As mentioned in our July Meeting Minutes, Garrett will be here today to edge and re-mulch the tree circles in the front yard.  This was a contract we approved last year. 

 Front Entrances update

Thanks to an additional neighbor signing up for watering the front entrances.  We are now through the 2^nd week of August.  We do need more sign-ups from mid-August through October.  Please go to Fox Glen Front Entrance Watering Situation and a call for help – Fox Glen Association to sign up.  Not sure what the watering will entail or if you have to bring the water to the entrances and you live too far?  No worries, we have it all laid out easily here – Watering the front entrance instructions, tips, and tricks – Fox Glen Association.  This will explain the time effort, the expectation, and how to use the tools we provide to water the entrances.  We are asking neighbors to take 1 week which would be 3 separate days of water.  Thank you for your help to keep our community looking good.

Big thank you goes to Brian Miller for donating 27 bags of mulch for the two entrances and mulching both entrances.  Big thank you goes to both Brian Miller, Beth & Chuck Mancherian for weeding the front beds and removing the thistles the past week.

First, for those who do not want to remove the plants and relocate them, the perennial plants such as irises and day lilies will be removed and placed on your sidewalk/driveway.  You can relocate these into other parts of your garden.  If you have irises and hostas you don’t want to relocate, please contact Dorothy at Dorothyyli@comcast.net as she will be happy to take orphaned irises and hostas.

Second, you may notice that the mulch will NOT be covered up to the tree trunk.  This is intentional and should be left this way.  Do NOT fill the gap with dirt or mulch.  Do NOT plant flowers right next to the tree trunk.  This is to ensure the health of the tree flare and roots.  We understand that in a forest trees and flowers grow wherever they want.  Our yards are not a forest and we are complying with a tree specialist to ensure our trees stay healthy, continue to grow and stay for a long time.

Third, as a reminder, Dorothy Li is the project manager from our co-owners overseeing the tree beautification project.  You will see Dorothy walking through the yards to take pictures after our services have been completed. If you have questions, contact us at board@foxglenassociation.org.  Dorothy will receive questions from the Fox Glen Board.

Fourth, the future plans for our public area trees and the individual yard conifer trees are in the plans for year 2022.  This is a multi-phased project. Once our existing trees are all taken care of, we will move to the next phase which is to have a tree and landscape expert recommend where we can add new trees.

Lastly, our care of the existing trees is not a one-shot deal.  With the mulching in place, this will need to be refreshed in all the common areas every 2 to 3 years.  We pay for this maintenance through our dues.  We ask the co-owners not to mulch the common areas trees themselves or change the mulch ring. If you have questions, please contact the board at board@foxglenassociation.org.

The first phase of our project was to determine the health of our trees and the mulch ring size.  This was completed several weeks ago.  The second phase was to ensure the health of our trees by ensuring our tree flares are allowed to “breathe” and that any roots tangling the tree flare are removed.  Guardian completed this last week.

The next and last phase will be the mulch rings.  Garrett Landscaping will be mulching our trees Monday the 17th and 18th, weather permitting.  For more information on mulching, please see the attached document provided to us by Guardian.

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