By Neat & Tidy Landscaping
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
Once you handle bamboo yourself, you’re going to realize pretty quickly that this plant is difficult. It’s hard to cut. It’s hard to dig out. And it’s even heavier to haul away. There’s a reason bamboo removal services exist in the Pacific Northwest. If removing bamboo were as easy as mowing a lawn or removing … Read more
When I first met Mark, one of the first things he said to me was: “Evan, I need my yard cleaned up, but I also have dogs. My wife is tired of dealing with the mess. I need something we can put in the garden bed that the dogs can use.” I understood exactly what … Read more
Customers ask us for low-maintenance yards all the time. My honest answer is simple: have less to maintain. Picture a two-story house with a front yard, two side yards, and a big backyard. There might be a lawn, hedges, ornamental shrubs, trees, and garden beds full of plants the owner didn’t even choose. Every one … 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
Every day in landscaping feels like a new episode of a TV show. I’ll meet a homeowner in Seattle, then someone in Bellevue, then someone in Issaquah. They all have their own lives and their own stories, and for a brief moment—sometimes just during an estimate—I’m part of one. I’m not saying I’m the hero … 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