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.
A Landscaper’s Perspective on Cardboard, Bark & Landscape Fabric If you order anything online, there’s a good chance you have cardboard boxes sitting around your house. Amazon boxes. Costco boxes. Moving boxes. Shipping boxes. Eventually, someone looks at that pile of cardboard, looks at the blackberry or weeds growing in the backyard, and has an … Read more
You Can Absolutely Do It Yourself. Here’s What “Free” Actually Costs. Want to know the secret to removing blackberry for free? Do it yourself. Seriously. You don’t necessarily need to spend $2,000 or $3,000 hiring a landscaping company to remove blackberry from your property. Blackberry isn’t some mysterious plant that only professional landscapers know how … Read more
Let’s be straightforward about weeding. At its core, weeding is simple. People have been clearing unwanted plants from land for thousands of years. You have an area you want to cultivate, maintain, or live around, and vegetation is growing where you don’t want it. So you remove it. That’s basically weeding. The interesting question isn’t … Read more
A few years ago, when I was living in San Francisco, I moved from one apartment to another. I wanted to save a few hundred dollars, so I rented a U-Haul and did everything myself. I packed the boxes, loaded the furniture, drove the truck, unloaded everything, and spent essentially the entire day moving. Could … Read more