Who does the landscaping around your home?

@kgwat70 (13388)
United States
November 18, 2006 8:49pm CST
Do you or your spouse do the landcaping or do you pay someone to do the work? Do you enjoy it? One of my neighbors is a landscaper and he does mine and a few of my other neighbors for a minimal amount.
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@vhenwood (1061)
• United States
19 Nov 06
We live on base . . .Uncle Sam pays the border jumpers to come do our lawns.
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
19 Nov 06
It is always easier if someone else is doing the work but many people enjoy doing it theirselves.
@vhenwood (1061)
• United States
19 Nov 06
When I lived back in FL, I LOVED working with my flowerbeds :) But here, there's so many rules and regulations, it's a waste of time and the fact that we are only here for a short period of time, why waste all the money.
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
19 Nov 06
That is true. No need to waste money and time.
• United States
5 Mar 07
Nobody does our landscaping, as it is all dirt in the desert. The roads are dirt too. Easy to take care of. If it should rain, rarely, and a weed should grow, I go around with weed killer and squirt it. That's it.
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
5 Mar 07
Must be nice not having to do any landscaping. :-) Fortunately, my neighbor likes landscaping and does most of mine and my neighbors.
@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
4 Mar 07
We both do the landscaping. When it comes to taking down trees or any of the heavy stuff. He does it because of my bum leg. But when it comes to flowers and planting. I do it.
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
4 Mar 07
That is great that you both help out with the landscaping as I am sure your yard looks great.
• United States
21 Feb 07
I have my son pretty much cut lawns and shovel walks. For landscaping I just have someone come do it once in the spring and again in the fall before winter if I can.
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
5 Mar 07
That is nice of your son to cut your lawn for you. When I was living with my parents, I helped with mowing the lawn and the leaves.
@healer (1779)
• India
19 Feb 07
I don't have a family of my own at the moment but my dad is a hard working man he does all the landcaping when he is free or during week ends.. hehe i don't remember hiring others to do such kinda of work in my home
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
19 Feb 07
My neighbor does most of the landscaping for me and my neighbors. Of course we pay him for doing the work since it is hard work and takes time. He loves making everyones yards look nice.
• United States
19 Feb 07
Hi,Kne! Of course living in an apartment,we don't have to pay for landscaping our landlord pays for that.It's nice we don't have to pay but if you don't like the landscaping job,we're stuck with it
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
19 Feb 07
That is nice that you did not have to pay for the landscaping. I would rather pay and have it done right or the way I like rather than depending on an apartment complex doing it. :-)
@happygal68 (3275)
• United States
20 Nov 06
I do the landscaping of our yard. At times, I wish could have someone else come and do it for me lol. But I really do enjoy doing it myself. That way I know it gets done exactly the way I want it to.
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
20 Nov 06
I couldn't agree more that if you do it yourself, you know it will get done the way you like it. Sometimes the other person doesn't get it done the way you want.
@Cortney (3980)
• United States
19 Nov 06
my husband does all the yard work and landscaping. he did a great job today.
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
19 Nov 06
Glad that you liked the work that he did. Does he enjoy doing the yardwork?
• United States
19 Feb 07
We love doing our own landscaping. But the problem is that we have the same interests when it comes to color scheme. We need to branch out a bit more and add different colors and textures to the garden. It is really enjoyable to work in the soil and get your hands dirty. You really get so much more out of it when you do it yourself.
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@ruslop (71)
• United States
19 Nov 06
front yard - front yard in the spring
I do my own. I love working in the garden, and planting flowers around the yard. I like to keep it simple too though. Some years I will have more flowers than other years. Some times there is just so much going on on the farm all I have time to do is keep things trimmed up.
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
19 Nov 06
That is awesome that you love doing your own gardening and landscaping and bet that you are good at doing that as well.
• United States
19 Nov 06
My brother in law
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@mzbubblie (3839)
• United States
19 Feb 07
Actually, I live in a apartment complex...I don't have to do anything....But, when I visit my mom, she loves for me to get out there and help her in the yard.. When I get into a home of my own, I'm def. getting a landscaper, I don't have a green thumb and don't like mowing the lawd "UNLESS" it's a riding mower..lol
@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
19 Feb 07
I do my own landscaping cause I enjoy working outside and tuning in with nature. Hubby helps sometimes but I do most of it. I mainly have perennials in my flower beds but thinking of planting sunflowers, marigolds, and maybe zinnas this spring in their own bed. I used to do that and just let them self-sow for following spring.
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
19 Feb 07
That is great that you do your own landscaping since you know exactly how you want it done. It sounds like your landscaping is very nice.
@tarsadawn (350)
• United States
5 Mar 07
We also live on a base, so Uncle Sam does our front yard. Our backyard is fenced so we take care of it ourselves. My husband usually does it, but when he's not around I deal with it.
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@brendalee (6082)
• United States
5 Mar 07
We use to do our own landscaping. My boyfriend went to college for that. The only problem is that there isn't that many jobs around in that field. But anyway, we have been pretty lazy about it for the past few years. The lawn gets mowed and thats about it. I did manage to plant some tulips last fall so hopefully they will come up this spring.