Lawn and tree services in Floyd, VA

Floyd is a different kind of property from the rest of the service area. Up on the plateau at around 2,500 feet, most places are measured in acres rather than lot lines, and the work is less about a manicured yard and more about keeping a property from going back to woods.

• Typical propertyAcreage rather than lot lines, up around 2,500 feet
• Most common callFence lines and field edges gone under rose and honeysuckle
• AccessLong gravel driveways that close in from both sides
• EstimatesGrouped over Route 8 — get on the list and he'll come look next trip

Fence lines and field edges

The most common Floyd call is a boundary problem. A fence line that's disappeared under multiflora rose and honeysuckle. A pasture edge where autumn olive and locust have marched twenty feet in over a few seasons. An old field somebody stopped bush-hogging and now can't get a tractor through.

That work is exactly what the before-and-after photos on the home page show. It's the kind of job where an honest estimate matters, because how far back you clear and whether you plan to keep it clear change the price considerably. Trevor will tell you which parts are worth doing now and which can wait a season.

Driveways

Long gravel driveways are standard here, and they close in from both sides. Limbs low enough to scrape a truck, brush narrowing the track, a leaning tree over the only way in. Clearing a driveway back is one of the highest-value small jobs on a rural property, and it matters most in winter — when the power goes out on the plateau, the crews need to get down the driveway too.

Ice and storms

Elevation means Floyd gets ice when Christiansburg gets rain. Ice is harder on trees than wind — it loads every branch evenly until something gives, and it tends to take the horizontal limbs and anything already hollow. Cleanup after a plateau ice storm is a real part of the year here, and so is looking at the hazard trees before one shows up.

Second homes and cabins

A lot of Floyd County property belongs to people who aren't there every week — cabins, weekend places, land held by families who live elsewhere. Those need somebody local who will actually go look at a thing and report back honestly. Trevor answers his own phone, which matters more when you're two hours away and trying to find out whether a tree really is down across the lane.

Lawns up here

What grass there is grows slower and greens up later than down in the valley. Frost comes earlier in the fall and later in the spring. Mowing schedules in Floyd run shorter at both ends of the year, and there's no sense paying for cuts in weeks when nothing grew.

Trevor comes over Route 8 for Floyd work regularly. It's a winding road, so estimates get grouped — if you're thinking about it, get on the list and he'll come look next time he's over.