The flowerheads of purple headed sneezewood offer nectar and pollen as floral rewards to a wide range of insect visitors, including long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, and skippers. Various insects feed on the leaves, pith of the stems, and other parts of Helenium spp. (Sneezeweeds).
Chatham Township announced that in an effort to reduce the use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers in Chatham Township it has contracted with Lincoln Landscaping, a Northeast Organic Farming Association registered organic company, to provide organic lawn management of its recreational fields (Shunpike, Nash, Esternay, and Mountainview) and The Colony Pool Club.
More and more schools and municipalities are making the transition to use only natural organic lawn care practices whenever possible, and refrain from using synthetic pesticides (insecticides, herbicides, etc.) and fertilizers on school grounds, playing fields and other areas where children play and interact.
You all know that here at Lincoln Landscaping we strongly encourage utilizing native plants within any and all landscapes. Two new landscaping shrub patents have been granted for two modified forms of black chokeberry that make the plant more useful for landscaping purposes.
The New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association (NJLCA) is a proven resource to the landscape contractor, green industry service provider and supplier as well as the consumer. The following excerpt article is taken from the recently published SPRING 2018 edition of their magazine.
By definition, lawn thatch is the layer of mainly dead turfgrass tissue lying between the green vegetation of the grass above and the root system and soil below. This layer, if it becomes too thick (1/2 inch or more), is bad for your grass and must be removed to maintain lawn health.
Lincoln Landscaping of Franklin Lakes is pleased and honored to be able to share the following announcement by Chatham Township regarding the transition to a 100% organic property management program. Chatham Township is planning on using organic lawn care on its recreational fields and at the Colony Pool Club this summer, Mayor Curt Ritter announced on Tuesday.