July 2015

There are some spots in your yard a mower can't reach, and others where the grass and weeds have gotten too tall for mowers to tackle. For these places, a trimmer or brushcutter makes short work of overgrown vegetation. Trimmer or Brushcutter? This choice depends on what kind of cutting you plan on doing, and the size of yard you...

Summer is a great time to hire a professional arborist, or inspect your trees and remove dead, diseased or unsafe branches. You can also prune in the late winter when trees are dormant, but pruning in the summer can make it easier to see and remove defective limbs. Clearing out dead and diseased wood keeps the tree healthier, and if...

There are two main ways to start a new lawn – from seeds or plants (sod, plugs and sprigs). Which one is best depends on your budget, the type of grass you want, and when you want to plant. Seed is less expensive than sod, plugs, or sprigs, but takes longer to create thick grass cover. It's also hard to...

If you need to cut branches too tall to reach with a chainsaw from the ground this summer, powered pole pruners can be much less dangerous than climbing into a tree or on a ladder with a chainsaw. Richardson Saw & Lawnmower carries pole pruners from Stihl and Echo for professional arborists and serious landscapers.   Echo Pole Pruners Echo...