By Neat & Tidy Landscaping
Practical Seattle yard care guides covering seasonal cleanup, weeding, pruning, leaves, mulch, overgrowth, waste hauling, and maintaining a clean, manageable landscape year-round.
Scope: 4 crew members, 6 cubic yards of yard waste hauled away, 8 cubic yards of dark fine bark installed, general yard cleanup, and bamboo removal. Here’s a big summer transformation we did for our customer, Stephanie, in Shoreline. The process is the same: weed, trim, prune, rake, and haul. On this project, we also … Read more
Here’s a look at one of our yard cleanup projects to give homeowners a better idea of what’s included in our services. At Neat & Tidy Landscaping, we offer comprehensive yard cleanup services. That means weeding, trimming, pruning, raking, bark installation, general cleanup, and yard waste hauling—all handled by one crew. Our goal is simple: … 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
You just bought a townhouse in North Seattle. Maybe it’s your starter home. You’re starting a family. You’re in a good school area, close to work, and you’ve got restaurants, shops, parks, and everything else you wanted nearby. Great. You move in. You clean up your little yard. You live there for six months. Then … Read more
Hey guys, we’ve been getting a series of cleanup projects involving rock beds and natural stone retaining walls. When these areas are weeded and cleaned up, they look beautiful. A home that sits a little higher than the sidewalk can have more privacy, a better view, and a landscape with some character. But that beauty … 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
Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. That’s true of a lot of invasive plants. You start recognizing blackberry, ivy, and bamboo everywhere. Then one day you learn what Japanese knotweed looks like, and suddenly you notice it along roads, near waterways, and in people’s yards. I see knotweed on properties around Seattle fairly … 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
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