05/12/2026
Have you ever wondered why Earthscapes doesn’t use these little signs?
After a conversation with a customer today, I thought maybe an explanation of why we do…what we do…was in order.
We used to use these flags like so many other lawn services.
They only really make sense for liquid applications, and of our four main applications: only one is liquid. And we still have one liquid application because we are only recently finding granular products that do a good job on broadleaf weeds. We hope the chemistry continues to evolve and continues to get safer and safer so that in the future there won’t any reason for these signs or concerns at all.
But in the meantime…
We stopped using these signs for our lawn applications after a series of lawsuits hit the trade magazines based around these signs. Apparently in the 1990’s people were suing law care companies because they believed they had received applications that they didn’t order or want…and they found lawyers to put together lawsuits claiming big damages.
What was actually happening was that people (mostly kids) were picking the flags out of one yard, and sticking them in other yards…because they are kids.
But when they did, the lawn companies had no way of proving that they in fact didn’t treat the yard with the erroneous sign. So, some of the lawsuits were successful, and as a result…we stopped using the signs. No signs, no movement of signs.
It’s also why we still use paper invoices in your door. We figure that’s more “tamper resistant” and still gives you a “heads up” that the application was done.
This system generally works pretty well, but occasionally (like today) a customer did not see the invoice in the door, and she was concerned because her husband cut the grass.
We explained that if the applications doesn’t work, we would be glad to come repeat the application after enough time has passed that we wouldn’t actually stress the lawn with two repeated applications, too close together.
But I want to thank this customer for bringing her concerns to our attention. It’s great when you get an opportunity to talk about things that you take for granted that everyone knows. We always want to do better, and we always want our clients to feel very safe with what we do, and how we treat your yard and this earth.
I hope anyone with any questions at all will always feel free to call and let us have an opportunity to explain why we do things a certain way. We put a lot of thought into all this, and we love talking about it with you.
If you want a sign, we still have some, and we can make that happen. Just let us know.
Thanks for caring.
