Thank you for the advice in the original post. We moved into a new construction home in January and have not touched the landscaping. We have fairly small lots, but many, many of our neighbors have torn it all out and replaced it with elaborate landscaping consisting of palms, mature shrubs, multi-level shrub beds, and rocks. We actually like the landscaping that was included with our house and have done nothing other than keep it weeded, watered, and fertilized. It has been six months and our yard is thriving. Because of what everyone else is doing, sometime we think we should do more, but why spend the money when we like what we have (even the pine straw looks great as long as it's kept weeded which is not a hard thing to do)? So thank you, Ozzello, for keeping it real. It will be years (if ever) before we consider changing the landscaping on our house.
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