By Neat & Tidy Landscaping
Evan Le 
Here’s the secret to low-cost yard maintenance: get a string trimmer and use it regularly. A weed whacker, whatever you want to call it. If your main job is cutting back grass and soft vegetation, that one tool can take you a long way. For homeowners, I recommend the EGO POWER+ Multi-Head System. Get the … Read more
Ivy removal is a pretty straightforward process. You pull the vines, dig out the rooted sections, rake up the debris, and keep going. There’s no mystery to it. The question is whether you want to spend your weekend doing it. Think about moving furniture. You can rent a truck, load everything, drive to the new … Read more
I’ve seen this before, and I’ll see it again. A homeowner wants bamboo removed. They start searching online, read a few articles, and try to figure out whether they can do it themselves, how much a contractor will charge, and why the quotes are so high. If you’re still at the stage of deciding whether … Read more
I’ve been using EGO electric tools for a little over a year. I first bought them because I wanted a quieter option for customers who didn’t want gas equipment used on their property. I also wanted to see whether battery tools could hold up to the kind of yard cleanup and restoration work we do … Read more
Before I worked in landscaping, I spent more than a decade designing and developing websites and applications. I worked on front-end design, JavaScript, databases, analytics, and marketing sites. That gave me a pretty strong opinion about software: it should be easy to use, and it should help people get something done. When I started managing … Read more
A few years ago, I read a book about letting go of things you don’t use or love. The idea stuck with me. Over time, we collect clothes, furniture, and all kinds of stuff that takes up space without adding much to our lives. I think yards work the same way. A plant gets added … Read more
Hey guys, fall is here and winter is coming. This is a good time to get your yard tidy, keep the way into your home clear, and take care of obvious problems before the storms arrive. Start with access. Clear weeds and overgrown vegetation around your driveway, stairs, sidewalks, and the path to your front … Read more
If you want to save money on an invasive plant removal project, the basic principle is simple: control what you’re asking the crew to do. It works like any other service. If you order more, you pay more. If you order less, you pay less. But with blackberry, ivy, and bamboo, you need to know … Read more
September is here, you guys. Summer growth is starting to slow, leaves are about to fall, and Seattle’s wet season is coming. The yard will keep growing, though. We live in a place where weeds and plants don’t just disappear for the winter, so fall is a good time to get ahead of the work. … Read more
We see overgrown yards almost every day, and there are different degrees of it. A townhouse might have one neglected garden bed. A medium-sized house might need the lawn cut and the shrubs brought back under control. Then there are large properties that have been neglected for years, sometimes because the home was rented out … Read more