Tomato & $10 to Lakewinds!

2 03 2010

Hello!

Thank you for checking out Quercus, Inc.! You’ve found the tomato!

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Click on the ‘Want a Proposal?’ link to the right and you can request a proposal and we’ll send you $10 to Lakewinds!

We know you will like working with us! We offer:

  • Leaders in environmentally responsible landscape management.
  • Phenomenal amount of information for property managers.
  • One call for all out your outdoor property needs.

Please request a proposal today for any of our services from mowing and pruning to parking lot sweeping and concrete work. We also offer landscape consulting services to give recommendations on how to save money on your landscape, conserve water or conduct site visits to be sure your contractor is providing the highest quality of work.

Thank you and have a great day!

Brad





Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed in Minneapolis

25 02 2010

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has confirmed an infestation in the Prospect Park East River Road neighborhood of Minneapolis within Tower Hill Park.

We knew Emerald Ash Borer would have spread from the St Paul site and this is within miles of the first-located infestation.

I’ll post more tomorrow. Here is the MDA release.

Have a great night!

Brad





KIWI and win $10 to Lakewinds!!!

18 02 2010

Find a kiwi photo like this! (this one isn't it!)

Thank you for checking out Quercus, Inc.! We have another treasure hunt starting today – click through our website and you will fairly easily find a kiwi postcard like the one you may have gotten in the mail. Find it, request a proposal and you will be sent a $10 gift card to Lakewinds!

Have a great day!

Brad





Prepare for those heavy, wet March snows

17 02 2010

Good afternoon!

Looks like no snow for the next week or so and this is a great time to get in touch with your snow vendors to make sure your sites are ready for those heavy, wet March snows.

Our region averages 10.4″ of March snow. It is important to have areas to push that snow because it is generally very hard to plow and impossible to move easily once it is in place. Last week I gave some tips on moving snow so you can get this done as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Have a great week – we’re on the home stretch of winter!

Brad





Fresh Quercus News! An RFP Template for Property Managers, Free T-Shirts & $10 to Lakewinds!

16 02 2010

Good morning! We released our latest Quercus News last night! Check it out – you’ll find a free RFP Template for Property Managers, Free T-Shirts and $10 to Lakewinds!

Quercus News – Free RFP Template, T-Shirts and $10 to Lakewinds!

Have a great day!

Brad





Quercus, Inc.’s Great T-Shirt Giveaway

15 02 2010

It has begun! Be a fan of Quercus, Inc. on Facebook and  you can win a free t-shirt! We are giving them away 5 at a time and the first ones were just released today!

Be a fan on our Facebook page and be ready when we announce the next one – they’ll be going fast!





Do you really need to haul snow?

10 02 2010

Good morning!

That ended up being a pretty good-sized snow! The airport is reporting only 5.6″ but the majority of the metro is 8-10″. With this much snow falling and very little melting having occurred, most snow vendors are talking with their property managers about hauling snow.

The very easy answer to the question is: DON’T DO IT!!!!! Making room for new snow is necessary, but is very extremely expensive. Here are a couple of strategies for property managers to avoid hauling snow:

  1. Identify new places for piles. It was a great goal in November to retain each and every one of those parking lot spaces, but do you really need them all? Starting to fill those back spaces can save a lot of money.
  2. Stack it. Do you have room behind those piles? Have your snow vendor come in with a large bucket and pile that snow pile higher and further back to make room for more snow. This is difficult on small sites but if you have 20-30′ of turf surrounding your parking lot it should be fine.
  3. Blow it. Many properties have large turf areas to where you can blow the snow. Have a loader or v-plow push the piles over and then have your snow vendor blow the snow into the open areas. They can hold significant amounts of snow.

If none of these options work for you – and quite often they don’t – hauling is the only option. Be sure to ask your snow vendor where they will be taking the snow. Quite often snow piles are moved to lakes or rivers and all the salt, debris and junk melts directly into the water. Retention ponds are generally alright to drop snow into because most of the debris and salt is filtered out before it hits our water supply.

Please let us know if you have any questions or comments below.

Have a great day!

Brad





Quercus, Inc.’s Great T-Shirt Giveaway!

8 02 2010

Hello!

Here is the t-shirt we are giving away! It is an Anvil organic t-shirt in men's or women's sizes.

Welcome to Quercus, Inc.! We are giving away free t-shirts to our Facebook Fans…how does that sound?!?!

Here’s how to win:

  1. Become a fan of Quercus, Inc. on Facebook! We put tons of landscape and property management-related materials on our fan page so you will be getting great content along with your free t-shirt. Click HERE for our Facebook Fan Page.
  2. Share this with your friends so they can get in on the giveaway.
  3. Starting February 16 we will be posting at random when we are giving away blocks of 5 t-shirts. Click on the link and if you are one of the first five to respond we’ll send you a free t-shirt. Easy as that!

We hope you enjoy!

Brad