Download Although last winter was relatively calm with no significant snow or

 Perform leaf removal as leaves fall
 Mow last few times as weather
requires
 Shut off and drain irrigation
systems

Prepare for aphid injection
during December/January
Although last winter was relatively calm
with no significant snow or ice event, we
did service properties on 3-4 occasions.
Regardless of the year, we almost
always have a few events where service
is needed. And every few years, we get
walloped.
We provide plowing,
sanding, shoveling and de-icing.
We
previously sent out our Winter Storm
Service order form. If you misplaced it or
need a new one, let us know.
Now is the best time to sign up as winter
is coming. We give priority in scheduling
to those customers who sign up first so,
don’t delay!
Fall is finally here in earnest as we
have had our first frost, the rains
have finally arrived, and the leaves
are turning and falling everywhere.
We are now focusing on primarily on
leaf removal.
To maximize our efficiency, we
have 15 trailer mounted leaf
vacuums which make quick work of
picking up leaves. Our crews use
blowers to consolidate leaves into
piles or wind rows, then vacuum
them up with the large vacuums.
October is always quite busy as we
must change out our seasonal color.
We have delayed this change out in
recent years as we want to squeeze
out every last moment with the summer plantings. In addition, we have
also found that planting pansies later
in the fall produces healthier plants
through the winter and spring.
Although they are cold hardy, pansies can be impacted by soil borne
disease due to our wet winters. To
prevent disease from infecting our
pansies, we start by adding fresh
potting soil to our planting beds as a
part of the planting procedure. We
follow this with monthly fungicide
treatments throughout the winter.
This combination has proven quite
successful in reducing disease.
To aid in overall site clean-up we
recommend an increase in parking
lot sweeps during the fall.
Combined with our landscape leaf
removal efforts, increased
sweeping will keep your site
cleaner during this messy time of
year.
We are also happy to
coordinate with your sweeping
vendor to assure cooperation.
In October, we sent our 2011 survey
and have received over 50% back. If
you haven’t filled it out yet, please do.
We hope all our customers return it as
we want to hear your feedback.
It is very easy to fill out. There are
only 13 areas to complete to rate our
performance as well as a section for
comments. In all, it should only take a
few minutes. To make it even easier
this year, it can be completed online.
When you return your survey, we will
send you a Starbucks gift card as a
token of our appreciation. Thank you
in advance for your response. Your
feedback is greatly appreciated.
We may sound like a broken record but if you do
not have some form of weather based irrigation
control, we know you are wasting water and
money. With over 150 ET Manager installations
over the past 4 years, we estimate that we have
saved our customers over 60,000,000 gallons of
water and nearly $300,000. You want to be a
part of this club!
Weather-Based Irrigation
 Adjusts irrigation daily based on weather
 Can reduce your water bills by 20% to 40%
 Requires no additional monitoring fees
 Can pay for itself in less than 2 years
 Qualifies for rebate from some water districts
The results from 150 ET Manager controllers
we operate are starting to come in and the
claims of 20-40% savings are again being
verified. If you were skeptical of these
claims, we now have real world data to back
up the claims. Weather Based Irrigation is
one of the best ways to reduce your operating expense while maintaining a healthy
landscape. Depending on the size and complexity of your site, the payback on your investment is as quick as one or two seasons.
We offer a 15% discount for controllers
ordered and installed during the winter
when our irrigators have extra time to
dedicate to this project.
We
are
proud to
announce we have received an award for AmberGlen Business Center from our national trade association, the Professional Landcare Network, in
their 42nd annual Environmental Improvement
Awards program. We accepted this award at the
association’s annual conference in Louisville Kentucky on October 28th.
Thanks to the AmberGlen Owners Association,
KG Investments, Principal Group, Norris Beggs
& Simpson, Felton Properties, and Unico Properties for the opportunity to maintain such a great
property.
We take great pride in our work and recognition like
this is much appreciated.
21555 NW Amberwood Drive
Hillsboro, OR 97124
PHONE: (503) 648-3900
FAX:
(503) 642-2369
LCB#7318