How To Prep an Irrigation System for Winter
It's all about winter preparation; knowing how to properly blowout your irrigation system for winter is critical here in New England. If you've ever put water in an ice cube tray you know that water expands when it freezes. The ice always takes up more [...]
Radiant heating eliminates the need to shovel
Snow is beautiful; the first time it snows. When days of snow turn into months of snow it is no longer beautiful as it becomes a chore. The endless hours of shoveling late at night so that you might be able to get out of [...]
July Is Smart Irrigation Month!
As we enter July, the month of the highest irrigation demand, it's important to consider the value of efficient water use. First launched by the Irrigation Association in 2005, Smart Irrigation Month is meant to raise awareness about the benefits of using water wisely, for [...]
Just Another Reason to Hire the Professionals!
We are in an all new era of do-it-yourselfers. People are taking on tasks that they surely would have left to the professionals in the past. There are some things that you can do yourself and do quite well. Things like French manicures, decorating birthday [...]
Top 4 Mulch Mistakes Homeowners Make
Number Four: Piling mulch too high around tree trunks It may look great, but it effectively blocks rainfall from reaching young root systems, thereby causing a "mulch drought". Rain runoff will flow right off the mulch, or saturate it (depending on your mix), shielding soil [...]
Tick Tock, It’s Tick Season
Summer is almost here, and that means it's tick season! Getting rid of ticks is important, because they are disease-carrying pests that, once embedded, can infest and infiltrate trees, shrubs and other portions of your property. They can also carry things like the Lyme disease [...]
Organic AND Weed Free, Can It Be?
Yes! Your lawn can be both organic AND weed free, thanks to the advent of natural, chemical-free herbicides and pesticides. There are many benefits of an organic lawn, including: It's safer for you, your kids, and your pets Eliminate the "roller-coaster" effect of lawn treatment [...]
We’re Dreaming of a Green Christmas
Green Holiday lighting isn't just for Christmas anymore! Green lighting, the movement—not the color, is becoming popular for all holidays, especially the energy-consuming Christmas season. The amount of power used during the holiday seasons is astronomical so using environmentally friendly lighting is super important and [...]
An Opportunity to Design
Most of October brought us unseasonably warm weather which I'm sure we all enjoyed and were thankful for. Then on Saturday October 29th, we were greeted with a nasty storm usually reserved for the dead of winter. Unfortunately Mother Nature's timing was very poor. Most [...]
Halloween Lighting Services
The term 'holiday lighting' evokes imagery of lit-up Christmas trees and icicle lights, but what other holidays call for holiday lighting? Halloween is an often overlooked time of the year to make use of outdoor Halloween lighting services, but can be the most effective form [...]
Winterizing Your Plant Beds
Another long and wonderful garden season is quickly coming to a close. There will still be a few decent weekends ahead for us to get out into our gardens and make sure we are helping them transition into the coming winter. Continuing to work in [...]
4 Money-Saving Tips for Commercial Snow Removal Services
First tip to save money: Get out the shovel. HA HA Just kidding, shoveling snow blows (trust us—we should know). Choosing to have a professional snow removal service will save your back, your time—but can it save you money? Perhaps, if you follow these 4 [...]
New Law Makes Snow Removal Mandatory
Massachusetts Property Owners Now Have Legal Responsibility To Shovel and Treat Snow and Ice Did you know that last year the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overruled 125 years of Massachusetts Snow Removal Law and determined that plowing, shoveling, and sanding isn't an just option for [...]
Ready? Set? Shovel!
While we are still basking in our long, warm days, the local squirrels begin their annual preparation for the cold days ahead. They know what it takes to get through our tough New England winters. Preparation; Squirrels need nuts safely tucked away to sustain themselves [...]
4 Reasons to NOT Shovel this Year
Many Massachusetts residents are like you, dreading another long winter, hunched over shovelling snow. Just in case you're looking for a rationalization on why to use professional snow removal services this year—we prepared 4 excellent reasons why you definitely should! Reason #1 The Snow Plow [...]
Why LED Holiday Lights Are Better
The Veron Company is always looking for ways we can be more environmentally friendly. As the holiday season approaches we thought this would be the perfect time to really highlight how energy efficient and environmentally friendly LED lights are. Why do we think LED lights [...]
Help, The Mosquitoes Are Out of Control!
"Hey Veron Company ... Do you think that it makes sense to do an organic spraying now?" Absolutely, it does make sense to organically spray your yard now that it is fall, and possibly again in the spring. Massachusetts in the fall is a beautiful [...]
Improving Your Lawn with Aeration
We hope you all are enjoying the summer. I went back to look at the fall letter from 2010 and really could not believe how much of a difference a year could make. Last March alone, we received 13" of rainfall. When I wrote that [...]
Professional Roof Snow Removal
Roof snow removal and the thought of hiring a professional snow removal company probably doesn't occur to most people this time of the year but getting the info you need when you need it, can save you time and money in the long run. Did [...]
Lawn Renovations: Three Options
September is the time of year that we start renovating lawns from a brutal summer of extremely hot weather. Typically we offer three options when it comes to a new lawn. Once the area is prepared with composted loam, we can either lay sod, hydroseed [...]
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