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Although we are far from the severe drought that has dogged California for the past five years, after a very wet April and early May, dry times have descended on our area. Since mid-May we have been experiencing drought stress.

Adding supplemental water through this very dry and hot period will greatly benefit your landscape plantings. In addition, mulching will help maintain moisture and promote overall health to your plants and overall landscape.

Heavy rainfall and extended rainy periods—as we have experienced recently—often results in ponding, the unwanted pooling of water.

Especially prevalent on properties in low-lying areas, ponding is most easily combatted by French drains. A French drain pit is a large hole at a property’s low point, filled with gravel to make it permeable, that hastens the flow of water through soil layers.

Agriculturally speaking, success does not come by planting seeds, then anxiously hovering over them in the hopes that they transform overnight into a bumper crop.

Success is a process that requires patience, persistence, cultivation of relationships and learning through experience what works and--perhaps even more importantly--what doesn't work. Our president, Scott McAdam, embodies this long-term approach. It's how he and his brother, Rob, have not only survived but thrived for more than 37 years in an increasingly competitive business landscape.

We are three weeks into spring, even if Mother Nature hasn't fully acknowledged the changing of the seasons. True green thumbs undoubtedly have already begun taking steps to prep for the blooming to come and for even the most skeptical weather-watchers, it's likely only a matter of days before thoughts fully shift to how to make the most of your garden experience this year.