Pruning by Ruppert Landscape will begin to take place on Thursday. You are responsible for marking any bushes, plants, or shrubs on your private property that you do NOT want pruned no later than Wednesday evening. Marking/flagging tape has been placed on a bench or a table in the common area in each close in Weathersfield.
Pruning by Ruppert Landscape will begin in the common areas and parking lots this week, followed by pruning on private property next week.
Marking/flagging tape will be placed on a bench in the common area in each close in Weathersfield. You are responsible for marking any bushes, plants, or shrubs on your private property that you do NOT want pruned. As in the past, tape will be placed on a bench or table in your close. Contact me if you have difficulty finding tape.
REMEMBER: If any plant on your private property is NOT TAPED by November 20, IT WILL BE PRUNED.
Ruppert is only responsible for pruning up to the HVAC and not in backyards.
Ruppert’s fall and winter schedule is from November 2024 to March 2025. This means a bi-monthly (every two weeks) schedule each Wednesday, weather permitting.
First Choice Disposal will pick up trash and recyclables in Weathersfield on Wednesday, September 4, instead of the normal Tuesday pick up.
BRIGHTSPEED 5G Network
The FHA Board President and the FHA Service Group Board
Presidents met on June 13th with several representatives of
Brightspeed. Brightspeed is planning to set up an email address
to address your questions. The planned email address
PETS, DOMESTIC AND OTHERWISE
Now that summer is here, make sure your pets have plenty of water and use caution when walking them on asphalt, which can become extremely hot on their paws. In addition, please leash your pets and always pick up after them.
Snakes, including copperheads, are a fact of life in Fearrington Village. They are best left alone, undisturbed. Snake bites almost always occur when the snake is inadvertently disturbed, so your best bet is to try to avoid them altogether. For more information, see our website:
SAVE THE DATE
The 2024 Weathersfield Annual General Meeting is Saturday,
November 2, at the Gathering Place. Featured topics include the 2024 Reserve Study, Insurance challenges, Weathersfield and owner property and plat responsibilities, and the WSG Board composition. These are important and necessary items that need to be addressed. For more detailed information, always visit our website:
First Choice Disposal will pick up trash and recyclables in Weathersfield on Wednesday, May 29, instead of the normal Tuesday pick up.
Ruppert Landscape will be pruning in WSG starting Wednesday, May 22 to Friday, May 31, on a Close-by-Close basis, weather permitting. This includes bushes, shrubs, and small trees on both personal property and in Common Areas, especially around parking areas.
The plan is to start on May 22nd beginning in the Common Areas of each Close starting near the Grove and working down to Swim and Croquet. This should take 2 to 3 days to complete.
Once the Common Areas have been completed, Ruppert will start pruning on private property starting May 29th, again starting at the Grove. Weather permitting, this should take 2 to 3 days.
If some Common Areas were missed, Ruppert will complete pruning in those areas after private property has been completed.
Hopefully, pruning should be completed by the first week of June.
Plastic bags with colored marking tape will be distributed to each Close and placed on a bench in the Common or with one of your neighbors. Please check the bench or with your neighbors to obtain the tape. It is important that you use the tape to identify any plants that are on your private property that you DO NOT want Ruppert to prune. Anything NOT marked will be pruned.
Once Ruppert has finished in your Close, please remove the tape from your plants and leave any unused tape on the bench in your Close for pickup.
NOTE: per Ruppert’s contract, the crew will not prune beyond the HVAC system or behind residences. The crew has been instructed not to go beyond these points.
Thank you for your attention and cooperation,
David L. Piet, Landscape Chair
Pressure washing has been scheduled for June 17 through June 27. More information will be available closer to those dates.
Ruppert Landscape Company:
February / March maintenance schedule, weather permitting:
February 28th
March 13th
March 27th
February 28th, March 13th, and March 27th — preemergent on the 28th in mulch beds and mowing on an as-needed basis during each visit.
Visits include the removal of any sizable sticks and Crepe Myrtle bark in Common Areas, picking up leaf bags and debris piles in the community, hard surface blowing, and other things out of place in Weathersfield.
April through the fall: Ruppert will resume its weekly schedule each Wednesday, weather permitting.
The two metal signs “This Week in Weathersfield” will indicate when Ruppert will be in the community.
Thank you for continuing to place your brown paper leaf bags and other yard debris in your Close’s designated staging area the night before, or the day of, routine maintenance (i.e., Wednesday).
NOTE: I will be out of the country from February 27 to April 3. In my absence, Steve Krasnow has kindly agreed to act as Landscape contact. Please direct any questions or concerns to Steve since I will not be answering emails of phone calls.
Cell phone: 301-254-3250
Email: sjkrasnow@gmail.com
David L. Piet, Landscape Committee Chair
Due to a delay, roof blowing is now scheduled to begin tomorrow, February 16, but will be completed by Sunday, February 18. This will insure that roof debris will not be shed onto fresh landscaping mulch which will begin to be laid on Monday, February 19.
CTI will begin blowing leaves and other debris off home and garage roofs on Monday Feb. 12 and should be finished by Friday Feb. 16, depending on the weather. We do not yet have information about where they will start. We will post that information when it is available.