Maintenance Update: Preparing for Fall and Winter Weather
Gobble Gobble! The weather is shifting and leaves are falling. Before we hit the road and see family members for the holidays, it’s time to get things hunkered down for winter.
This summer felt like someone turned off a switch and the rain just stopped. We went from record rainfalls to one of the driest summers recorded. Now, it’s time for the Issaquah Highlands Community Association (IHCA) maintenance crews to transition our equipment and projects to prepare for the leaves to fall and the rain to pour.
We just wrapped up a major resurfacing project at the Sport Court on Park Drive. This new combination court will now accommodate pickleball in addition to soccer and hockey.
Our maintenance crews will start preparing for leaf season and winter snow. This will mean converting trucks and mowers over in preparation for what is to come.
As you read this, you may want to consider what should be done for your own property. We usually have frost and cold weather during this time of year, so check to make sure all outside water faucets are covered.
Be sure to check the landscape around your house as well. Not only should you check the health of your plants, but consider cutting away any vegetation from foundations and siding. This will keep things from rotting as quickly.
Supplies will be available if you order things now. Have a wonderful fall and enjoy the great food and friends!
Landscape Update: Crews Focus on Fall Repairs, Upgrades
Fall is a busy season for the IHCA landscape crews, as many tasks must be completed before winter.
The crews are busy tackling the following projects this fall:
- Repairing settling or heavily damaged turf areas throughout the community to minimize hazards to pedestrians.
- Replacing trees that have failed throughout the community in areas where necessary.
- Removing dead and heavily damaged ground cover and plants in the street right-of-way and replacing them with more hardy and appropriate plant material.
- Replacing failed plant material in our parks, trails and stormwater pond landscape areas.
- Installing bark in several of our parks and walking trails.
- Adding bark around all trees in the street right-of-way throughout the community—a total of 4,000 trees.
- Upgrading several of the irrigation pump filters and piping systems to provide better performance and operation.
If you see the crews out in the community this fall, be sure to wave or say, “Hello!”
Lyle Dickey is the IHCA Landscape Manager and Matthew Hendrikse is the ICHA Maintenance Manager.
