Let's see, my water bill just went to almost nothing for outdoor watering, my maintenance cost & effort just went down to almost nothing, when the weather turns too hot or too cold my native landscape does just fine, I have eliminated cost and pollution of fertilizers/bug spray for a bunch of grass that I never go out to play croquet, badminton or volleyball and normally is used as a bathroom for dogs. Yea I can see how all that will cause my property value to go down!!! If I lived next them or near I would be applauding and asking for references on who is doing the work.
Also from a prior comment about ticks and other bugs, must be a northern thing. As a life long southerner I have raked, baled, bagged, moved and done just about everything you can do with pine straw, including used it as bedding for some great forts. I have never gotten a tick, chigger, snake, roach attack, sasquatch or bear attach from pine straw. It is a pretty sterile medium and a great mulch. Not a dig or jab at northerners, just have heard these tales way too many times.
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