Protected: Grounds Maintenance
Cutting season is here
Summer is here and our grounds maintenance teams at Cambria Maintenance Services have started their summer work programme.
With longer, sunnier days, the gardens and green spaces around our schemes have burst into life.
It’s the “cutting season” for our ground maintenance staff, as grass – and weeds – love to thrive and need a bit of extra attention.
With the majority of birds having grown and flown the nest, our teams are now able to prune back hedges and look at trees where branches overhang pathways and gardens.
In addition to their year-round site cleaning and litter-picking, typical grounds work this time of year includes:
Routine mowing and strimming
Lots of warm sunny days and regular showers creates the ideal growing conditions for grass and weeds, so they need frequent cutting. During long periods of hot, dry weather, grass areas can dry out and turn yellow. When this happens, it doesn’t grow as much so doesn’t need cutting as often.
In some areas in west Wales, our site teams have swapped their petrol-driven strimmers for cleaner, quieter battery-powered cutters, which they charge as they drive from one site to another.
Managing weeds
If left, weeds such as dandelions and nettles, can grow wild during the summer months. Our grounds teams regularly monitor and treat weeds on hardstanding areas around our schemes, such as paths and patios, as part of their regular tasks.
“Weeds are just wildflowers growing in the wrong place,” says Owen Jones, our Regional Property Manager for West Wales. “We will treat them on paths and patios but where they enhance an area we will leave them to grow, promoting bio-diversity and providing valuable flowers, berries and seeds for bees, birds and other wildlife.”
