Originally, I was going to post these questions in another thread, but they dragged out a bit and I thought that a new thread was in order.
This fungus isn't well known in Nebraska, but it IS here. I started to spot it last year, and have avoided any problems except the skeptical customer syndrome. You know the one, that's where as you're explaining the art'y fungus their eyebrows become more and more assymetrically arched? A sure sign they believe we have entered the "Sales Zone", I have an article I downloaded and printed that puts paid to this problem usually.
But I then often have to deal with the whole question of what to replace the much-beloved mulch with now that we understand it carries icky things to the house. It is amazing how attached some people are to their mulch, and as much as I'd like to sell weekly cleaning and prevention, I've found the market is a bit soft yet.;)
Usually I recommend gravel or one of the rubber mulch look-alikes, but since I don't really do any landscaping, I'm not an expert. Anybody have any better ideas? Has anybody been tempted to do any "Mulch Remediation/Removal services as an adjunct to cleaning the house?
I'm not happy with telling them that the mulch has to go, but that I have no suggestions as to what alternatives there are. As far as that goes, is there some money we are leaving behind?
Should we as PWers be looking for partners in landscaping to handle the mulch removal/replacement. How about the treatment of the infected area after the mulch is gone?
Just wondering about what other services we should be selling when this shows up to wreck an otherwise pleasant housewash.:lgmoneyey
Originally, I was going to post these questions in another thread, but they dragged out a bit and I thought that a new thread was in order.
This fungus isn't well known in Nebraska, but it IS here. I started to spot it last year, and have avoided any problems except the skeptical customer syndrome. You know the one, that's where as you're explaining the art'y fungus their eyebrows become more and more assymetrically arched? A sure sign they believe we have entered the "Sales Zone", I have an article I downloaded and printed that puts paid to this problem usually.
But I then often have to deal with the whole question of what to replace the much-beloved mulch with now that we understand it carries icky things to the house. It is amazing how attached some people are to their mulch, and as much as I'd like to sell weekly cleaning and prevention, I've found the market is a bit soft yet.;)
Usually I recommend gravel or one of the rubber mulch look-alikes, but since I don't really do any landscaping, I'm not an expert. Anybody have any better ideas? Has anybody been tempted to do any "Mulch Remediation/Removal services as an adjunct to cleaning the house?
I'm not happy with telling them that the mulch has to go, but that I have no suggestions as to what alternatives there are. As far as that goes, is there some money we are leaving behind?
Should we as PWers be looking for partners in landscaping to handle the mulch removal/replacement. How about the treatment of the infected area after the mulch is gone?
Just wondering about what other services we should be selling when this shows up to wreck an otherwise pleasant housewash.:lgmoneyey
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