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JBs LAWN AND LANDSCAPE

255 Toles Hollow Rd
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JBs LAWN AND LANDSCAPE

255 Toles Hollow Rd
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We provide many services like: mulching, edging, mowing, yard cleanup and disposal, trimming, tree, shrub and mulch bed planting. We also do bed layouts, design suggestions, installing and reclaiming mulch beds, garden areas. We have packages from a simple mow and go. To a full year round service including aeration, fertilization soil analysis and provide the necessary product when your home or business needs it the most. Show your PRIDE OF PLACE and tell us what you need.

We provide many services like: mulching, edging, mowing, yard cleanup and disposal, trimming, tree, shrub and mulch bed planting. We also do bed layouts, design suggestions, installing and reclaiming mulch beds, garden areas. We have packages from a simple mow and go. To a full year round service including aeration, fertilization soil analysis and provide the necessary product when your home or business needs it the most. Show your PRIDE OF PLACE and tell us what you need.

Murphys Lawncare and maintenance

117 Chrysler Street
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Murphys Lawncare and maintenance

117 Chrysler Street
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12 years of experience

We are a family owned and operated business and we enjoy what we do and it shows in our work we offer the best prices around on all our services and always have great specials

We are a family owned and operated business and we enjoy what we do and it shows in our work we offer the best prices around on all our services and always have great specials

Swope Tree Care

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Swope Tree Care

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12 years of experience

Swope Tree Care is fully insured and does free estimates complete affordable professional services Tree & landscaping services prunning trimming removal land clearing stump grinding cabling and managment Certified Arborist We are available 24hrs 7days a week

Swope Tree Care is fully insured and does free estimates complete affordable professional services Tree & landscaping services prunning trimming removal land clearing stump grinding cabling and managment Certified Arborist We are available 24hrs 7days a week

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Andrews Well Drilling

12580 Route 6
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Andrews Well Drilling

12580 Route 6
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Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers

We are a family-owned & operated company that has been serving Tioga County and the surrounding area since 1968, and are long-standing members of the National Groundwater Association, the Pennsylvania Groundwater Association, as well as a certifed dealer of pumps made by GOULDS Water Technology. Our friendly, experienced staff consists of 2 Office Administrators and 8 Site Workers. We are fully insured and service both commercial and residential customers. We accept cash; check; and MasterCard, Visa, and Discover credit cards.

We are a family-owned & operated company that has been serving Tioga County and the surrounding area since 1968, and are long-standing members of the National Groundwater Association, the Pennsylvania Groundwater Association, as well as a certifed dealer of pumps made by GOULDS Water Technology. Our friendly, experienced staff consists of 2 Office Administrators and 8 Site Workers. We are fully insured and service both commercial and residential customers. We accept cash; check; and MasterCard, Visa, and Discover credit cards.

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Mulch and Topsoil questions, answered by experts

A 40-pound bag of topsoil covers 0.76 cubic feet, enough for 4.5 square feet with a 2-inch depth or 36 square feet with a .25-inch depth, such as topdressing a standard garden bed. If you want 2 inches of fresh topsoil for your 36-square-foot garden bed, you’ll need eight 40-pound bags.

A light layer of mulch can help protect a tree, retain moisture, and keep the soil healthy. However, it’s important to avoid over-mulching or piling the mulch up around the trunk of a tree, a practice notoriously called “volcano mulching.” That piled mulch can increase the chances of rot and disease on the tree trunk as well as overwhelming the soil, which needs access to a certain amount of air. Topped trees have it hard enough: mulch sparingly while they heal.

You should exercise care when deciding how to landscape over a leach field for your septic system. You typically want lightweight materials that won’t damage the drain field’s perforated pipes. When adding plants to the area, select plants with shallow roots, such as grass or flower gardens. Trees with deep roots could damage the pipes in the field.

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.

The amount of soil you’ll need around your foundation depends on a variety of factors, but in general, you want a 6-inch decline over the first 10 feet extending out from your foundation. How much soil it will take to achieve that will depend on the current grade of the yard, how much foundation is exposed, and the size of your home.

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