Did you know, for us Chicagoans: "On average, your frost-free growing season starts Apr 20 and ends Oct 24, totalling 187 days"?

Besides giving that useful piece of information, The National Gardening Association has a great chart loaded with specific information about when to plant what type of vegetable...whether you're starting with seeds sown indoors, transplanting indoor seedlings to the garden outside, or sowing seeds directly outside.

If you're planting a vegetable garden in your yard this year, it'll definitely be worth a few minutes of your time to peruse this article.

If you need any assistance with gardening, landscaping, yard work, or lawn care, we'd love to help. Give us a call to schedule a free estimate.

Do you have an unwanted lake in your backyard? Maybe a gurgling stream that is anything but charming?

These April showers are certainly good for some things--like bringing the color back into our grass and nurturing the fledgling spring blooms poking through the soil... But it's only helpful to a point. A flooded backyard can cause many problems ranging from sloshy sod to flooding our homes.

If you're having property drainage problems, there are multiple approaches and solutions. 

You may need:

• A modified downspout
• Yard regrading
• An underground drain to collect and reroute the water
• A catch basin that collects the water and either reroutes it into the storm sewer or converts it to groundwater

Whatever the need, we can solve your yard drainage problems.

Fill out the form below or call us at (630)890-9387 to schedule a free estimate.