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…
Read MoreWe 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,…
Read MoreEconomic 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…
Read MoreLast 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…
Read MoreLawn & 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…
Read MoreSpring 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…
Read MoreLEED (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…
Read MoreWe 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…
Read MoreA bond created throughout the past decade, Swingle Lawn, Tree and Landscape Care is proud to continue donating tree care services to Denver Botanic Gardens. Swingle exclusively adopted the Elm tree residing in front of Ruth Porter Waring House, around 2004. Most recently, Swingle’s team worked to prune the tree in preparation for spring. The…
Read MoreA look around the front-range reveals brown foliage on many pines and spruce. The brown tree foliage is on Austrian, Scotch, ponderosa, and pinyon pine as well as Colorado blue spruce. What is the cause of the problems pine and spruce trees are facing this year? For some of these trees, the causation dates back to…
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