Work began on time today. Both the Blue Team and Red Team are on schedule. The installation team is working in Durham on an irrigation installation.

The maintenance teams are performing the weekly routine maintenance and applying herbicides to turf areas in preparation for reseeding. Work will proceed on this schedule unless precluded by rain.

WEATHER FORECAST

The National Weather Service has issued the following forecast:

Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. West wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind between 7 and 9 mph.

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

The administrative office will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day. Employees will be granted time off in order to enjoy time with their families. Work will resume Tuesday starting with Monday's route.

Lawn Renovations. Have heat, disease and crab grass destroyed your lawn? Leisure Landscape crews have completed assessmentsto determine the level of lawn repair that we need to undertake. The levels are:

1. Overseed Barespots: Just a few spots are bare. Correction: hand rake the spots and seed and straw..
2. Aerate and Overseed: the lawn is basically sound, but thin with light weeds. Correction: aerate and overseed.
3. Renovation: the lawn is overrun with weeds. Correction: Roundup, mechanically dethatch, hand rake, apply seed and straw.

You should have been notified of the level of lawn repair needed. If you have any questions, please contact us at 919.847.1733. Herbicide treatments are underway and seeding will be in progress over the next four weeks.

Japanese Beetles Gone? Not quite. After doing damage to ornamental tree and shrub foliage, they have now laid their eggs in the lawn. If you experienced leaf damage, contact us now for an insecticide treatment targeted to kill their grubs. Left untreated, they will next start damaging your lawn's root system. A treatment is $55 per 5,000 square feet.

There have been some assignment changes; please check our new routes and schedule below.

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE

We have reorganized our maintenance teams and optimized our routes for fuel economy. Our current regular schedule is:

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE

Blue Team - Carmen Arredondo, Miguel Hernandez

MON - Cary/Durham/Mebane. Providence Place, Weston Estates, Grandale, Lakehurst Point, Huntington Ridge, Chelsea Meadow, Southpoint Hills, Kerr Drug stores in Durham and Mebane, Carriage Hill, Briardale, Magnolia Place
TUE -Raleigh/Cary - Cambridge, Wyndfall, Kensington at Regency, McGregor Downs, Academy Plaza, Braeloch, Trinity Grove, Wessex.
WED - Morrisville/Cary/Apex.- Carpenter Village, Cameron Pond, Preston, Charleston Village, Walden Creek, Haddon Hall,Oxxford Hunt, Olde Salem, Bond Lake, Villages of Apex
THU - Chapel Hill/Pittsboro.-Governors Club, Boothe Hill, Kerr Drug store in Pittsboro, Southern Village, Old Fayetteville Rd, Summerset, Timberline, Northwoods.
FRI - Wake Forest/Raleigh.-Crenshaw Manor, New Forest, Avondale, Heritage, Villages of Rolesville, Whipporwill Valley, St. Andrews Lake, Thornrose, Prestwicke, Wakefield.
SAT - Special Projects

Red Team - Miguel Arellano, Felix Sevilla

MON - Raleigh/Cary/Fuquay-Varina- Stonehaven, Birkhaven, Jamison Park, Enchanted Oaks, Renaissance Park, Lane Ridge, Kerr Drug store in Fuquay Varina, Wynstone, Hillandale.
TUE - Raleigh.- Hayes Barton, Oakwood, Marshall and Taylor, Gateway Park, SEPI Engineering.
WED - Raleigh/Creedmoor.- Golden Pond, Ethan's Glen, Henley, Stonebridge, Reedham Oaks, Parliament Point, Wyngate, SpeeDee Oil Change, North Ridge, Falls South, Honeycutt, Avanlea
THU - Raleigh- Kerr Drug Store in Wakefield, River Oaks, Woodspring, Falls River, Shearon Farms, Alyson Pond, Hunters Knoll, Durant Trails, Sheffield Manor.
FRI - Raleigh - Sheldon Pointe, Chandler Pointe, Springdale Estates, Ashworth, Stonehenge, North Hills, David Jackson DDS, Wyckford,
SAT - Special Projects

INSTALLATIONS

Aqua Team - Carlos Zuniga, Luis Arellano

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY

Our maintenance and installation operations will proceed unless weather conditions result in an unsafe operating environment. In the event that maintenance or installation activities are curtailed, we will resume where we left off the next business day. Contact our office at 919.847.1733 for additional information.

MAKE-UP DAYS

Services are extended in December to make up for days lost throughout the year due to inclement weather.

Thank you!