving Sterling, NY and surrounding areas

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"Cole has done a great job every time he has worked at my home. He’s on time, polite, respectful and his work ethic is terrific. I wouldn’t think of hiring anyone else. Please reach out to Cole Pickard for your lawn-care needs."
Sidewalk Edging
Lawn mowing
Lawncare
Lawncare
Lawncare

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Uncle Grouchys Lawn CNY
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Lawn & Yard Waste Clean UpLawn Care - Maintain and Mow a Lawn

Serving Sterling, NY and surrounding areas

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Welcome to Uncle Grouchy’s Lawn CNY, your dependable local partner for premier property maintenance across the Central New York region. Don’t let the name fool you—we bring unmatched energy, a friendly professional attitude, and sharp attention to detail to every single yard we service. We know your time is valuable, which is why we are dedicated to taking the hassle out of weekend yard work so you can simply sit back, relax, and enjoy a pristine outdoor space.\nOur team specializes in the core essentials that keep your residential or commercial property looking sharp, neat, and beautifully manicured. Our top-tier services include precision lawn mowing, expert weed whacking and string trimming around fences, trees, and walkways, and thorough blowing to ensure your driveways, patios, and sidewalks are completely free of clippings and debris.\nAt Uncle Grouchy’s, we pride ourselves on reliability, punctuality, and excellent customer service. No shortcuts, no mess left behind—just clean lin

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J.Garrison property maintenance
New to Angi
Lawn Care - Maintain and Mow a LawnLawn & Yard Waste Clean Up

Serving Sterling, NY and surrounding areas

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Here at J.Garrison property maintenance we specialize in landscaping and general property maintenance we take much pride in our work to ensure our customers high quality and reliability we specialize in lawn care, spring /fall clean up, tree trimming, mulch/topsoil, also retaining walls and small concrete jobs

Backyard restoration
Backyard restoration
Backyard restoration
Lawn care 2025
Lawn care 2025

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Grounds and Goods FLX
New to Angi
Lawn & Yard Waste Clean UpLawn Care - Maintain and Mow a Lawn

Serving Sterling, NY and surrounding areas

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I started my business because I’ve always been a hardworking, hands-on person who takes pride in making things look their best. I have experience with landscaping, flower bed maintenance, weeding, trimming, mulching, seasonal cleanups, overgrown property cleanups, and residential cleaning. I proudly serve Rochester and the surrounding Finger Lakes area, including Victor, Farmington, Canandaigua, Ontario County, and nearby communities. What sets me apart is that I genuinely care about my work and my customers. I’m dependable, detail-oriented, not afraid of hard work, and I never believe in cutting corners. I take the time to listen to what each customer wants and treat every property as if it were my own. My goal is to provide quality, honest, reliable service while leaving every customer with a finished product they can be proud of—and a reason to call me again

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Landscaping questions, answered by experts

Plant privet hedges at least 1 foot apart in a trench about 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep. It’s important to space privet hedges relatively far apart due to how quickly they grow to significant sizes and heights. You don’t want to crowd privet plants, or they could overcrowd each other, causing unwanted damage.

Yes, you can put topsoil over sand to encourage grass growth. The topsoil will help to improve water retention and promote grass roots’ development, making it a recommended step of the seeding process. Adding a layer of topsoil will provide additional nutrients to the sandy soil, helping the grass grow and remain healthy through many seasons.

Hedge plants are available in almost every size, from seedlings to fully mature, six-foot-tall shrubs. Planting smaller plants is much easier and more cost-effective. However, it can take years for the plants to reach maturity and create a full hedge. Garden centers and specialty retailers sometimes offer three to four-foot wide plants that you can simply plant next to each other for an instant full hedge.

A window flower box should be deep enough that there’s room for a wide selection of plants and the required amount of soil and gravel. Standard flower boxes are 8 inches deep and 8 inches from front to back. Larger is better to increase the variety of plants in the box, but you could run into stability issues as it increases in weight.

In most cases, wait three to five days to repot or relocate a plant from a greenhouse or nursery. That way, your plant has time to recover from any shock during the move and adapt to the conditions in and around your home. Some hearty plants may not need as long, and delicate plants might need several weeks. You should ask the professional at your nursery for a recommended timeline. Consider asking about an initial watering schedule to help stimulate root growth and promote a healthy plant.

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