Prices

Here is the sheet. Same one we quote from.

Prices are for western Wake County lots and hold through the end of the year. A typical lot around here is a quarter acre with a front yard, a back yard and two side strips. If yours is bigger, wooded or on a slope, the walk-through settles it and the number is still written down before we start.

Rough it out

Same numbers as the tables below. The walk-through makes it exact.

About $55 a visit, roughly $237 a month in season.

Mow, trim, edge and blow, mid-March to Thanksgiving. Billed monthly, stop any time.

Mowing and upkeep

ServiceWhat is includedPrice
Weekly mowing, up to 1/4 acreMow, string-trim, blade-edge walks and drive, blow clean. Mid-March to Thanksgiving, about 34 visits.Billed monthly. Stop any time by text.$55 / visit
Weekly mowing, 1/4 to 1/2 acreSame as above. Larger than a half acre is quoted on the walk.$72 / visit
Every other weekSame scope. Costs more per visit because there is more grass each time.+ $12 / visit
Winter monthly visitDecember to February: leaves, sticks, a tidy on the beds and hard surfaces.$65 / visit
Leaf cleanup, November and DecemberTwo-person crew with blowers and a leaf loader, hauled away. Most quarter-acre lots take two to three hours.Oaks drop late. Plan on two visits if you have them.$78 / crew hour
Shrub and hedge trimmingShaped, not sheared into balls unless you like balls. Debris hauled.$78 / crew hour
Fertilizer and pre-emergent programFive applications a year timed to the calendar on the home page. Licensed applicator.$62 / application
A crew hour is two people for one hour.

Beds, mulch and pine straw

ServiceWhat is includedPrice
Long-needle pine strawDelivered, laid three inches deep, edges tucked and rolled. Minimum 20 bales.A typical front foundation bed takes 25 to 40 bales.$9.50 / bale
Double-shredded hardwood mulchDelivered, spread three inches, kept off siding and trunks. Minimum 3 yards.One yard covers about 100 square feet at three inches.$88 / cubic yard
Bed edge and weedFresh spade edge, weeds pulled and spot-treated, shrubs fed. Done before mulch or straw goes down.$78 / crew hour
New shrubs and perennialsPlant cost plus install, soil amendment for clay, first watering. One-year replacement on shrubs we plant and you water.Plant cost + $22 each
Small shrub or tree removalUnder 4 inches trunk. Roots out, hole filled, debris hauled.From $95 each

Fescue rescue and sod

ServiceWhat is includedPrice
Core aeration + overseed + starter fertilizerDouble-pass aeration, turf-type tall fescue at 6 lb per 1,000 sq ft, starter fert, watering schedule by text. Mid-September through October only.Minimum $330. A quarter-acre lot is usually 5,000 to 7,000 sq ft of grass.$110 / 1,000 sq ft
Aeration onlyDouble pass, plugs left to break down.$45 / 1,000 sq ft
Fescue sod, installedOld turf removed, clay tilled with compost, graded, rolled, sod laid tight, first watering. Grading beyond a light smooth is quoted.$2.40 / sq ft
Bermuda sod, installedSame prep. Full sun only. We will talk you out of it in shade.$2.10 / sq ft

Drainage

ServiceWhat is includedPrice
First lookWe come out after a rain, walk it, and tell you the cheapest fix that will work. Written up in an email.Free
Downspout extensions, buried4-inch solid pipe from the downspout to a pop-up emitter or daylight, trenched, backfilled, turf replaced.$18 / foot
French drainTrench, fabric, washed stone, 4-inch perforated pipe, fabric wrap, stone or turf on top. Sized to the water, not the catalog.$32 / foot
Regrade and swaleReshape the low area so water moves to a legal outlet. Seed or sod to finish is priced above.From $650
Dry creek bedExcavated channel, fabric, river rock and a few boulders, planted edges. For water that has to cross the yard in the open.From $1,900
Catch basin12-inch basin with grate tied into a drain line.$185 each
Drainage work includes calling 811 before we dig. That is the law and it is free.
The fine print, short

Four sentences.

Weekly service is billed at the start of each month by card or bank draft, and you can stop with a text. One-time jobs are half down, half when you say it looks right. If a shrub we planted dies inside a year and it was watered, we replace it. If weather pushes your mowing day, you get a text that morning, not a mystery.

Want a number for your yard?

Text a photo and the town. Written price by the end of the day.

Text (919) 555-0142
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