ÿþ<html> <head><title>June 28th Newsletter</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <style type="text/css" media="all">BODY { TEXT-ALIGN: center } #container { MARGIN: auto; WIDTH: 750px } </style> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19088"/></head> <body> <div id="container"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="750"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/" target="_blank"> <img border="0" align="baseline" src="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/sendstudionx/admin/temp/newsletters/46/newsletterheader.png" width="750" height="155"/></a></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#177c50"> <td width="477" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" href="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/request_service.html" target="_blank"><font color="#ffffff" size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Click Here to Request a Free Lawn Care Estimate</strong></font></a></td> <td width="274"><font color="#ffffff" size="5" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> June&nbsp;28th, 2011</font></td></tr> <tr><!-- left side --> <td colspan="2"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="750"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 10px" bgcolor="#bdcede" width="200"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font color="#ff0000" size="2" face="Verdana"><strong> VIRGINIA GREEN LAWN CARE WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS A SAFE AND HAPPY 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY WEEKEND.<br/></strong></font> <p align="left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> JULY EVENTS<br/><br/></strong></font><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" href="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/lawn_care_services-premium_lawn_care.shtml" target="_blank"> Lawn Care Application #3 and #4</a></font> <br/><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" href="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/lawn_care_services-tree_and_shrub_care.shtml" target="_blank"> Tree and Shrub Application #5</a></font> </p><font color="#000000"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><strong> SATISFIED CUSTOMER COMMENTS</strong></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><font size="2" face="Verdana"> &nbsp;</font></o:p></p><font size="2" face="Verdana"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">  <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Looking forward to a beautiful lawn!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>David was very informative and helpful!</span> <br/></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> B Johansen, Midlothian</span> <br/></span><br/><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">  <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Eric is always happy to answer my questions!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> Very knowledgeable!</span> <br/><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> K Wallace, Williamsburg<br><br>  <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Mike P is a great asset to your firm!</span> <br/></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> M Hulcher, Chesterfield VA</span> </span><br/></p> </font></font> </font> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><br/><strong> New Customer Referrals:</strong><br/></font></font></p> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Your referrals are our best advertising tool! Do not forget we are still offering $25 discounts for each new customer. These referral discounts are applied to future services and are unlimited.</font><br/></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br/> Let us know your friend or neighbor´s name and address. We will handle the rest. Thank you again for your support and keep up the good work! <br/><br/></font></div><strong><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Follow us on..</font></strong><br/><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Richmond-VA/Virginia-Green-Lawn-Care/78350436521" target="_blank"> <img title="" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/sendstudionx/admin/temp/templates/1/facebook2.png" width="43" height="54"/></a><a href="http://twitter.com/Virginia_Green" target="_blank"><img title="" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/sendstudionx/admin/temp/templates/1/twitter2.png" width="43" height="54"/></a><a href="http://www.virginiagreenlawncareblog.com/" target="_blank"><img title="" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/sendstudionx/admin/temp/templates/1/blogger.png" width="42" height="53"/></a> </font> <td valign="top" width="5"> <img style="WIDTH: 3px; " title="" border="0" alt="" src="verticalDiv.gif" width="5" height="1546"/></td><!-- End Center --><!-- right side --> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 10px" bgcolor="#ccdea4" width="490" align="left"> <font size="2" face="Verdana"><strong> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><strong> JUNE LAWN OF THE MONTH WINNER ANNOUNCED<br/></strong></font><br/></p></strong> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"> <font size="4" face="Calibri"> <img title="" border="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/sendstudionx/admin/temp/newsletters/68/June%202011%20lawn%20of%20the%20month.JPG" width="462" height="279"/></font></p><font size="4" face="Calibri"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing" align="justify"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br/> Virginia Green Lawn Care is pleased to announce the Harrington family of Moseley as the winners of the June Lawn of the Month award. The Harrington family began service with Virginia Green in the spring of last year on our Estate Lawn Care program. The result is a beautiful, lush, weed-free yard that must be the envy of their neighbors.<br/><br/>As the winning property the Harrington family will receive a $50.00 credit toward a future service with Virginia Green and their technician Chris A. will also receive a gift card for his efforts. As it usually is each month, the competition for the lawn of the month honor was tight. Please continue to send in your nominations along with a current digital photo of the yard attached to an email, to <a href="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/sendstudionx/admin/de/property@virginiagreenlawncare.com"> property@virginiagreenlawncare.com</a>. We love to see pictures of our beautiful lawns.</span></span></font><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing" align="justify"><o:p><font size="2" face="Verdana"> &nbsp;</font></o:p></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing" align="justify"><o:p><font size="2" face="Verdana"> &nbsp;</font></o:p></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing" align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><strong> MOWING HEIGHT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE<br/><br/></strong></font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing" align="justify"><o:p><font size="2" face="Verdana"> <img title="" border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/sendstudionx/admin/temp/newsletters/68/Proper%20mowing%20height.jpg" width="462" height="347"/>&nbsp;</font></o:p></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing" align="justify"><o:p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br/> Mowing your lawn with your mower on the tallest setting will allow the fescue grass in the lawn to compete with, and help to keep out Bermuda grass, and broadleaf weeds. If you raise your mowing height you should notice a marked improvement in your lawn. Bagging clippings versus mulching them back into the lawn is a personal preference, however Virginia Green Lawn Care does recommend mulching the clippings back in to the lawn. Leaving the clippings on the lawn helps to return the nutrients back into the soil and will also increase the length of control of a liquid application.<br/><br/>We also recommend sharpening your lawn mower blade on a regular basis. If you are noticing browning on the tips of the leaf blades this may be a sign that the blade is being torn, rather than cut, and that your blade is in need of sharpening.</span>&nbsp;</font></o:p></p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><strong><br/> WATERING PROPERLY IS IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH OF THE TURF</strong></span></font><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing" align="justify"><o:p><font size="2" face="Verdana"> &nbsp;</font></o:p></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing" align="justify"><o:p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> During this time of year Virginia Green recommends providing your lawn with 1.5 to 2 inches of water per week. We suggest watering 2 to 3 times a week, putting out ¾ of an inch to an inch of water with each session. A good way to track the amount of water being put out on the lawn is to place a pie pan or a small tuna can out in a couple of the zones during a watering session to gauge the amount of irrigation being provided. We also suggest watering only in the early morning, prior to 8 a.m. This early morning watering will allow the lawn time to absorb the irrigation with little evaporation, and give it time to dry prior to the evening hours. Moisture that remains on the lawn into the evening can lead to disease development. If you have any questions about watering please feel free to contact our office for more information.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;<br/></font></o:p></p></span></font></font> </p></font></font></td> </p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></td></tr></tbody> <tbody> </tbody> </table> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="750" height="75"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="75" colspan="2"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#177c50"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img title="" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/sendstudionx/admin/temp/newsletters/68/footerSides.gif" width="60" height="72"/></td> <td> <p style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" align="center"><a style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.virginiagreenlawncare.com/newsletters/2011/march10-newsletter.html"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> Having Trouble? 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