By Neat & Tidy Landscaping
The Landscaping Problem You May Not Notice Until After Closing You’re getting ready to make one of the biggest purchases of your life. You found the house. The parking isn’t bad. The location works. The kitchen is dated, but you can remodel it. The bathrooms need work. The roof is getting older. And the backyard? … Read more
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
If you’re looking at an overgrown patch of blackberry in your backyard, here’s probably the question you actually want answered: How much is this going to cost to remove? For professional blackberry removal in the Seattle area, a small project may start around $350, while larger projects can easily reach $1,000, $2,000, $5,000 or more. … 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
Invitation to Blackberry Mountain. Last July, I was finishing another landscaping estimate and getting ready to head home when my phone rang. It was a woman named Samantha. “Hey Samantha, how’s it going? What can I do for you?” She told me she had a large blackberry project and wanted to know if I could … Read more
The Contractor Is Evaluating the Project Too One of my favorite things about working in landscaping is the number of people I meet. Before landscaping, I spent more than a decade working in the corporate and technology world. I met plenty of people—coworkers, developers, managers, vendors, clients, and people from different companies. Landscaping has been … Read more
A landscaping estimate comes back for $1,000. Maybe $1,500. Maybe $2,000. And the homeowner looks at the yard and thinks: For weeding, trimming, raking, and hauling some debris? Why does that cost so much? It’s a reasonable question. After all, most landscaping work isn’t mysterious. Almost anyone can pull a weed. Almost anyone can rake … Read more
We live in Washington—the Evergreen State. Trees, shrubs, vines, ground cover, weeds, native plants, invasive plants, fallen branches, leaves, and decomposing organic material are everywhere. That’s part of what makes living here beautiful. It’s also why homeowners need to understand something about properties that border greenbelts and wooded areas: A greenbelt is not a garden … 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 beautiful house on a hillside can look incredible. You might have more privacy, a larger property, mature vegetation, or a great view. The backyard might extend another 50 or 100 feet down a hill, and on paper that sounds like a lot of extra land. But there’s something home buyers often don’t think about: … Read more