When you have a weedy and unattractive lawn with different grasses wanted and unwanted growing the best thing to do is to kill the whole lawn with roundup grass and weed killer and start over. Once the lawn is dead you want to rent an overseeder machine with blades in the front to cut through the thatch down to the underlying soil with a seed hopper on the back of the machine which has seed feeders that run down discs that run directly into the slices cut from the front blades down to the soil below. You must crisscross your passes to seed thoroughly. spread starter fertilizer, lime and gypsum over the whole lawn after.

Please read my comments on the pictures I post.

I am still figuring out how to post the pictures and put my commentary so that it appears with the picture. The way I've been doing it so far is the comment has to be clicked on where it says comments under the picture. I will try to fix this.

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random pattern fieldstone walkway

I am a big fan of paver brick walkways and patios. I will show you an example of a circle pattern paver brick dry patio done similarly. Their are different styles, colors, and textures. I will show you many of them.

   I will find some more pictures of landscapes to comment on to give you ideas of what possibilities you could do.

  The sides of the trailer gives you a big billboard to advertise. Make sure the studs are on the inside to give you a big smooth surface.

        If you are starting a landscaping business, you want to have 4 ft sides built with plywood and pressure treated 2x4 studs. You can bolt the studs at the top and bottom of the small steel frame of the equipment trailer I showed in a previous post. You will have to build the front and sides and the ramps will enclose the rear to make a large open top box. This will give you maximum hauling capacity for equipment, trees, shrubs, topsoil, mulch, stone, and debris with the ramps to wheelbarrow material or ballcart trees in and out.

                             This is a nice combination of hardscaping and landscaping. 
       Notice the combination of a high percentage of evergreens, some are gold varigated to give year round color with a splash of annual flowers. The retention wall gives another level where you can put more frontage color with small shrubs where you can add more low lying flowers for additional frontage color. The reddish maple was a good color tree to keep with the color scheme of the house and hardscaping which is the retention wall, stairs, and paver walkway. The use of a white flowering non fruit bearing crab tree or a snow fountain cherry would have given a nice bright neutral color contrast in the place of the second deciduous tree in front of the window on the left.

A great landscaper is more Than just Landscaping

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Landscaping more than simply plant shrubs, arrange trees, and run watering systems. To create a complete visual package that works takes a great landscaper and a knowledgeable home owner. This takes not only a keen eye for visual detail, but also an expansive knowledge of biology and ecology.

It takes the  most well versed, well rounded, and expressive landscaper. You will absolutely love the work they do for you, whether it's redoing your front yard, new gazebo, industrial complex, or shopping center.

How To Build A Great Trailer

Recommended Start Up Business Equipment List.

This is a trailer that I built and used in my business.  It is ideal and fits the needs of a large or start up landscape business.  If you need instructions on how to build one for yourself, contact me for the question form.

1. 3/4 ton pickup truck  2. Equipment trailer  3, 16 ft  10,000 gvw trailer  4. 48" to 52" walk behind mower  5, Weed wacker trimmer  6. Square edge shovel  7. Long and short digging shovels.  8, Wheel burrow  9.  Wide pitch fork  10. Leaf rake  11. Tree ball cart  12. Edge trimmer  13. Hand held blower  14.  Hand pruners  15.  Laopers   

Contact me for more information on type and the best brands to invest in.