Springtime is a beautiful time in Middle Tennessee. The birds are singing. Flowers are blooming. Why not use this time of year as a good excuse for sprucing up your own home — not on the inside, but the outside. By doing some spring cleaning and landscaping in your yard, you’ll beautify your home at the same time.
By following one or more of the suggestions below, you could be the envy of your neighborhood:
- Add some color. Nothing says springtime like the bright blooms on flowering trees and plants. You can’t change the color of your brick or roof shingles, at least not very easily, but you can add a window box with with some blooming native plants or a large, colorful planter full of winding vines to your front yard.
- Add some fragrance. The same goes for fragrant plants and trees. Scents can be welcoming and relaxing additions to your yard, meeting all who pass by on the sidewalk with a friendly hello.
- Invite wildlife. Why just enjoy the singing birds in the distance when you can host them at your own home? Hanging a bird feeder in your yard will add life and the activity of nature to your home.
- Clear the mess. Have you cleaned your yard of all the leaves and needles that were dropped there in the fall and winter months? If you haven’t, it’s time to go for it. Be sure to clear out from under bushes and hedges, too.
- Trim and prune. Trimming and pruning hedges and trees will not only add life to them, it will also liven up your yard and the front of your house. Raising the canopy on the trees in the front yard will make your yard look larger, and by clearing the branches and allowing the sun to shine in, you’ll also show off that new window box and bird feeder. If we can help with the bigger trees and branches, just call us!