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Pickens County

Landscaping in Six Mile, SC — our home town

We are based here. Weekly lawn care, beds, hardscape, and cleanups for Six Mile and the Eastatoe valley.

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Six Mile is where our trucks park. That is not a marketing line — it changes what we can do for you. When a storm comes through on a Tuesday night, Six Mile properties are the ones we can reach first on Wednesday morning. When an irrigation head gets clipped, we are not scheduling a trip; we are already on the road past your house. The town itself is small and the properties are varied. There are older homes on the streets off Main with mature plantings and real trees, there are newer builds toward Six Mile Mountain and along the Highway 133 stretch, and there is a steady mix of acreage as you head out toward Keowee-Toxaway and the Eastatoe valley. Our maintenance work here covers all of it: weekly mowing through the season, bed edging and mulch twice a year, pruning on a schedule rather than whenever a shrub gets out of hand, and leaf cleanup that runs well into December because of how much hardwood canopy this town has. We also do most of our install work close to home — patios, fire pits, retaining walls, planting plans, and drainage corrections. Being twenty minutes from the shop means we can run a multi-day install without hauling everything back and forth. If you live in Six Mile and you have seen our trucks, that is the point. We would rather earn work from neighbors who can watch how we treat the last job than from anyone who found us in an ad.

Local conditions

What Six Mile properties actually need

Six Mile sits at roughly 950 feet on the Pickens County side of the Keowee basin, with Six Mile Mountain to the north throwing afternoon shade over part of the town and pushing cool air down into the low ground overnight. Those low pockets frost earlier in fall and later in spring than the open ground a mile away. Soil is the familiar Piedmont red clay, but the closer you get to the creek bottoms the more you find silty loam that drains fast and dries out just as fast. We test before we amend rather than assuming. Tall fescue is the dominant turf, and the biggest single mistake we correct here is mowing it too short in June. Cut at four inches it holds through the summer; cut at two and a half it thins out and crabgrass takes the gap. Leaf volume in late fall is heavy — this town has a lot of old oaks and hickories — so we budget three or four cleanup passes rather than one. Eastatoe valley properties, a few miles north, are steeper and cooler again; that community has its own page section below.

Neighborhoods we serve

  • · Downtown Six Mile
  • · Six Mile Mountain
  • · Highway 133 corridor
  • · Keowee-Toxaway area
  • · Eastatoe valley

Landmarks & areas

  • · Six Mile Mountain
  • · Keowee-Toxaway State Park
  • · Six Mile Town Hall
  • · Lake Keowee north shore
  • · Eastatoe Creek

Services in Six Mile

Weekly Lawn Maintenance

We mow, edge, blow, and clean up on the same day every week.

Mulch & Bed Care

Fresh mulch, clean edges, and weed-free beds you can be proud of.

Seasonal Cleanups

Spring wake-up and fall shutdown, done thoroughly.

Shrub & Hedge Trimming

Shape, thin, and clean up shrubs so the property reads sharp.

Leaf Removal

We haul the leaves away — we don't just move them to the curb.

Landscape Installation

New beds, plantings, and clean lines to reset the property.

Patios

Paver, flagstone, and travertine patios built on a proper base so they stay level through Upstate clay and freeze-thaw.

Retaining Walls

Block and stone walls that hold back slopes, create usable yard space, and are built with the drainage behind them done right.

Concrete

Walkways, pads, and flatwork. Good prep, clean pours, and finishes that last.

Hardscape Solutions

Steps, borders, walkways, and stonework that tie the whole property together.

Fencing

Privacy, ranch, horizontal, and chain link fencing, set level even on sloped lots. Replacements too.

Fire Pits

Gas or wood-burning fire pits and fire features built to be used year-round.

Outdoor Kitchens

Grills, counters, sinks, and storage, designed and built as one complete space.

Pools

In-ground pool installation, from layout to swim-ready.

Landscape Lighting

Low-voltage lighting for paths, beds, trees, and the house itself, set up to look good and keep things safe after dark.

Irrigation

Sprinkler installation and repair with proper zoning and smart controllers so water goes where it's needed.

Drainage Solutions

French drains, downspout tie-ins, and grading to move water away from the house and fix soggy spots.

Artificial Turf

Synthetic lawns and putting greens. No mowing, no watering.

Tree Service

Trimming, pruning, and removal, done safely with the site cleaned up afterward.

Questions from Six Mile homeowners

Are you actually based in Six Mile?

Yes. The shop and the equipment are here, and most of our crew lives within fifteen minutes of town. It is why Six Mile properties get first call after storms and why we can usually handle a small between-visit fix the same week.

How high should my fescue be cut in summer?

About four inches from June through August. It looks longer than people expect, but the extra blade shades the soil, holds moisture through our dry spells, and keeps crabgrass from finding bare ground. We drop the height back down in fall when the weather cools and again for the last cut before winter.

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