By Neat & Tidy Landscaping
DIY landscaping guides, professional tools, equipment, and practical techniques for homeowners tackling weeds, pruning, invasive plants, cleanup, hauling, and landscape restoration.
Hey guys, here’s the truth. You can install artificial turf yourself. But buying a roll and installing a lawn are two different amounts of work. I go to Costco about once a month, sometimes twice, with my wife. I always look at the landscaping products. You can almost tell what season we’re in just by … Read more
My customer Bonnie has been living with a problem. She has overgrowth coming toward her fence and property line, and she wants the area cleared back so she has some breathing room again. So how do you do that? It’s actually a pretty simple problem. The work itself isn’t complicated. It just takes time, labor, … Read more
We carry a lot of tools in our landscaping trucks, but we use the same few tools on most blackberry removal jobs: hedge trimmers, brush cutters, grub hoes, pickaxes, shovels, rakes, buckets, and, of course, a dump truck. You can get the tools. The harder part is knowing how to use them together, getting into … Read more
You ask, we answer: what tools do we use to remove bamboo? The list is fairly simple. We use hand saws, loppers, and sometimes a chainsaw to cut the canes. Below ground, we use pickaxes, shovels, mechanical saws, power hammers, digging bars, and spades to cut and pry through the rhizomes. We also leverage full … Read more
Customers often ask me what tools we use to remove English ivy. The answer is surprisingly simple. We use hedge trimmers, loppers, grub hoes, rakes, and buckets. You can buy these tools yourself. The harder part is knowing how to use them together—and having the patience to keep going until the job is done. We … Read more
Landscapers are yard waste management companies. That’s what we really are, especially when it comes to yard cleanups and restoration work. People focus on the tools, the trimming, the pruning, the planting, and all the things that make a yard look good. But the part no one really talks about is the waste. At the … Read more
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
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
Guys, we work on all kinds of yards: small yards, large properties, steep slopes, overgrown lots, formal gardens, and wooded landscapes. We’ve quoted and serviced just about every style. And one thing keeps coming up: the simplest yards are usually the easiest and least expensive to maintain. One summer, I spent some time in Vancouver … Read more