You leave but your weeds grow

[Debfrommaine]

We take pride in our home and property year round. I have noticed again this year that when the snowbirds leave in my neighborhood so does the landscaping. Weeds fill the flower beds and driveways, out of sight, out of mind. How would you handle resolving this? I do not know the folks well enough to have a conversation about it. Maybe they will read this thread. Thanks.

[graciegirl]

We take pride in our home and property year round. I have noticed again this year that when the snowbirds leave in my neighborhood so does the landscaping. Weeds fill the flower beds and driveways, out of sight, out of mind. How would you handle resolving this? I do not know the folks well enough to have a conversation about it. Maybe they will read this thread. Thanks.

Call deed restrictions. They will contact the owners.

[Topspinmo]

Imo CYV s are the worst? Each village probably got several abandoned properties durmg summer months.

[tophcfa]

As part time residents, weeds are on top of our list of problems. It seems like every time we are able to carve out some special time to go to our Villages home, we end up spending way too much of our limited time pulling weeds. It's getting to the point where we are considering just getting rid of our gardens and planting grass everywhere. It's a shame because the gardens are beautiful for a couple of weeks after the weeds are pulled, but it is a never ending job. We have tried everything including commercial grade landscape cloth covered with a thick layer of stone as well as various non-chemical weed control methods, but nothing works.

[Wiotte]

Are not excessive weeds part of deed restrictions ? A simple phone call be solve this problem.


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[tophcfa]

Does anyone know of a reliable and reasonable priced contractor that specializes in weeding gardens in the Villages? We would gladly hire them, and problem would be solved. Unfortunately, our extensive searches for such a service have come up empty.

[Debfrommaine]

Does anyone know of a reliable and reasonable priced contractor that specializes in weeding gardens in the Villages? We would gladly hire them, and problem would be solved. Unfortunately, our extensive searches for such a service have come up empty.

Now it is the weeds in the driveways - I am thinking their landscapers could spray something into the cracks to help. Later it will be the beds, ugh.

[jnieman]

Our neighbors across the street pay our lawn service to spray the weeds every week. Spraying them when they are just peeking through and keeping on top of it before the weeds get big is the way to go. Not just every now and again and then having to actually pull them out.

[Fredman]

As part time residents, weeds are on top of our list of problems. It seems like every time we are able to carve out some special time to go to our Villages home, we end up spending way too much of our limited time pulling weeds. It's getting to the point where we are considering just getting rid of our gardens and planting grass everywhere. It's a shame because the gardens are beautiful for a couple of weeks after the weeds are pulled, but it is a never ending job. We have tried everything including commercial grade landscape cloth covered with a thick layer of stone as well as various non-chemical weed control methods, but nothing works.
Call choice maintaince they will pull your weeds for a very reasonable price.

[CFrance]

Our neighbors across the street pay our lawn service to spray the weeds every week. Spraying them when they are just peeking through and keeping on top of it before the weeds get big is the way to go. Not just every now and again and then having to actually pull them out.
Who is your lawn service?


This is the reason we sold our designer and are looking for a CYV that will enable us to have just stones and shrubs. Neighbors on both sides of our designer went north for the summer, and their landscapers flew the coop. One had several complaints. He tried and tried to get his landscaper (Service Smart) to come mow and weed. They would promise to do so and never show up.


It's a real problem for snowbirds, and now that we are snowbirds, we don't want that problem. Not good for the neighborhood or for us either.

[thelegges]

Between our lawn guys and our home watch we get pics every week. Never had a issue with any of our homes since 2010

[KittyKat]

CHOICE MAINTENANCE will spray your beds every month(and pull the few weeds that make it) for $20. For the initial visit they will pull all the weeds and spray--I think I paid $40. Their ph# in Ocala is 352-502-2880. **I'm not sure if the price is higher for a designer home or one with many landscape beds.

[tophcfa]

Thanks for the replies and suggesting of '"choice maintenance" for weed control service. We will explore them as an option but are not sure we want our flower beds sprayed. We are interested in a service that pulls weeds and do not want roundup or a similar toxic product sprayed on our property. However, if they pull weeds and supplement that with a non-toxic/ non-chemical spray such as 20% agricultural vinegar then we would be very interested. I will call them to get more details on their service.

[Nana2five*]

I am in this weed boat right now. I had a woman that used to come but does not anymore.... Not full time yet .... my neighbor did call and I am really embarrassed about it. I have Choice do my lawn. They went out gave me a price to do the 1st weeding. And then from there. My problem is to get them there... thought and hope it is done by now. I don't want my property looking like that or have neighbors mad...

[dietpepsi]

Who is your lawn service?


This is the reason we sold our designer and are looking for a CYV that will enable us to have just stones and shrubs. Neighbors on both sides of our designer went north for the summer, and their landscapers flew the coop. One had several complaints. He tried and tried to get his landscaper (Service Smart) to come mow and weed. They would promise to do so and never show up.


It's a real problem for snowbirds, and now that we are snowbirds, we don't want that problem. Not good for the neighborhood or for us either.


hiring Service Smart to pull weeds is like telling a teenage boy to read the articles in Playboy! it just isn’t going to happen!

[big guy]

Are not excessive weeds part of deed restrictions ? A simple phone call be solve this problem.


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Yes, excessive weeds are definitely part of deed restrictions. We owned a CYV as a rental and tried to be exemplary about keeping the property clean and weed free but not everyone did. There was a resident who put a red light in his post light. As if that wasn't enough, it was flashing. I called Community Standards about the flashing red light down the way and the knee high weeds across the street. A very nice man in Community Standards said that he couldn't do anything about the flashing red light but he could do something about the weeds. They were gone within 2 weeks and the weeds didn't come back.

I know it's hot in the summer but it's not right to let the weeds go. At first I went over once a month in the early a.m., took cold bottled water with me and worked where it was shady. I gradually changed to every 2 weeks. The weeds really show in rock. I'd rather have grass any day. By the time we sold the cyv, I was going over weekly and using Round-Up. It was the yard and weeds that got to me.

[Nucky]

We had a whole lot of luck with doubling up on the weed blocking material. It is not perfect but it sure did help. We have been trying to use straight white vinegar instead of chemicals on our flower beds. So far so good.

The weed growth in the “cracks” in the driveway don’t respond as well with the vinegar. We still have to use Chemicals but less frequently when you clean out between the driveway slabs with the hose. That’s one nasty job, you come in drenched and dirty but only have to do it twice a year. Usually the day Egners cleans the house.

If you don’t like doing it yourself call Choice Maintenance, the mans name is Tate 352-502-2880. These people do what they tell you they will and do it on time and are reasonable and just good people to deal with. We had been through several bad situations but are lucky to have found them.

[jchase]

Community Standard numbers: 352-751-3912 or 352-753-4022

[B-flat]

Who is your lawn service?


This is the reason we sold our designer and are looking for a CYV that will enable us to have just stones and shrubs. Neighbors on both sides of our designer went north for the summer, and their landscapers flew the coop. One had several complaints. He tried and tried to get his landscaper (Service Smart) to come mow and weed. They would promise to do so and never show up.


It's a real problem for snowbirds, and now that we are snowbirds, we don't want that problem. Not good for the neighborhood or for us either.

We just bought a CYV. We would have preferred a designer home and found one we loved, the lawn on the corner lot was just too huge to think about as snowbirds. The CYV we purchase doesn’t have a single blade of grass, is concrete with some shrubs with crushed stone.

[stan the man]

Community Standard numbers: 352-751-3912 or 352-753-4022

Don't forget to leave your name, phone number, and address if and when you are making a complaint. Some people feel the violator has the right to face his accuser face-to-face. Also make sure the violation is visible from your premise as if it is not there would be no reason for you to Complain. What you signed when you originally moved here has nothing to do with what you do after you take up residency. This statement is made to all the people who are against anonymous complaints

[perrjojo]

Just because you have stone, it does not inhibit all weed growth.

[thetruth]

Just because you have stone, it does not inhibit all weed growth.

The fact is no matter what you do you will have weeds-NATURE HATES A VACUUM.

Preen type products will do perhaps half the job. It kills seeds. Our grass, either St Augustine or Empire Zoysia spreads by runners and Preen will not stop it

Many have stone. Even with landscape fabric you will get some weeds. While, the landscaping fabric will prevent SOME WEEDS, you will still get some and the landscaping fabric will prevent you using the time tested tools a hoe, s cultivator or a mattock.

Find a way to enjoy weeding because you will be doing it whether you enjoy it or not. Even if you hire someone to do it. Surely they will miss some.

WEED WARS

[graciegirl]

Don't forget to leave your name, phone number, and address if and when you are making a complaint. Some people feel the violator has the right to face his accuser face-to-face. Also make sure the violation is visible from your premise as if it is not there would be no reason for you to Complain. What you signed when you originally moved here has nothing to do with what you do after you take up residency. This statement is made to all the people who are against anonymous complaints

One is NOT expected to identify themselves when they report a deed violation. Period. You may feel otherwise.

Weeding is very, very hard, hot work here in the summer when weeds grow fast, even if Preen has been laid down. Even if weeds are sprayed. So weeding is expensive. Spraying is cheaper. NOTHING works completely; stone, Preen, pulling, spraying.

[dewilson58]

hiring Service Smart to pull weeds is like telling a teenage boy to read the articles in Playboy! it just isn’t going to happen!

Changed my mind.

[CFrance]

Don't forget to leave your name, phone number, and address if and when you are making a complaint. Some people feel the violator has the right to face his accuser face-to-face. Also make sure the violation is visible from your premise as if it is not there would be no reason for you to Complain. What you signed when you originally moved here has nothing to do with what you do after you take up residency. This statement is made to all the people who are against anonymous complaints
I really disagree with you. Nobody "has the right to face his accuser" in The Villages. This isn't a democracy. You signed a contract to act/not act in a certain way when you bought your house, and these are the rules as the developer deemed necessary or convenient to running The Villages.


Nobody made you sign that contract and buy that house, so you knew the rules coming in.


And there is no rule that the violation must be visible from your premises. There were people who live in our neighborhood who couldn't see from their homes but who had to drive by eyesores on both corners of our street at three different times in the last few years. They rightly felt it brought the neighborhood down.