Hi Everyone:
I have already had my first few spring cleanup calls from my regular customers and wanted to update everyone on what is going on for landscaping this year.
Obviously we are entering a very unusual time for all of us amid the social distancing and COVID -19. In NY our landscape and maintenance services are still (as I write this) deemed essential as per NYS guidelines. There are a few grey areas of course on the type of jobs we can do and we are waiting for more clarification from the state. The keystone idea from NYS, in my opinion, is that whatever I am doing for a customer the service has to satisfy a real need to the “safety and needed maintenance” of the home.
One of the issues right now for us is our main mulch, soil, and stone supplier is closed as well as a few others I rely on. I respect those decisions. Some suppliers are set up for contactless payments and are filling orders and others are not, and it looks like that changes day by day, as it should. This makes our job at SPS incredibly difficult due to logistics, because so much time and effort is spent acquiring the right materials.
As of right now I am suspending all work until April 30th. I will update you as this changes. Feel free to call or email or text. I may entertain the thought of estimates and some limited work after April 30th.
Options:
You may want to order your mulch delivered from the supplier directly and since many of us have the free time, go out and tackle your Spring cleanup. I find the work to be good exercise and a nice way to destress. Get the mulch delivered in bulk to an unused space in your driveway and do a little bit each nice day. I am always available for questions as they come up. (See supplier list below)
You can wait for SPS and I will let you know, when we are scheduling jobs. I am creating a job list now for the spring but I have no set dates as of yet.
Suppliers for mulch/stone as of April 8, 2020. (Let me know if you have heard of others open, and I will add to this list)
Greenscapes in Jamesville are offering free delivery for the month of April.
Hafners is open for deliveries, and pickup or plants, mulch, and bulk and bagged products