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Todd Thomasson
Todd Thomasson

Todd Thomasson, founder of Rock Water Farm Landscapes & Hardscapes, grew up on his family’s working beef cattle farm in Danville, where he learned the value of hard work from his parents. In 2005, he combined that work ethic with his Landscape & Turf Management degree from Virginia Tech to establish the company, serving as the lead stone mason and landscape designer, creating exceptional outdoor spaces with craftsmanship and attention to detail.

Winter landscape with frost

5 Important Winter Landscape Maintenance Tips

While the frigid, frosty air and the wintry winds may have you bundled up inside and hibernating for the winter, overlooking landscaping during the winter months can really set you back when it comes to having the gorgeous property you desire. After all, truly getting the most out of your landscape means that you can’t fail to overlook it for part of the year and still expect it to be its best. Winter landscape maintenance is important.

Unfortunately, a lot of folks do tend to neglect winter landscaping in order to wait for the spring when it’s warm and when they’re spending more time outside. But this will set you back. By the time spring rolls around, your landscape could be a mess and it will take you a lot longer to catch up than had you not taken the winter off—not to mention the fact that the availability of landscapers in the spring can become limited if you wait too long.

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Fall landscape and leaves

Landscaping in The Fall: 5 Fall Landscaping Mistakes to Avoid

Fall has a way of sneaking up on everyone. One day it's still shorts weather, and the next the days are shorter, the leaves are falling faster than you can rake them, and somehow it's already snowing before you've done a single one of the landscaping tasks you swore you'd get to. The gap between "what your yard needs" and "what you actually have time for" is exactly how fall landscaping mistakes happen, and it's also exactly why so many people end up calling around for landscaping services once the season gets away from them.

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