Walking the numbers: Have you walked the full acreage of our Niguel Shores Community lately? It consists of the first built Broadmoor homes, 67 in 1969 followed over the next nine years by custom homes, 56; Breakers Isle, 23; Shores Gardens, 144; Berkus, 105; Sea Terrace I town homes, 239; Garden homes, 174; Sea Terrace II town homes, 77; Villas, … [Read more...]
Landscape Update – Scalping, Overseeding, & Irrigation
October 31, 2012 by
About the turf scalping: Niguel Shores has kikuyugrass (Pennisetum clandestinum), a warm-season grass brought to Southern California in 1920 for erosion protection and as a pasture grass, a classic example of misdirected virtue. It grows on slopes, in pastures, on golf courses, in parks, on sports fields and in home lawns. Kikuyugrass is an … [Read more...]
Tree Trimming, Alyssum, and Irrigation Repair
October 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Have you noticed the beautiful shape our trees have taken on in Niguel Shores? Harvest is continuing the trimming of the more than 1500 trees. As usual, the rabbits have the munchies, so Harvest has been adding alyssum to most of the flower beds to deter them. Alyssum’s taste and smell is unpleasant to rabbits and may prevent them from getting … [Read more...]
Landscape Committee – Fall is Coming
August 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Fall will soon be here and tree trimming will begin in the Shores. We have all enjoyed the beautiful look of our entrances during this year. Soon they will be filled with fall colors to welcome the season. Harvest has been busy working on our forty-year-old watering system and preparing and planting our most at risk slopes. Your patience and help … [Read more...]
Did you know Harvest Landscape grows their own flowers?
August 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Nearly everyone in Niguel Shores is aware, by this time, that we have a new landscape contract. Harvest Landscape has been with us for six months now and is hard at work attending to landscape problems that have been accumulating for the past forty years. But, did you know that Harvest grows its own flowers? And, when our bedding plants need to be … [Read more...]
Landscape Committee – May 2012
April 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Landscape Committee is very pleased to have our general manager, Deborah Baker, along with Harvest Landscape’s Nacho Chavez and Nate Bonghanoy, accompany each of us on a “walk around” of our designated areas. They are spending many hours learning about all of the different Niguel Shores areas, types of plantings and soil conditions. We are in … [Read more...]
Landscape Maintenace Schedule
March 28, 2012 by
Where is Harvest Landscape now? Click on the landscape maintenance schedule to view when Harvest Landscape will be near your house. Note: Week 1 begins March 12th Landscape Maintenance Schedule - Part 1 of 3 Landscape Maintenance Schedule - Part 2 of 3 Landscape Maintenance Schedule - Part 3 … [Read more...]
Landscape – February 2012
January 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
January’s Landscape Committee Meeting was our chance to meet and welcome Harvest’s landscape personnel. They are very familiar with our Hydro Points Weathertrak Satellite System and give it a top rating. This irrigation system with new connections for pressure with different elevations, re-piping, new breaker boxes, etc. has been taking a lot of … [Read more...]
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