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Volume 3 Your Freedom Lawn Services....... WHY WE ARE “GREENER” THAN THE REST!
_________________________________________ Franchise Owner Spotlight Prior to purchasing the Freedom Lawns franchise, Andy had a mowing maintenance business that ultimately got him interested in taking lawn care to the next level with Freedom Lawns. Andy has also worked for a large mining company in North Carolina for the past 26 years. Penny is a nurse, and continues to work in that profession as well as working in their Freedom Lawns operation. When asked what they enjoyed most about their lawn care business, Andy and Penny both agreed that they enjoy working with their clients to satisfy their lawn care needs. “We really enjoy seeing the fruits of our labor. Nothing is more fulfilling to us then taking a really ugly lawn and seeing the transition to an awesome lawn after a season or so! We also feel good knowing that the Freedom Lawns program is the most environmentally focused program available!” Andy and Penny defined customer service as “providing a strong communication chain between them and their clients “. This includes setting proper expectations for their clients and working with them in a partnership to create a lawn that everyone will be proud of! Their saying may seem like a cliché but it’s true. “Always treat your clients the same way that you would expect a company to treat you, and let them see the value in what we do for their lawn. Andy and Penny occasionally enjoy taking some time away from their busy work schedules to relax and spend family time. Andy is an avid hunter deer-duck- about anything that is a challenge. He also enjoys fishing, racing, and “puttering with anything mechanical". Penny loves gardening and working in the yard tending to the plants and spending time with their pets. Andy and Penny would like to convey to their current and potential client that they firmly believe that the Freedom Lawns program is “simply the best lawn care system available”.
A dragonfly's life expectancy is 24 hours. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. A golf ball weighs 1.62 oz. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit-seriously! A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 grooves around the outside. The dog’s name on a Cracker Jack box is Bingo. A male gypsy moth can smell a virgin female moth 1.8 miles away! The average caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. Freedom Lawns has won awards for excellent customer service and environmental stewardship over the past two years! FREEDOM LAWNS SECRET TO….
THERE IS NOTHING LIKED BARBEQUED SEAFOOD. Here are some tips to insure a successful grilling experience:
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__________________________________________ GOT BUGS? Our Safer products applied NEW FOR 2010……. Freedom Lawns Plant Health Care Division
We now offer a unique concept for all of your landscape plants. Our Plant Health Care services will enchance the health, beauty, and longevity of your shurbs, flowers, palms, and small trees! To schedule an assessment of your landscape plants with our Horiculture Specualist, call our office or click here.
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Gardening Carolina Style…… Most folks tend to move south for the mild winters, abundant sunshine, and the opportunity to be outdoors year round to participate in the plethora of activities that are available to us. But for others, there is great self-fulfillment and joy in working outside under our vibrant southern sun. They quickly discover that once you become a southern gardener, the pastime of creating or maintaining a garden, landscape, or even a lawn here in the Carolina’s, can be a spiritually gratifying and physically healthy experience. However, even the well trained, long time veterans of gardening who have moved here from the cooler gardening zones, quickly discover that it’s simply “different down here “! There’s life in that there soil! Most fertile soils are rich in organic matter and include beneficial micro-organisms. These microscopic bacteria will in turn, help provide valuable nutrients to plant life. Unlike many of the more fertile soils of the midwest or the northeast, our sandy soils along the southeastern coastal areas contain very little organic matter. As a result, incorporating soil amendments such as humus, black cow, and aged manure, will go a long way to enhance the health and aesthetic appeal of most of our plants. Irrigation requirements are also different as a result of our local soils structures. Our soil composition on and around the beach areas will vary from sandy, to sandy loams, to hard pan clay in some areas. Therefore, irrigation requirement during the growing season can be tricky and very different. This is not only true from one home to another, but also from different locations within the same property. Because of this, it is important that you get familiar with the nature of the soil in different sections of your yard before you start creating landscape areas. Plants grow different down here! Most “Yankee” gardeners are surprise when they find And of course, some of the flowering plants that flourish in the cooler summer temperatures of the north will simply get “fried” here in the southeast. Lilacs are a favorite flowering tree in the north. There are a few varieties that are touted to be heat tolerant such as Lady Lavender, Dwarf Korean, Angel White, and a few other just to name a few. Generally speaking, most folks enjoy little success growing Lilacs in our gardening zone. Several years ago, I tried my hand at growing one of these so called “southern bloomers “. I even planted it in some homemade Yankee type soil, and kept it out of our intense summer sun. What I managed to grow was a semi healthy, sparse little tree that refused to bloom! So if you are originally from a cooler gardening zone and you just have to have a small flowering tree that resembles a lilac, try an Althea (Rose Of Sharon). __________________________________________ Create a Fabulous Landscape with a blend of native and ornamental plantings.
Don’t Be a Gardening Wimp! OUR LAWNS ARE WARM SEASON GRASS TYPES! What does that mean? Simply stated, warm season grasses will green up and grow only during periods when the soil and air temperature are warm enough for growth. Generally, our lawns will begin performing at their peak from late April or May and start to slow down in November! __________________________________________ HELP US GIVE YOU A |
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And as a result of our extended warm weather and growing conditions, most people find that they must have a pretty lawn and landscape southern style. For some, the goal is to have an amazing southern landscape but have no desire or time to do the work themselves. These people will gladly pay others to design the plan, perform the work, and maintain the grounds so that the health and aesthetic appeal of the landscape remain intact.
that some of their favorite annual flowers from the north such as Begonias, Impatiens, Pansies, Snapdragons, annual flowering Vinca, Lantana, Plumbago, and many other flowers that are classified as “annual”, will sometimes make a return appearance and behave as perennials in the south! Contrary to this, some of the old reliable northern perennials such as tulips will flourish year after year in the more northern gardening zones. However in the south, you may get one or occasionally, two years of pleasure from your tulip bulbs. This is generally due to our warmer soil temperatures during the winter months.
Although they lack that sweet aromatic fragrance of traditional lilac, they have many different varieties with some awesome flowers in different shades of purple, lavender, two tone, and even white. They perform well in full sun and will require little care in terms of fertilization and pruning. Another old favorite in the cooler gardening zones is a plant called a burning bush. This hardy great little plant turns a brilliant orange red color in autumn. Unfortunately, the burning bush will not survive our sultry summers. But if you are looking for a low maintenance plant that will turn from green to bright red during the fall and winter, try a Fire Power Nandina! This plant requires little pruning or fertilization, and will perform best in a sunny location.
The native Hollies with their brilliant berries are a definite treat du jure for the birds that called this sandy island home. 
Have you ever noticed how many
