Ruppert Landscaping:

During regular maintenance in WSG on Wednesday, January 11, Ruppert will also pick up Christmas trees.  Please put your tree at the entrance of your Close or in the designated area in your Close where you regularly place your paper leaf bags and other yard debris.

Davey Tree:

• The annual WSG tree survey which identified branches or trees that needed to be removed over houses, decks, and garages, was conducted on December 14 and 16.
• Davey Tree will do the actual work of branch and tree removal in mid-January 2023.

As usual, it will be noisy due to the use of chain saws and the chipper.

Pruning of bushes, shrubs, and holly trees on private property will begin on Wednesday, October 5 (weather permitting), on a Close-by-Close basis. Please use colored tape to identify any plants you DO NOT want Ruppert to prune. In July, all tapes were left with a neighbor in your Close, so please check with one of your neighbors to obtain the tape. The Landscape Committee has no more tape to distribute. Once your property has been pruned, please remove the tape from plants.

Ruppert Landscape will provide mulching services this week, Monday, March 7 through Thursday, March 10, weather permitting.  They will also carry out regular landscaping service, including picking up bagged yard waste, on Wednesday, March 9.  Please set out your yard bags and tied tree branch bundles either Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning.

As was recently shared on the WSG website, Ruppert Landscape will begin its spring and summer regular maintenance in WSG starting per the following schedule:

Weather permitting, these visits are regularly scheduled for Wednesdays each week. If Ruppert cannot come to WSG on a particular Wednesday, the crew will try to come the next day. Please mark your calendars for these weekly Wednesday maintenance visits.

1.   February 25 – 28, 2022: edging and mulching of beds on private property (up to the HVAC system) and Common Areas. Edging will precede mulching and will take several days to complete. Triple Shred dark mulch will again be used.

2.   Starting March 2, 2022, from spring through fall, Ruppert will be in WSG performing their routine maintenance. (For more information see the Landscape Guidance on the WSG website which includes what is covered under Ruppert’s contract with WSG.)

SPECIAL NOTE:  Reminders to homeowners on the proper preparation and placement of leaf bags and yard debris:

1.   Per past Landscape guidance, all leaves and small twigs should be placed in paper leaf bags. Leaf bags are available at Lowes, Home Depot, and other hardware stores. Please do not use plastic bags for leaf disposal.

2.   Larger branches should be bundled together and tied with twine to facilitate easy pickup by Ruppert.

3.   Residents are mindful and compliant with the WSG Tuesday trash and recycle schedule. It would be greatly appreciated if the same could be adhered to for landscape pickup.  A Service Notice from Ruppert will be posted by email and on the WSG website prior to the scheduled Wednesday visits.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS, PLEASE: 

Refrain from putting brown paper leaf bags or other yard debris out for pickup until the night before, or the day of, routine maintenance on these dates (see above Schedule). 

Refrain from leaving leaf bags or bundles along the grassy edges along Weathersfield, Woodbury, and Swim and Croquet. These items are unsightly and detract from the beauty of our neighborhood.

Rather, each Close should designate a “staging area” within their Close to place these items. For example, keep leaf bags in the garage or behind the house; next to or behind garages that are along the entry to your Close.

This will facilitate Ruppert’s removal of these items during their visits.

For those who have regular gardeners/landscapers, please ask them to remove all such debris when they are at your house/s.

Refrain from parking personal vehicles on the grassy edges along Weathersfield Road and Swim and Croquet. And notify contractors of the same. In November 2021, Ruppert aerated and overseeded the grass on both sides of Weathersfield and the right side of Swim and Croquet to the T-junction at Village Way. Parking on these edges hinders the grass from germinating.

Per the above Schedule, Ruppert is planning on overseeding some of the areas, especially on Common Areas and along these three roads this spring.

Additional dates will be forthcoming. Please check your email or the Weathersfield website, www.weathersfieldsg.org for posted Notices and dates.   

Ruppert will be performing a Landscape Maintenance visit on Wednesday- 02/16.  Please set out any yard waste in the morning.

Ruppert Landscape will be back in Weathersfield on December 28th to complete regular maintenance for 2021. This will include leaf blowing and debris cleanup prior to the New Year.  Christmas trees and leaf bags will also be picked up on the 28th and again in early January.

Ruppert will continue an approximate 10-day schedule through winter.  Services will include picking up yard waste, loose debris and leaf bags; perennial bush pruning and lawn mowing, as required; and lawn preparation.

Regular weekly services with resume on Wednesdays, weather permitting,  in early spring.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Please refrain from putting out brown paper leaf bags or other yard debris until Ruppert’s next expected maintenance visit.

Mulching:  Ruppert will, weather permitting, begin community-wide mulching on January 17, 2022.   It is better to complete mulching early in the year before the grass starts to germinate.

Davey Tree:  Weather permitting, a crew will be in Weathersfield on January 10, 2022, to perform required pruning around houses and over garages.

Additionally, Davey Tree will be thinning out many of the Crepe Myrtle trees on Common Areas sometime in March (date to be determined). Please be aware that no trees are to be cut down or severely reduced in height.

With best wishes for a safe, restful, and enjoyable Christmas and holiday season and New Year!