We at Mirage are Calgary’s snow removal experts, and we’ve been especially busy this year. Our suspicions that it has been an extra-heavy winter were recently confirmed through the CBC, which reported that it has been one of the top ten snowiest meteorological winters on record. Out of 139 years of record keeping, the last…
Due to our crazy temperature variances combined with immense amounts of green space, property maintenance in Calgary is a hard job. Commercial and residential properties have extensive landscaping needs throughout the year, but a little extra effort in the fall can greatly reduce your chances of an accident in the winter, and improve the likelihood…
Though we didn’t have another “Snowtember” like we did in 2014, those of us in Calgary know that it can never be too early to prepare for snow removal. The first snowfall of the season isn’t far away, and Mirage Landscaping of Calgary is just a free quote away. Every winter is different, but a few things…
Looking around the neighbourhoods of Calgary, as we do daily, it’s absolutely amazing that there are still many mounds of snow piled up that came from the storms of December. Frankly, it has meant a lot of long days of snow removal for us here at Mirage Landscaping, and we also feel for everyone confronted by the record…
Last week in our series on proper disposal methods for snow we discussed just how dirty snow can get, and how getting rid of it can become a problem during years of heavy accumulation. As a matter of fact, so much snow fell during December of last year that the regular snow disposal locations in…
When snow piles up fresh, pristine and white, it looks clean enough to eat. And for the most part, it is! But common airborne pollutants eventually fall to the ground, which snow begins to gather and absorb after just a short while. Even though it may still look clean, snow can actually be very, very…
Unless you want to become a winter recluse or shut-in, eventually you are going to have to get brave and attempt to walk around through Calgary’s ice and snow. Winter trekking need not be a daunting task…it just requires a little forethought that summer living doesn’t. At Mirage Landscaping, Calgary’s most well-known commercial and residential landscaping…
At Mirage Landscaping, your full-service landscaping design, maintenance and snow removal company, even with over three generations of service to our Calgary clients, we haven’t seen many winters kick off like this one. December brought record snowfall amounts and biting cold arctic temperatures we just don’t get every winter. In fact, isolated parts of the…
At Mirage Landscaping in Calgary, we work hard to run the premier commercial and residential landscaping design and maintenance firm in the city three seasons of the year, and be your best snow removal company in the winter. We run a professional business, which means we not only carry workers compensation insurance for our employees in…
As Calgarians, we should all be quite familiar with how to dress for outdoor activities here in Alberta. However, whether out of convenience, or through thinking, “It will only be a short time out in the weather,” many of us do not bother to dress correctly for a chore such as snow shovelling. At Mirage Landscaping, …