They say that if you follow your bliss, the money will follow.  I am not rich yet, but I am stress free in my work, and that is more valuable to me.  The Xeriscape style of landscaping is where I want to work.  The only aspect of this style I don't do is the grass.  I ask the customer to have the lawn maintenance done separately, simply because I do not wish to return week after week to mow.

    Most of my projects are residential and I care for them monthly, others I do twice a month, and a few on a quarterly schedule.  Visiting a project monthly is perfect to maintain a Xeriscape landscape.  Feeding, pruning, clean-up, weed control, irrigation system checks, and vegetable gardens can be cared for with these twelve visits per year.  Some places need a little assistance from the owner: spraying weeds for instance but for most of the year I manage well.

    So to maintain a project means to keep the status quo.  I bid my projects based on maintenance and anything over that would be on extra change.  For example, planting, removals, staking, irrigation changes, pest control, and animals.

    This I hope will help you decide whom you wish to have taken care of your garden.