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Three Reasons to Fix Your Broken Sprinkler Heads

Sprinkler systems are standard in many landscaping setups for residential and commercial properties in America. But, sadly, so are sprinkler malfunctions and damaged sprinkler heads. While these systems are designed to endure the test of time, nothing in and around your house lasts an eternity. Consequently, you can anticipate repairs or replacement for your sprinkler head design at least once every two years. If you relocated to your property with an existing sprinkler system, it could requi...

Proper Pruning And Care Of Your Palms

Many times, we receive requests from our customers asking us to trim their palm trees in what is commonly referred to as a hurricane cut. To picture this, imagine you are looking at the...

Pruning Landscape Trees and Shrubs

Hopefully the hurricane season for Central Florida is over even though the official season does not end until November 30. JLC Outdoors is catching up on getting our regular landscape maintenance customers properties cleared and back on a regular schedule after the recent storms. As usual after storms, large tree damage was most prevalent in the Windermere,...

Need Sod Replacement?

If so, any time after February 15th is a great time to get a jump on sod replacement. Here are just a few reasons why: Temperatures are warm enough to encourage quick establishment of your new turf while not so hot as to cause extreme heat stress. This means less water! Less water used is more money in your pocket! Temperatures are warm ...

Cathedral Oak

The Cathedral Oak Tree is a Southern Live Oak. It is a cultivar which means it was cloned from a mother tree with the same DNA so as to copy the dense and upper structure of the tree. This tree is exceptional for applications where a consistent look and a tall dense headed tree is desired in the landscape. It is consistent in height and spread whether planning 1...

New Customer Letter

Thank you for making JLC OUTDOORS your lawn maintenance service provider. We are a full service Lawn Maintenance and Landscaping Contractor. We started as Jason’s Lawn...

July Baseball Blog

For the Adams family, baseball has always been a large part of our life. I played four years of little league in my youth. As I reached my early teens other interests soon took over and that was the end of my organized baseball career. However, there was always the occasional pick-up game in the neighborhood and I can remember having to answer for at least ...

Proper Care Of Newly Installed Sods

Sun or Shade In most cases the more sunshine the healthier the grass. Partial shade usually means less than perfect lawns. Heavy shade usually causes poor turf and no grass can survive in full shade. Irrigation System Before your new sod is installed it is imperative to make sure that your irrigation system is operating pro...

Spring is on its way

The official start of spring, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, is at 1:14 a.m. on March 20 for this year of 2012. I always look forward to the increased daylight, warming temperatures, and the rebirth of flora and fauna that comes with each spring. I just hope we have a prolonged, moderate season and it doesn’t jump into the 90’s too...

Warm Weather Annuals

Call Us for Seasonal Annuals Rotation! With the oncoming spring season it is a great time to add some color to the landscape. * Pictures ...