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Operations Schedule
DECEMBER
- Blowing of All Paved Areas and Debris Removal
- Continue leaf removal process
- Begin cutting back perennials
- Post emergent weed control in bed areas as needed
- Seasonal Color installation continues
- Rejuvenation Pruning – sign up through the portal (extra cost item)
- New pine straw installation starts in December
JANUARY
- Leaf removal continues
- Begin winter cutbacks on perennials & groundcovers, ornamentalgrasses then roll into roses
- Police hard surfaces for trash and debris
- Turf post and pre emergent herbicides, as needed
- Seasonal Color Maintenance•Post-emergence Weed Control As Needed in Beds
DESCRIPTION OF WEEKLY MAINTENANCE TASKS: GROWING SEASON
*** ALL TASKS ARE WEATHER PERMITTING ***
MOWING
Mowing in the growing season is weekly (weather permitting).
Edging
Edging is done weekly during the growing season. Edging is split into two services that are rotated weekly.
- Week 1 – “bed lines” (where grass meets the pinestraw/bed areas)
- Week 2 – “hard lines” (where grass meets hard surfaces such as concrete driveways / curbs / sidewalks )
- Repeat
BLOWING
All areas blown upon completion of mowing and edging
Weed Control
Weed control IN BEDS is ongoing. Large weeds (over 4″) are pulled. Small weeds (under 4”) are treated with a herbicide. Two sections are treated per week (see map)
PRUNING
Pruning is weekly during the growing season. The communities are split into 4 sections. Each week, one section is pruned. The pruning round is a four-week rotation. The entire property is pruned once a month. See attached maps.
Monday
Charleston Park / Oconee Springs
Tuesday
North Hill
Wednesday
The Village / Wexford Gardens
ThursdaY
Lakewood Park/Oak Hill/Bent Pine
Friday
Detail and pruning
WEEKLY PRUNING MAP
OCONEE SPRINGS & CHARLESTON PARK
North Hill
The Village
WExford
Lakewood Village
Bent Pine oak Park
The community will be serviced
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (See Map). FRIDAY WILL BE USED FOR DETAIL, PRUNING, AND CATCH UP
Week 1
MONDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge bed lines
- Prune Section 1
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 1 & 2
TuEsDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge bed lines
- Prune Section 1
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 1 & 2
WEDNESDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge bed lines
- Prune Section 1
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 1 & 2
Thursday
- Mow all turf
- Edge bed lines
- Prune Section 1
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 1 & 2
Friday
- Detail & Pruning
Week 2
MONDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge hard lines
- Prune Section 2
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 3 & 4
TuEsDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge hard lines
- Prune Section 2
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 3 & 4
WEDNESDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge bed lines
- Prune Section 1
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 1 & 2
Thursday
- Mow all turf
- Edge hard lines
- Prune Section 2
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 3 & 4
Friday
- Detail & Pruning
Week 3
MONDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge hard lines
- Prune Section 3
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 1 & 2
TuEsDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge hard lines
- Prune Section 3
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 1 & 2
WEDNESDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge hard lines
- Prune Section 3
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 1 & 2
Thursday
- Mow all turf
- Edge hard lines
- Prune Section 3
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 1 & 2
Friday
- Detail & Pruning
Week 4
MONDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge hard lines
- Prune Section 4
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 3 & 4
TuEsDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge hard lines
- Prune Section 4
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 3 & 4
WEDNESDAY
- Mow all turf
- Edge hard lines
- Prune Section 4
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 3 & 4
Thursday
- Mow all turf
- Edge hard lines
- Prune Section 4
- Spray weeds in beds Sections 3 & 4
Friday
- Detail & Pruning