As the 2020 Growing Season is getting started, we are looking forward to another productive year. There are a few services that we are highlighting for this coming season. First is Mosquito Control. Last year Triple E, or Eastern Equine Encephalitis, was running wild through southwest Michigan. Zika has also been a concern in past years, as well as the West Nile Virus. All of these can be carried by…
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Updated April 24, 2020 After being not allowed to work for a month, we have finally been allowed to start working again, and that is what we are doing. We are starting to service properties again! We are still planning on getting all parts of our contracts done this year. We have started already today and will be working hard to get to everyone as soon as possible. We are…
Read More2019 Growing Season Wrap-Up
This past growing season was a bit challenging. We had ample rain to start the year and cool temperatures, and ample rain and cool temperatures to finish the year. In the middle was a hot and dry spell. The hot and dry spell in the middle caused a flash drought for the area when it came to plants. The grass and the landscape plants had plenty of water to start,…
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving 2018!
We would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! I know that it this coming Thursday, but it is good to be thankful more than just one day a year. It should be an ongoing process to reflect on all of the good that is in our lives. At Harkes Landscape, we want to thank all of our customers and vendors for another wonderful growing season. We are looking forward…
Read MoreInteresting Flower
I came across an interesting mum the other day. It was a beautiful plant with a nice lavender color…except for one flower, that one flower was half lavender, half yellow. But what caused the yellow in an otherwise lavender plant? Without having testing done on the plant, it is hard to give an exact cause. But it most likely is because of a genetic mutation in the one flower and…
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