• Home
  • Contact
  • –
  • Automotive
  • Entertainment
  • Family
  • Food & Health
  • General

DeeR Digest

  • Business
  • Education
  • Investments
  • Law
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Lifestyle

Landscaping Tips: Building a Community Through Flora, Fertilization and Frugality

October 16, 2014 by Walls A Leave a Comment

When our family moved in to a brand new neighborhood, all of the neighbors were planning their landscaping designs, getting suggestions and tips from each other, and helping each other find the best deals to save money on their landscaping efforts. Being a new father, it was especially important for me to plan well. During my early childhood, I remember certain landscaping features that I always wanted incorporated in my own yard as an adult. I never forgot those things, however I didn’t have the large budgets that my dual income neighbors did. Luckily, the fever caught on in the neighborhood to help each other and save, plan, and create lovely yards for our children to enjoy playing in.

First Steps

So as a community, we worked together. We talked to each other to see where we had overlapping desires and shopped around for deals. We put together lists of the landscaping features, such as river rocks or mulch, trees, bushes, paver stones and flag stones. We also figured out who was pouring cement walkways or building decks, and proceeded to split up the work. It was very much a divide and conquer effort! Each of us took one of the categories and began shopping around. We reached out to garden centers, tree farms, landscaping companies and rock quarries. We negotiated as a community to obtain larger discounts, and it amazed us that we were able to get the discounts we did. Of course though, when you buy in bulk with a single delivery location, local companies are always willing to work to win the business.

Hard Work = Strong Bonds

We had all the river rock and mulch dropped in front of one home, all the bushes in front of another, while the trees and paver stones also went in front of other neighbors’ homes. We each then used wheel barrels to move the items we needed to our own yards. Though this effort was a lot of hard work, it also helped bond the families in to a true community, as we were working together to get our homes and yards set up. We made friends, saved money, and all took part in finishing our neighborhood.

Meager Beginnings Can Be Good For The Long Haul

However, looking back at the neighborhood now, I can see that some of us planned better than others for a more mature landscape. Not able to buy too much myself, my yard looks more meager than many those first few years. I couldn’t buy the largest trees, nor could I buy too many. However, now that it has been about eight years and all the plants and trees are filling out and maturing, I must say my meager beginnings played out well for the long haul. My trees are growing well, with a lot of space to spread out as they naturally would. I have no crowding and won’t need to think about thinning out the growth. Some of my neighbors had beautiful yards in the beginning that I envied, but today their yards look so overcrowded that they appear unattractive. Without thinning out their plants, they won’t have much longer before things die off with no space, or begin to damage fences or structures.

Use Good Judgment

Also, make sure that you are being smart about the type of trees you plant and where you plant them. One of our neighbors planted two cottonwoods close to their house and fence. Cottonwoods are fast growing, large trees with soft wood. During a couple heavy storms, those cottonwoods caused damage to both their fence and roof. Understanding what you are buying and where you are planting will help save money in the long run and can help create your home and yard oasis.

Written by Mike West, owner of WestCo Grounds Maintenance. WestCo provides the best solutions for landscaping Jefferson City MO has to offer. They also specialize in irrigation and lawn sprinkler services.

Filed Under: General

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • Packing Tips for On-the-Go Dancers
  • The New Face of BC.GAME has Launched
  • Introduction to Crypto Casinos
  • What Exactly is Cloud?
  • What Does Software Delivery Mean and How Make It Properly?
  • 5 Best Foods to Eat For Breakfast That Actually Keep You Full
  • Top Ways to Generate More Business This Christmas
  • Pets That Are Most Commonly Seen In Households
  • Unusual Medical Issues and How to Deal With Them
  • How to Choose The Best Elderly Care Options For Your Loved Ones

Categories

  • Automotive
  • Business
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Family
  • Food & Health
  • General
  • Investments
  • Law
  • Lifestyle
  • Tech
  • Travel

Tags

Accident Claim Accident injury law Accident lawyers Automotive business car Credit Cards Entertainment Essay writing family fashion Finance Fitness Food & Health general Goa health Healthy Tips home Home Decorating honeymoon destinations insurance Investment Investments iphone law Lifestyle Lose Weight marketing Mental Health Office environment online Personal Injury Lawyer save money supplements tech tips trade show Trading travel Travelling water website wedding weight loss

Archives

  • November 2023
  • October 2022
  • August 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • September 2021
  • July 2021
  • May 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014

Copyright © 2025 · Metro Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in