30 Blogs with the Best Tips for Saving Money on Spring Yard Clean Ups

A spring yard clean-up is a big job. It involves an extensive amount of gardening, cleaning and maintenance. However, provided you know what you are doing, you don’t have to pay through the nose for expensive cleaning services. Methodically completing the requisite tasks at the right time will mean that you barely spend a dime. These thirty blogs have all the tips you need to spring clean your yard, at little to no cost.

Basic Clean Up and Preparation

If you get the basics right, you will find the rest of your spring clean-up goes a lot more smoothly. This is the stage where you will prepare your garden and yard for planting and maintenance. By avoiding common mistakes you can afford wasting seeds, plants, shrubs and trees which are costly to replace. In these five blogs you will find all the best tips you need to get started on your spring clean-up.

1. Spring Is Around The Corner – Time To Aerate!
2. Spring Yard Cleanup
3. Spring Cleaning – Not Just For Inside the House
4. Spring Yard Maintenance and Preparation
5. Spring Yard Clean-Up Tips

Flower and Annuals

By their very nature, flowers and annuals grow but once a year. Start planting at the wrong time, however, and you will inevitably cost yourself money. The conditions that you plant in are important, too, which is why a spring clean-up is such a necessary task. Follow the tips in these five blogs for choosing the best annuals, how to plant them and when.

6. Spring Yard and Garden Projects
7. 5 Tips for Growing Early Spring Greens
8. Gardening with Annuals
9. Florida Summer Gardening 101
10. Spring Clean your Yard

Perennial Flowers and Plants

Perennials are a great investment for your garden. Some perennials can last for decades, which means that as long as you care for them properly, you won’t have to shell out on expensive plants every year. Dividing perennials also means that your plants multiply, saving you even more money. Besides which, there are thousands of beautiful perennial flowers that you can choose for your garden. For the best tips on getting your money’s worth from perennials, heed the advice of these five bloggers.

11. Get your Garden Ready for the Summer
12. It’s That Time of Year Again…Spring Clean-up Time
13. 7 Pretty Perennials for Your Garden
14. Free Plants And Easy Ways To Save Money On Gardening
15. Spring Clean your Yard

Revitalizing Evergreens, Trees and Shrubs

Your trees and shrubs need attention, too. They will have suffered over the colder months, so make sure to give them some TLC to keep them fit and healthy. If you follow some essential maintenance rules, you won’t have to worry about replacing any of your trees or shrubs. Discover a wide range of ways to keep your trees and shrubs fitting fit, by following the simple steps in these five blogs.

16. Garden Spring Cleaning – Tips from Pat
17. Storm Clean-Up 101: Task Lists for Homeowners
18. Spring Cleanup in the Organic Garden
19. Spring Haircuts For Shrubs: Pruning To Avoid ‘Bad Hair Days’
20. Spring clean up

Weeding, Fertilizer and Composting

Making sure your flowers, plants and trees are receiving the proper nutrients that they need is essential to a healthy and evergreen garden. Your garden should be a balanced and thriving ecosystem, which doesn’t impact heavily on your bank balance. You can save money on fertilizer and compost by using materials available in and around the home. The five blogs in this section will tell you everything you need to know about weeding, fertilizer and composting on a budget.

21. Penny’s gardening blog – preparation tips for spring
22. Spring Garden Cleanup Tips
23. Spring Cleaning in the Garden
24. Easy Outdoor Spring Cleanup Checklist: Mulching and Yard Maintenance Tips
25. Spring Cleanup: An Opportunity to Spring Ahead with Organic Lawn Care

Home: Exterior Cleaning and Maintenance

The exterior sidings, fittings and structures around your home will need a spring clean-up. You don't want to put these jobs off, as when the weather begins to heat up, mildew, algae and other contaminants will gather on sidings and external structures. To avoid a costly cleaning or repair bill, it’s time for you to get your cleaning gear on. You can make the outside of your home the envy of the neighbors, with the expert tips and advice in these five blogs.

26. Siding: Cleaning Tips
27. Spring Cleaning Tips for your Swimming Pool
28. Outdoor Spring Cleaning Tips
29. Good Morning Lakewood/Spring is in the air, Time to do some Cleaning
30. Spring cleaning: four must-do projects to protect your home