Archive for 2014
Posted on: May 12th, 2014
If you are like most Coloradans you waited until after Mother’s Day to start digging in the garden. Mother’s Day weekend, Swingle was excited to be a continuing sponsor this year of the Denver Botanic Gardens Spring Plant Sale & support one of Denver’s most beautiful outdoor spaces. The sale offered plants carefully selected for…
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Posted on: May 5th, 2014
The weeds are out and so are lawn mites… May is the busiest month in the yard! There is so much to do; the list can go on and on! A healthy landscape will be better prepared to resist disease and insect infestations. It is not too late get a green, weed-free lawn. Swingle is…
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Posted on: May 5th, 2014
Gardeners are now dialed into the regimen of reading the newspaper articles, water statements and web page links providing information about current landscape water restrictions. Does your landscape like the water coming from your spigot? Make no mistake; water providers in Colorado follow strict standards to ensure safe drinking water. However, some water is better…
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Posted on: May 5th, 2014
We are fortunate that we live in such a beautiful where we get a little of everything! Hear the water running down the river, smell the fresh wildflowers, and take in a fresh breathe of mountain air. With the mountains at your back door, now is the time to start planning your mountain getaway! Telluride,…
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Posted on: May 2nd, 2014
Economic forecasting is a difficult task to accomplish. The key is being right a higher percentage of time than getting it wrong. When you get it right you are a hero. When you get it wrong you lose credibility. With the recent discovery of Emerald Ash Borer in Boulder we are becoming inundated with forecasts…
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Posted on: April 30th, 2014
Last week Swingle celebrated two of its favorite holidays -Earth Day and Arbor Day! These days bring us much joy and what better way to celebrate than to give back to the community. For the past six years the Colorado Association of Lawn Care Professionals (CALCP) has participated in the Professional Landcare Network’s (PLANET) Day…
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Posted on: April 25th, 2014
Lawn & Landscape recently featured an article in their April issue written by our own Angela Talocco, Employee Training & Development Specialist. Angela’s article highlights three strategies to help other companies provide the best solutions when hiring and training new employees. Talocco recommends, creating a list of required trainings, creating a training plan, and implementation…
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Posted on: April 18th, 2014
Spring is upon us, which means we’re are busy caring for Ft. Collins to Castle Rock lawn care. Currently, we are seeing an increase in lawn mite activity, so it’s important to make sure your lawn isn’t having the life sucked out of it, literally! Lawn mites can cause severe damage to your lawn, many times leaving you with…
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Posted on: April 10th, 2014
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and your landscape are related in several integral ways. The USGBC web site states, “LEED provides a framework that gives project teams the ability to choose solutions that contribute to aggregate environmental progress. Many small parts working together can have big impacts.” Your landscape plays a large role…
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Posted on: April 8th, 2014
We went live with our new website last week and we are very excited to share it with you! We’ve been diligently working on this for some time now and we hope the results reflect this. The new website was designed to be minimalistic with a clean, organized look, which is a whole lot easier…
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