Bring New Life To Your Commercial Property

No one wants to pull into the parking lot at their typical office job and see a barren or rugged-looking landscape. Some of the most successful companies in the world understand that it isn't just important to have a great internal work atmosphere, but also an aesthetically pleasing building exterior in order to keep clientele and employees happy and improve company image.

Commercial Landscaping Plans:

Focus on the facade of the building. Welcome both employees and clients with a stunning and sophisticated entrance to the company. It is important not to go completely overboard here, so be sure to include a few lush, overgrown green filler plants that will serve as a guide to the front door.

Adding a pop of color makes one memorable. After designing a facade, consult your professional landscaper and figure out what types of colorful, yet affordable, flowers to place around the building. 

For a lower cost, opt for perennial local species. The colorful plants work well in areas where a bench might be placed for employees.

Having a few benches strategically placed around the company grounds is a great way to get your employees outside for some fresh air -- and as an added bonus they will enjoy the perfectly laid out commercial landscaping design. Let the outdoor furniture mimic or complement the building's interior furniture. There are plenty of options from sleek and modern to antique and rustic.

Save room for growing and maturing plants. The building may be new and everything fits just right indoors, but know that plants need room to grow! Professional landscapers will know to properly space out trees and large shrubs, yet always ask for a finished layout before giving the go-ahead to start the project. Some species of plants or trees are very thick and may obstruct the view of entrances, so be careful where and what you plant.

Thinking about adding some sustainability to the company's list of ideas will end up decreasing overall costs in the long run. As mentioned, look for local species of trees and plants. Other options include installing irrigation channels in order to funnel rainwater to areas that need it most. Here in the Valley of the Sun, the trend now is to use gravel and weather-resistant plants such as cacti.

Be patient plants take time to grow and the landscaping process will be a long one. The job may consist of sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, a sprinkler system, or the installation of retaining walls.

Keep in mind that Greens Keeper Landscape Maintenance can Help with your commercial landscape challenges!  Please contact us at; Sales: 623-848-8277 We serve businesses like yours throughout the entire Phoenix Metro Area.

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Want to Save Money On Water In 2017?

Our daytime highs are heading for the mid seventies and higher that means our plants will be waking up soon. And it will time to start working on your commercial properties greenscapes. 

To save money in 2017 you may want to consider Moisture Sensors.

The perfect landscaping isn't just about the great outdoors and the natural beauty of plants. There is a whole lot of hard work and precision that goes into the perfectly planted places. and some of that perfection comes with having the right technology on your side.

You know the importance of an irrigation system, might be one of the most important parts to your landscaping technology, but there is Tech support that will make your irrigation state of the art.

Soil Moisture Sensors
Simple to use, yet highly sophisticated in what it does for water savings, the Soil Moisture Sensor represents a new class of smart control technology. This affordable device precisely monitors moisture levels in absolute – rather than relative – terms. shop around, some devices are affected by soil temperature or electrical conductivity that limit the accuracy of the sensors.

Relaying that information back to the controller, it only allows a watering cycle when the root zone moisture drops below the set threshold. Based on the same TDT* sensing technology developed for agricultural applications, the soil moisture sensor’s long-lasting dependability addresses the environmental demands of both residential and commercial applications.

Water Savings Of 40% Or More
By optimizing the amount of moisture at the root zone, a moisture sensor conserves enough water in many applications to pay for itself in less than a year. Avoiding the tendency to overwater, you will enjoy a healthier, lush landscape that is less prone to fungus and shallow root growth.

The device eliminates needless watering and lets the soil say when watering is appropriate. Adding a soil moisture sensor allows you to meet many rigid water conservation guidelines that call for “smart” watering devices.

Advanced Soil Moisture Sensing Technology
Checking soil conditions as often as every 10 minutes, these devices can display not only moisture content, but also electrical conductivity and temperature of the soil, all at the touch of a button. Some device also provides watering history for the last 7 irrigation cycles.

With soil moisture sensing, you no longer need to be concerned with adjusting the controller. Just program the controller one time to water every day that irrigation is allowed – the soil moisture sensor will do the rest.

Keep in mind that Greens Keeper Landscape Maintenance can Help!  Please contact us at; Sales: 623-848-8277 We serve businesses like yours throughout the entire Phoenix Metro Area.

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What Is Your Landscape Managemnet IQ?

Is the management of your commercial properties’ landscape important to you?  To make sure your landscape is both healthy and beautiful do you need to further your education? 

As a commercial property owner or manager your plate is already very full.  At Greens Keeper Landscape Maintenance, we know that.  To do a great job of landscape management you need both a good education and years of experience.

Using the community college system it is possible to get a good basic understanding of landscape maintenance and management.  They even offer classes in the evening and on weekends to help working professionals, like yourself, attend classes in your off hours.

As a property manager you may even be able to get your employer to fund all or part of your educational expenses.

The Phoenix Metro area has many great community colleges that are scattered all over the valley to provide continuing educational opportunities in convenient and nearby locations.

Since you won’t be actually doing the work, make sure the classes are about landscape management and not landscaping, the actual doing part of the equation.

The Mesa Community College offers; the Urban Horticulture program prepares you for a career in wholesale or retail nurseries, landscape design and construction companies, or landscape management firms. You will also be prepared to work for a government agency involved with the technical phases of the urban horticulture industry.

Of course you know that time management is extremely important in today’s market place.  You could consider hiring a full time employee to manage your landscape for you.  If you budget is very tight you could also consider using Greens Keeper Landscape Maintenance as a sub-contractor to take you landscape headache off your shoulders.  To us that sounds like a win – win proposition!!!

At Greens Keeper Landscape we want you to know how to take care of your property.  If you don’t want the headache of landscape maintenance we take care of your landscape for you.  To find out how we can help solve your landscape challenges just give us a call at 623-848-8277.

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Do You Need A Headstart On Your Spring Cleaning?

Some times Junk is not another man’s treasure, it is just plain-old, ordinary, everyday junk.  

Webster’s Dictionary tells us that the noun junk is; 

1. any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags. 

2. anything that is regarded as worthless, meaningless, or contemptible; trash. 

3. old cable or cordage used when untwisted for making gaskets, swabs, oakum, etc. 

We aren’t sure how it happens.  Slowly but surely “junk” just seems to accumulate.  One theory is that “junk” results from the missing socks from wash machines all over and must somehow turn into the junk that accumulates in nooks and crannies everywhere.  I’m not sure that there is a sound scientific theory to support that but it does brighten my day.

At Greens Keeper Landscape Maintenance we are ready to haul away all the blight that is cluttering your property.

While Junk Removal can be related to storm damage, it can also be just what you need removed from your property, commercial or otherwise.

If you have anything on your property that needs removal please take the time to give us a call at 623-848-8277 so we can help.

We look forward to helping you make your property more beautiful and valuable by clearing away any Junk.  No job is too little or too big.  We remove your junk one item at a time until it is all gone.  We will remove your headaches from commercial property, rentals, homes, garages, estates or storage facilities.

No time; we can help.  Job too big for you; we can help.  Gives us a quick call so we can solve your problems.

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Famous Natural Landmarks: Torres del Paine National Park

Torres del Paine National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Torres del Paine) is a national park encompassing mountains, glaciers, lakes, and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 0 miles north of Puerto Natales and 194 mi north of Punta Arenas. The park borders Bernardo O'Higgins National Park to the west and the Los Glaciares National Park to the north in Argentine territory. Paine means "blue" in the native Tehuelche (Aonikenk) language and is pronounced PIE-nay.

Torres del Paine National Park is part of the Sistema Nacional de Áreas Silvestres Protegidas del Estado de Chile (National System of Protected Forested Areas of Chile). In 2003, it measured approximately 242,242 hectares. It is one of the largest and most visited parks in Chile. The park averages around 150,000 visitors a year, of which 60% are foreign tourists, who come from all over the world.

The park is one of the 11 protected areas of the Magallanes Region and Chilean Antarctica (together with four national parks, three national reserves, and three national monuments). Together, the protected forested areas comprise about 51% of the land of the region (6,728,744 hectares).

The Torres del Paine are the distinctive three granite peaks of the Paine mountain range or Paine Massif. They extend up to 7,800 feet above sea level, and are joined by the Cuernos del Paine. The area also boasts valleys, rivers such as the Paine, lakes, and glaciers. The well-known lakes include Grey, Pehoé, Nordenskiöld, and Sarmiento. The glaciers, including Grey, Pingo and Tyndall, belong to the Southern Patagonia Ice Field.

Lady Florence Dixie, in her book published in 1880, gave one of the first descriptions of the area and referred to the three towers as Cleopatra's Needles. She and her party are sometimes credited as being the first "foreign tourists" to visit the area that is now called Torres del Paine National Park.

Several European scientists and explorers visited the area in the following decades, including Otto Nordenskiöld, Carl Skottsberg, and Alberto María de Agostini. Gunther Plüschow was the first person to fly over the Paine massif.

The park was established in 1959 as Parque Nacional de Turismo Lago Grey (Grey Lake National Tourism Park) and was given its present name in 1970.

In 1976, British mountaineer John Gardner and two Torres del Paine rangers, Pepe Alarcon, and Oscar Guineo pioneered the Circuit trail which circles the Paine massif.

In 1977, Guido Monzino donated 130,000 acres to the Chilean Government when its definitive limits were established. The park was designated a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1978.

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Spice Of The Week: Asafoetida

Asafoetida /æsəˈfɛtᵻdə/ is the dried latex (gum oleoresin) exuded from the rhizome or tap root of several species of Ferula, a perennial herb that grows 3.3 to 4.9 ft tall. The species is native to the deserts of Iran and mountains of Afghanistan and is mainly cultivated in nearby India. As its name suggests, asafoetida has a fetid smell, but in cooked dishes, it delivers a smooth flavour reminiscent of leeks.

It is also known as devil's dung, asant, food of the gods, jowani badian, stinking gum, hing, hengu, ingu, kayam, and ting. The plant is in the same genus as the now extinct silphium.

This spice is used as a digestive aid, in food as a condiment, and in pickling. It typically works as a flavour enhancer and, used along with turmeric, is a standard component of Indian cuisine, particularly in lentil curries such as dal, as well as in numerous vegetable dishes. It is sometimes used to harmonize sweet, sour, salty, and spicy components in food. Asafoetida, onion, and garlic are forbidden in yogic texts, and places them alongside meat and alcohol in terms of producing tamas or lethargy. The spice is added to the food at the time of tempering. Sometimes dried and ground asafoetida (in very mild quantity) can be mixed with salt and eaten with raw salad.

In its pure form, its odour is so strong, the pungent smell will contaminate other spices stored nearby if it is not stored in an airtight container; many commercial preparations of asafoetida use the resin ground up and mixed with a larger volume of wheat flour.[citation needed] The mixture is sold in sealed plastic containers. However, its odour and flavour become much milder and much less pungent upon heating in oil or ghee. Sometimes, it is fried along with sautéed onion and garlic.

Asafoetida is considered a digestive in that it reduces flatulence. It is, however, one of the pungent vegetables generally avoided by Buddhist .

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Let Us Save You Money This Year

We want to make sure you know that we are welcoming new customers.  Do you have a commercial property that you would like to see if we can add to our regularly scheduled landscape maintenance?

We would like the opportunity to bid for your business. Let us know if you would a new competitive offer for your property maintenance please give us a call and let us show you all the ways we can help you save.

We are a service oriented family owned business specializing in commercial landscape maintenance, providing high quality care based on open communication, and the highest quality service.

We offer a full range of options for our customers by tailoring a maintenance program to the specific individual needs of each property, and budget. We will strive to keep your landscape safe and beautiful, while at the same time keeping your costs as low as possible.

We meet or exceed the highest insurance standards, with $2000000 business liability, $1000000 commercial auto, and $1000000 workman's comp. We list all our customers as additional insured at no extra charge upon request.

Our vehicles are clearly marked and our employees are in uniform for easy identification. All our employees are verified through the I-9 verification system and have successfully passed background checks.

Keep in mind that Greens Keeper Landscape Maintenance can Help!  Please contact us at; Sales: 623-848-8277 We serve businesses like yours throughout the entire Phoenix Metro Area.

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The Best Winter Grass For Your Commercial Property

While Bermuda grass typically goes dormant in the cold months, it is possible to extend the length of its growing season and lush green appearance well into winter.  The University of Arizona turf specialists recommend multiple applications of iron (2-4 oz of actual iron per 1000 square feet).  Apply the first application in early October, the next 10 days later and follow up again after another 10 days.  Do not apply nitrogen fertilizers.  Remember that even dormant Bermuda grass needs ½ inch of water per month during the winter 

Another option is applying a colorant to dormant lawns. The University of Arizona has been doing trials with coloring dormant Bermuda for the winter.  

Since we live in a desert environment, it is important to use our water as efficiently as possible.

 Limiting, or forgoing, overseeding is one of many ways to conserve water. There are significant benefits to not overseeding, such as reduced water costs and lower costs associated with preparing and maintaining the winter lawn.

The overseeding process is stressful to Bermuda.  Just at the time when it is beginning to store sugars in its roots and rhizomes, all the vegetative parts are cut off stopping that process.  It can't manufacture food which  weakens the grass making it difficult for it to grow back vigorously in the spring.  Its root structure is weakened and it has low tolerance to extreme temperatures. When this process is repeated year after year, the grass may become so weak that it becomes thin or dies out in patches leaving bare spots when the rye dies in late spring.

An option is to allow your Bermuda lawn to rest or go dormant for the winter season.  There is nothing wrong with this and in fact, University of Arizona turf specialists agree it’s better for the lawn in most cases.  This will save you the costs of installation, maintenance and water.  Non overseeded Bermuda will begin greening up as early as February or March.  This option allows for other maintenance issues to be resolved and can be used as an opportunity to 'spruce up' landscape areas.

It doesn’t matter to us whether you want desert landscaping, lush lawns or some type of landscaping in between, we can help.  We serve businesses like yours all over the Phoenix Metro Area. To find out how give us a call at 623-848-8277.

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Hire Greens Keeper Commercial Landscape Maintenance

We are a service oriented family owned business specializing in commercial landscape maintenance.

While our normal hours of operations are from 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM we offer 24/7 service and Storm Damage Clean-up as needed by our customers.

We keep our overhead low and pass the savings on to our customers. We provide high quality service and pride ourselves on our open communication practices.

Our hourly rate is $26 per hour. Our special project rate, including sprinkler repairs, is $30. We offer convenient payment terms of 2/10 net 30.

All of our vehicles are clearly marked and all of our employees are in uniform for easy identification. Many of the small unexpected things that other companies charge for, we include.

If there are minor sprinkler repairs that are needed, most of them are also included (no charge). We accomplish this by providing an allowance for sprinkler heads, drip emitters, shrub heads, and repairs to lateral lines and drip lines. The only sprinkler issues that we would have to charge for would be main line repairs, valves & timers. And we always get these pre approved by our customers.

Unlike other companies we don't mark-up inventory, whenever possible. Another one of our popular services is safety and visibility trimming at no extra charge. This means that if you have things we think could be a liability on your property related to the landscape, we will communicate with you and work together to resolve these issues before they cause an accident or damage vehicles or buildings. If there is vegetation blocking the view of signs or safe passage in and out of the parking lot, trees blocking safety lighting, we will keep those items at their smallest manageable size (no charge).

We don't charge anything for the installation of winter lawns. This means you do not pay anything for scalping and removal of summer lawn, sprinkler tune up, and top dressing where needed. And the seed is provided at the market price. We also offer a full range of tree trimming options for our customers including emergency storm damage clean up and tree removal. Lawn fertilizer is done quarterly for the price of fertilizer only.

We will strive to keep your landscape safe, clean and beautiful. At the same time keeping your costs as low as possible.

We meet or exceed the highest insurance standards, with $2,000,000 business liability, $1,000,000 commercial auto, and $1,000,000 workman's comp. And we can list you (the customer) as additional insured at no extra charge.

We can Help!  Please contact us at; Sales: 623-848-8277  We serve the entire Phoenix Metro Area.

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Famous Natural Landmarks: Mount Roraima

Monte Roraima is the mountain is the triple border point of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. It’s the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateau in South America. Mount Roraima also known as Tepuy Roraima and Cerro Roraima; Portuguese: Monte Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateaus in South America. First described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh during his expedition in 1595, its summit area is bounded on all sides by cliffs rising 1,300 ft. The mountain also serves as the triple border point of Venezuela (85% of its territory), Guyana (10%) and Brazil (5%).

Mount Roraima lies on the Guiana Shield in the southeastern corner of Venezuela's 12,000 sq miles Canaima National Park forming the highest peak of Guyana's Highland Range. The tabletop mountains of the park are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back to some two billion years ago in the Precambrian.

The highest point in Guyana and the highest point of the Brazilian state of Roraima lie on the plateau, but Venezuela and Brazil have higher mountains elsewhere. The triple border point is at 5°12′08″N 60°44′07″W, but the mountain's highest point is Maverick Rock, 9,219 feet, at the south end of the plateau and wholly within Venezuela.

Many of the species found on Roraima are unique to the tepui plateaus with 2 local endemic plants found on Roraima summit. Plants such as pitcher plants (Heliamphora), Campanula (a bellflower), and the rare Rapatea heather are commonly found on the escarpment and summit. It rains almost every day of the year. Almost the entire surface of the summit is bare sandstone, with only a few bushes (Bonnetia roraimœ) and algae present. Low scanty and bristling vegetation is also found in the small, sandy marshes that intersperse the rocky summit. Most of the nutrients that are present in the soil are washed away by torrents that cascade over the edge, forming some of the highest waterfalls in the world.

There are multiple examples of unique fauna atop Mount Roraima. Oreophrynella quelchii, commonly called the Roraima Bush Toad, is a diurnal toad usually found on open rock surfaces and shrubland. It is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae and breeds by direct development. The species is currently listed as vulnerable and there is a need for increased education among tourists to make them aware of the importance of not handling these animals in the wild. Close population monitoring is also required, particularly since this species is known only from a single location. The species is protected in Monumento Natural Los Tepuyes in Venezuela, and Parque Nacional Monte Roraima in Brazil.

 It doesn’t matter to us whether you want commercial desert landscaping, lush lawns or some type of landscaping in between, we can help.  We serve businesses like yours all over the Phoenix Metro Area. To find out how give us a call at 623-848-8277.

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Spice Of The Week: Sumac

Sumac is any one of about 35 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus and related genera, in the family Anacardiaceae. Sumacs grow in subtropical and temperate regions throughout the world, especially in East Asia, Africa and North America.

Sumacs are shrubs and small trees that can reach a height of 3.3 – 32.8 ft. The leaves are spirally arranged; they are usually pinnately compound, though some species have trifoliate or simple leaves. The flowers are in dense panicles or spikes 2 to 12 inches long, each flower very small, greenish, creamy white or red, with five petals. The fruits form dense clusters of reddish drupes called sumac bobs. The dried drupes of some species are ground to produce a tangy crimson spice.

Sumacs propagate both by seed (spread by birds and other animals through their droppings), and by new shoots from rhizomes, forming large clonal colonies.

The word 'sumac' traces its etymology from Old French sumac (13th century), from Mediaeval Latin sumach, from Arabic summāq , from Syriac summāq - meaning "red"

Spice and Beverage Flavoring

The fruits (drupes) of the genus Rhus are ground into a reddish-purple powder used as a spice in Middle Eastern cuisine to add a tart, lemony taste to salads or meat.[5] In Arab cuisine, it is used as a garnish on meze dishes such as hummus and tashi, and is added to salads in the Levant. In Iranian (Persian and Kurdish) cuisines, sumac is added to rice or kebab. In Jordanian and Turkish cuisines, it is added to salad-servings of kebab and lahmajoun. Rhus coriaria is used in the spice mixture za'atar.[8][9]

In North America, the smooth sumac (R. glabra) and the staghorn sumac (R. typhina) are sometimes used to make a beverage termed "sumac-ade", "Indian lemonade", or "rhus juice". This drink is made by soaking the drupes in cool water, rubbing them to extract the essence, straining the liquid through a cotton cloth, and sweetening it. Native Americans also use the leaves and drupes of the smooth and staghorn sumacs combined with tobacco in traditional smoking mixtures.

It doesn’t matter to us whether you want commercial desert landscaping, lush lawns or some type of landscaping in between, we can help.  We serve businesses like yours all over the Phoenix Metro Area. To find out how give us a call at 623-848-8277.

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Spring Weeds Can Make A Great Salad

Try a new favorite thing about spring, an all the fresh, young, green, edible weed salad That can pop up everywhere on your property. You understand the glazed-eyed madness with which cows, looks at the freshly sprouted green of the spring pastures. Do you feel the same as you walk around your property seeing all the new young leaves and flowers.

You might feel overwhelmed with the idea that you would really like to eat most of them while they are small – how can you possibly eat enough of them before you get filled up?

All parts of the dandelion are edible, delicious, nutritious and healing. Please don’t spray your dandelions – eat them instead. They are important for the health of your liver and kidneys and they are critical for the health of our bee population. Don’t forget to add the flowers to your salad, they are bright and sunny and you will be surprised by their sweet flavor.

Dandelion leaves are higher in beta carotene than carrots. They contain higher levels of iron and calcium than spinach and don’t contain problematic oxalic acid. All parts of the dandelion contributes vitamins B1, B2, B5, B6, B12, C, E, P and D, biotin, inositol, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and zinc to your diet – all free for the taking from your own backyard!

Ingredients

    1/2 pound torn dandelion greens
    1/2 red onion, chopped
    2 tomatoes, chopped
    1/2 teaspoon dried basil
    salt and pepper to taste

 Directions

In a medium bowl, toss together dandelion greens, red onion, and tomatoes. Season with basil, salt, and pepper.

No matter what you call it, you don’t need to worry about your lawn maintenance. It doesn’t matter to us whether you want desert landscaping, lush lawns or some type of landscaping in between, we can help.  We serve businesses like yours all over the Phoenix Metro Area. To find out how give us a call at 623-848-8277.

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Did You Make Commercial Property Resolutions For 2017?

Did You Make Commercial Property Resolutions For 2017? And how is that working out for you?

When we talk about New Year’s resolutions most folks are talking about themselves.  They want to improve their body with diet and exercise. They might want to improve their mind by furthering their education or simply by read more and different books or online programs. They might try to improve their finances by spending less or earning more.

But, did you considered New Year’s Resolutions as it relates to your commercial property or your local business? To keep up with or surpass your competitors you must make improvements to your business.  The outward appurtenance is one very big factor.  It goes well beyond paint and includes the complete picture your location presents to the general public.

Your commercial property is a big investment, so from time to time you need to brighten it up, it’s important to choose your renovations carefully. Thankfully, there are many inexpensive improvements you can do to boost the appearance of your business property without spending a lot of money. Plus, the small investment you do make will be quickly offset because the apartments will be rented sooner and possibly for more than what you’re charging now. For a brick and mortar store it can mean improved foot traffic. For your restaurant it can mean more dinners coming to eat your fare.

Of course one way to enhance the appearance of your property is to plant new landscaping. Newly planted trees, shrubs and flowers can have a dramatic effect on your property, and it will give potential renters the image that you care about your investment (which you do!). You may even want to consider a water feature or new hardscaping to pull in even more interest.

As we mentioned one way to improve the look of your commercial property is to give it a fresh paint job. Old, faded paint can make any property look outdated and run down, but a fresh coat of paint will have the opposite effect. When choosing your paint color, choose something neutral and modest. Do you want your property to be too flashy or stick out like a sore thumb on the block?

So if your choice is landscaping you will need a fair company you can trust to keep it looking great year round.  May we ask you to consider Greens Keeper Landscape Maintenance?

No matter what you call it, you don’t need to worry about your lawn maintenance. It doesn’t matter to us whether you want desert landscaping, lush lawns or some type of landscaping in between, we can help.  We serve businesses like yours all over the Phoenix Metro Area. To find out how give us a call at 623-848-8277.

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Looking For Great Commercial Landscape Maintenance?

Commercial Landscape maintenance, or groundskeeping, is the art and vocation of keeping a commercial property landscape healthy, clean, safe and attractive, typically in a garden, yard, park, Institutional setting or business property. Using tools, supplies, knowledge, physical exertion and skills, a groundskeeper may plan or carry out annual plantings and harvestings, periodic weeding and fertilizing, other gardening, lawn care, snow removal, driveway and path maintenance, shrub pruning, topiary, lighting, fencing, swimming pool care, runoff drainage, and irrigation, and other jobs for protecting and improving the topsoil, plants, and garden accessories.

Groundskeepers may also deal with local animals (including birds, rodents, reptiles, insects, and domestic animals or pets), and create means to attract or repel them, as desired or necessary. A garden may also be designed to include exotic animals, such as a koi pond. In larger estates, groundskeepers may be responsible for providing and maintaining habitat for wild animals.

A commercial property manager is a person or firm charged with operating a real estate property for a fee, when the owner is unable to personally attend to such details, or is not interested in doing so. The property may be individual title owned or it may be owned under sectional title, share block company owned and may be registered for residential, commercial office and retail or industrial use.

Typical duties expected of a property manager include finding/evicting and generally dealing with tenants and coordinating with the owner's wishes. Such arrangements may require the property manager to collect rents, and pay necessary expenses and taxes, maintaining the appearance, landscape and physical buildings, making periodic reports to the owner, or the owner may simply delegate specific tasks and deal with others directly.

A commercial property manager may arrange for a wide variety of services, as may be requested by the owner of the property, for a fee. Where a dwelling (vacation home, second home) is only periodically occupied, the property manager might arrange for heightened security monitoring, house-sitting, storage and shipping of goods, and other local sub-contracting necessary to make the property comfortable when the owner is in residence (utilities, systems operating, supplies and staff on hand, etc.). Property management can also include commercial properties where the property manager may operate the business, as well as managing the property. Some jurisdictions may require a property manager to be licensed for the profession.

The commercial property manager has a primary responsibility to the landlord and a secondary responsibility to the tenant or business customer. The relationship the property manager has with the landlord and with the tenant are crucial in forming the expectations of both parties to the lease since both parties will seek and expect certain rights and benefits out of it.

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Famous Natural Kandmark: Cave of Crystals, Chihuahua, Mexico

Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave (Spanish: Cueva de los Cristales) is a cave connected to the Naica Mine 980 feet below the surface in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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The main chamber contains giant selenite crystals (gypsum, CaSO4·2 H2O), some of the largest natural crystals ever found. The cave's largest crystal found to date is 39 feet in length, 13 ft in diameter and 55 tons in weight. The cave is extremely hot, with air temperatures reaching up to 136 ° Fahrenheit with 90 to 99 percent humidity. The cave is relatively unexplored due to these factors. Without proper protection, people can only endure approximately ten minutes of exposure at a time.

The cave was discovered by the brothers Eloy and Javier Delgado.

A group of scientists known as the Naica Project have been heavily involved in researching these caverns.

In 1910 miners discovered a cavern beneath the Naica mine workings, the Cave of Swords (Spanish: Cueva de las Espadas). It is located at a depth of 360 feet, above the Cave of Crystals, and contains spectacular, smaller crystals. It is speculated that at this level, transition temperatures may have fallen much more rapidly, leading to an end in the growth of the crystals.

Giant Crystal Cave was discovered in April 2000 by miners excavating a new tunnel for the Industrias Peñoles mining company located in Naica, Mexico, while drilling through the Naica fault, which they were concerned would flood the mine. The mining complex in Naica contains substantial deposits of silver, zinc and lead.

The Cave of Crystals is a horseshoe-shaped cavity in limestone. Its floor is covered with perfectly faceted crystalline blocks. Huge crystal beams jut out from both the blocks and the floor. The caves are accessible today because the mining company's pumping operations keep them clear of water. If the pumping were stopped, the caves would again be submerged in water. The crystals deteriorate in air, so the Naica Project is attempting to visually document the crystals before they deteriorate further.

Two other smaller caverns were also discovered in 2000, Queen’s Eye Cave and Candles Cave, and a further chamber was found in a drilling project in 2009. The new cave, named Ice Palace, is 450 feet deep and is not flooded, but its crystal formations are much smaller, with small "cauliflower" formations and fine, threadlike crystals.

All of the caves discovered currently are: Cave of Crystals, Queen's Eye, Candles Cave, Ice Palace and Cave of Swords.

A scientific team coordinated by Paolo Forti, specialist of cave minerals and crystallographer at the University of Bologna (Italy) explored the cave in detail in 2006. To survive and to be able to work in the extreme temperature and humid conditions which prevent prolonged incursion in the crystal chamber, they developed their own refrigerated suits and cold breathing systems (respectively dubbed Tolomea suit and Sinusit respirator). Special caving overalls were fitted with a mattress of refrigerating tubes placed all over the body and connected to a backpack weighing about 44 pounds containing a reservoir filled with cold water and ice. The cooling provided by melting ice was sufficient to provide about half an hour of autonomy.

Beside mineralogical and crystallographic studies, biogeochemical and microbial characterization of the gypsum giant crystals were also performed. Stein-Erik Lauritzen (University of Bergen, Norway) performed uranium-thorium dating to determine the maximum age of the giant crystals, about 500,000 years.

Penelope Boston (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology), speleologist and geomicrobiologist specialist of extremophile organisms realized sterile sampling of gypsum drillcores by making small boreholes inside large crystals under aseptic conditions. The aim was to detect the possible presence of ancient bacteria encapsulated inside fluid and solid inclusions present the calcium sulfate matrix from its formation.

Solid inclusions mainly consist of magnesium and iron oxy-hydroxide but no organic matter could be found associated with the solid hydroxides. No DNA from ancient bacteria could be extracted from the solid inclusions and amplified by PCR.

Microbial studies on fluid inclusions are foreseen to attempt to evidence the presence of ancient micro-organisms in the original fluid solution in which the crystals developed.

Other researches also cover the fields of palynology (pollen study), geochemistry, hydrogeology and the physical conditions prevailing in the Cave of Crystals

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Spice of the Week: Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum. Cinnamon is used in both sweet and savory foods. The term "cinnamon" also refers to its mid-brown colour.

Cinnamomum verum is sometimes considered to be "true cinnamon", but most cinnamon in international commerce is derived from related species, also referred to as "cassia" to distinguish them from "true cinnamon". Cinnamon is the name for perhaps a dozen species of trees and the commercial spice products that some of them produce. All are members of the genus Cinnamomum in the family Lauraceae. Only a few Cinnamomum species are grown commercially for spice. 

Cinnamon has been known from remote antiquity. It was imported to Egypt as early as 2000 BCE, but those who report it had come from China confuse it with cassia. Cinnamon was so highly prized among ancient nations that it was regarded as a gift fit for monarchs and even for a god; a fine inscription records the gift of cinnamon and cassia to the temple of Apollo at Miletus. Though its source was kept mysterious in the Mediterranean world for centuries by the middlemen who handled the spice trade, to protect their monopoly as suppliers, cinnamon is native to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Malabar Coast of India, and Burma.

The first Greek reference to kasia is found in a poem by Sappho in the seventh century BCE. According to Herodotus, both cinnamon and cassia grew in Arabia, together with incense, myrrh, and ladanum, and were guarded by winged serpents. The phoenix was reputed to build its nest from cinnamon and cassia. Herodotus mentions other writers who believed the source of cassia was the home of Dionysos, located somewhere east or south of Greece.

The Greeks used kásia or malabathron to flavour wine, together with absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). While Theophrastus gives a good account of the plants, he describes a curious method for harvesting: worms eat away the wood and leave the bark behind.

Egyptian recipes for kyphi, an aromatic used for burning, included cinnamon and cassia from Hellenistic times onward. The gifts of Hellenistic rulers to temples sometimes included cassia and cinnamon, as well as incense, myrrh, and Indian incense (kostos), so one might conclude that the Greeks used it for similar purposes.

The Hebrew Bible makes specific mention of the spice many times: first when Moses is commanded to use both sweet cinnamon  and cassia in the holy anointing oil; in Proverbs where the lover's bed is perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon; and in Song of Solomon, a song describing the beauty of his beloved, cinnamon scents her garments like "the smell of Lebanon". Cassia was also part of the ketoret, the consecrated incense described in the Hebrew Bible and Talmud. It was offered on the specialized incense altar in the time when the Tabernacle was located in the First and Second Jerusalem temples. The ketoret was an important component of the temple service in Jerusalem. Psalm 45:8 mentions the garments of the king (or of Torah scholars) that smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia.

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Growing Grass vs Shoveling Snow!

The city, county, state government or businesses located in the Phoenix Metro area, many times called the Valley of the Sun never has to figure snow removal into their yearly budget. Many really consider that a very great situation.

But we have more full sun days and that means more water, cutting and care of our greenscapes and that means more maintenance costs for landscapes than in all but the worst snow areas far to the north and east of us. We may not have to shovel sunshine. but we also need to craft expensive green grass year round to have our commercial properties look good.

Has this thought ever crossed your mind? How often does a business have to have the parking lot cleared after a winter blizzard? Is it once or twice a year or even once every other year? 

How often do you water, fertilize, cut and remove the grass clippings ... once every week? Do you keep your green year around? Do you buy and place flowers on your property?

Yes, we all appreciate that we are not cold nine moths out of the year. Yes, three months of the year it does get very "Hot" here, sorry Chamber of Commerce<, but the summer days over 100 and more are a trade off we can (read ... have to) live with.

Some lawn care services offer fertilizer or weed control application in addition to their standard packages. This is especially important for business owners who want their grass looking vibrant and well-cared for year-round to avoid brown lawns. In these cases, lawn services not only provide fertilizer but also offer recommendations for the types of grass that work best in different climates and with different soils. A full-care lawn service can even install new grass or lay pallets of sod. Even sprinkler maintenance can be part of the package.

How Much Does it Cost you to Maintain your commercial property greenscaape? Your lawn plays a crucial role in the exterior beauty of your business, so its maintenance is imperative. Hiring a professional to care for your grass will help avoid patches, browning and pests or grass diseases.

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We Are Starting A Brand New Year

Every New Year gives you the perfect chance to start something new and fresh. So do your bit this year and make the world a better place for yourself and others. Happy New Year 2017! We are at the ending point of this year. 

Just thought I should thank everyone who made me smile. You are of them so here goes… thank you and a very happy new year! Whenever I think of the New Year, I always think about friends and family.. Even if we are miles apart, you are always wished well and prayed for. 

Have a great new year!

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