Archive for the ‘Landscaping’ Category

Recommended maintenance for irrigation drain lines

Posted on: August 26th, 2020

All homeowners should seriously consider regular annual maintenance on their irrigation drain lines that lead to the streets and gutters. Our Landscaping Committee has noticed a number of homes where water is leaking into the gutter of the streets from these drain lines. It is easy to spot a problem when a trail of water […]

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Encinitas Ranch Recognition – City Environmental Award Program

Posted on: August 25th, 2020

At the Wednesday, August 19th City Council meeting Encinitas Ranch was recognized for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship as part of the 2019 formal Environmental Award program. The following is a link to the associated Press Release: https://encinitasca.gov/Home/City-News/ArticleID/228 The recognition was given for three major focus areas:  Completion of one of the largest reclaimed water projects […]

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Spring 2020 Landscaping Update

Posted on: May 20th, 2020

The Landscaping Committee has done an outstanding job of maintaining and enhancing the landscaping in the common areas and slopes across the community. The board is getting many compliments from homeowners and even realtors about the quality and overall attractiveness of the community. There are always areas for improvement and as input is received from […]

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Landscaping maintenance obligations for individual homes

Posted on: May 11th, 2020

A big part of what attracts prospective buyers and existing homeowners in Encinitas Ranch is the maintenance of the common areas and each of the homes in the community. We all need to do our part in this respect. The community maintains all of the common areas including the infrastructure. Homeowners have do to their […]

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Tree Trimming Update

Posted on: February 28th, 2020

At BrightView their pruning objectives, community wide, are primarily focused on health and safety. They follow ISA and ANSI pruning standards with a combination of approved pruning practices depending on the species, and location. Structure pruning is focused on strong structure that coincides with the trees natural shape and growth patterns. Crown cleaning cleans out any dead […]

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Common Maintenance Areas – Damage to plants and dumping of debris

Posted on: January 21st, 2020

The landscaping committee was recently made aware of significant damage to numerous plants on common area maintenance slopes in the south mesa behind Brae Mar Court. This included about fifty agave and furcraea plants which are each worth about $40 resulting in over $2000 of damage. It was obvious that the damage was done by […]

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