Who Says I Can't Landscape????

We were fortunate to have the plumbing guy come by who turned out to be quite knowledgeable about a number of things and, as it turned out, he used to live here as a caretaker many moons ago. Go figure! Anyway, we ended up walking the property with him and he has some excellent suggestions for things we could do around the property. One of them involved the beautiful Sago Palms, of which we have two at la finca. The ones we have, while quite lovely, were full of fronds that bent down all the way to the ground. He explained that these should really be trimmed up to look more like trees since, when they’re overgrown, they create areas underneath them that are very attractive to roaches and other “vermin”. So I tackled the one closest to the Manager’s Cabin and we think it turned out quite nicely. He was right though - as we cut away the lower fronds and raked up all the dead leaves and other detritus from underneath, man, the roaches when scuttling away!! Maybe they’ll stay away from the cabin from now on. It was actually kind of a fun project which I enjoyed. He actually gave us another excellent tip which I’ve been using since then and would highly recommend if you’re ever doing any major trimming in the yard - spread a tarp out, put all your branches or whatever on it, and then drag them all away in one fell swoop to wherever you’re dumping them. Worked like a charm! Please excuse the sweaty, no so pretty picture of me, but I was proud of how it came out.......