ORTEGA'S LANDSCAPE

We began using Ortega about 10 years ago for weekly lawn maintenance. We paid a premium over our prior yard service because Ortega would fertilize and spray the lawn and plants for bugs and fungus periodically included this price, as long as we reimbursed him for the cost of the fertilizer and chemicals. For the first several years his crews or Ortega himself would walk through the yard and inspect it and take the measures to keep everything looking good. Over the years Ortega has expanded and he is not personally involved in our yard care any longer. He has been difficult to reach and his crew never points out or catches any problems with the yard. I started spraying for yard problems myself, and we recently hired TruGreen. Ortega still performs the weekly mowing and edging and that work is very good. We have used Ortega to landscape some flower beds and he does a good job at a reasonable price, however be sure to have a firm understanding on the price in advance. Occasionally I have not gotten a price in advance and in those cases the cost has seemed higher that what I think it should be. He has been very relaible on the landscaping jobs showing up with good quality plants and materials. My recommendation is if you use Ortega for landscaping, deal with Ortega himself, make sure he commits to personally show up at the time the work is done, and make sure you have a firm price understanding. Ortega can install sprinkler systems and perform repairs. The repair work he has done has been fine. He also installed a new station to irrigate a new flower bed. This work was done very well at a reasonable price. When the weather gets hot and dry for an extended period we have a few areas that wilt so the coverage is not perfect, and he has not been able to get the system quite right in that respect. Ortega is fair, honest and does good work. My only issue is his responsiveness lately on special projects, which I think is at least partly due to his travels. He has failed completely at catching yard insects and fungal disease and treating it.

They are excellent. I would say that they are friendly and accommodating. They mostly do what they are asked. I never had to really complain too much. Their price range is fairly good.

They came in and tore out the old fencing, I didn't find a single old nail. They did a good job cleaning up, and they put in the new fencing. They did all of that in one day and thought it was going to take 2 days. They were definitely worth the money.