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Landscaping the Naples, Florida Property

Bob meets with John Wall, landscape contractor, about removing existing plant material.
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Landscaping the Naples, Florida Property

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" You're you're mainly going to help us identify a lot of plant material that was put here by the previous owner. Yes if you've probably collectors of the there's a lot of things here that are overgrown."

" There are a lot of -- around there's a lot of variety in the yard -- what is this that you just looking in this is it comes to fall. Got to go -- this readable -- is a handsome we'll paltry yen to the models and this is follow this is one of the things is going to masses again in record time. Prehistoric -- historic towns. -- The Canton worth anything at all then over here this -- here Bob as a -- upon this is a night of native plant makes a nice change. It's not a real fast Orwell largo listed down the keys are. I mean in the Everglades. Maybe ten or 1214 feet tall it's a good hedge material nice -- did yes it is and then here we've got lots of what's really -- all right that's right. There's still palmetto. Cabbage -- I spoke to get it. That was faces a volunteer bird probably drop the seed in the ground it popped up -- this is that a good idea have a disclosed to the Hollywood never planning -- larger relatives close and perhaps -- let it -- just gonna grow up and had to have food and all of that but yet someone planted one of the most beautiful bombs three feet away from the front of the house -- this all -- probably -- Florida loyal. This is -- got to grow haven't paid your nine feet tall and it's getting pretty close to that right now I think it's one of the most beautiful clearly we obviously we don't have to worry about it hurricane enough evidence it's a very started -- has not been nothing's gonna blow that tree out of the ground. We got a might -- siding here this is -- they apparently would. It was ordered party years ago. -- now we've found that this it it has no natural enemies so it's taken over so nobody Francis this is just. Parasite of course of birds level red rare bird loved Lou there's an America -- when they get Ernie really. OK and what about the stuff the story underneath it this is no life was all right here. This handsome we'll street and we can see that saffron spreading out Bob it's it's plaudits right now hungry it hadn't been Fed and allowed us. If this afternoon we'll probably leave right now because we can always dig it up and live. Okay again it's a specimen planet isn't very little -- whatever it was not fast flying right. There yeah. And here there's a fine mist of a -- upon what if we -- we can buy these in the supermarket down or we can -- these are some nice rake is on this property but I don't think that this is particularly warm now and then what's this narrowly missed. Right if you are masses of power camp from Bob we've seen these all up and down the east maybe in other parts of the contractors got a pretty little red barrier armour is not particularly advantageous plant. I noticed this when earlier today I've never seen a little town like this dresses and nice job -- Is involved with patched -- that -- this is a Florida native. But we've -- seen around here in the -- it -- and -- keys -- and while they're hot well we have to take care little for the united that that's -- that I guess Leo and and then we've got some trees here right on top of each other countries don't carpentry is this big win here. They wanted to let you know how it is days of Florida native Bob yeah this is desirable -- that this is especially when we would want to cut this now we would rather. Give up everything palm because we have so many already -- rather give up there at the hall and save it doesn't holly okay so that's the job to do there."

" You've already picked. Would you think -- one of the best specimens in the -- yeah pretty bad here are. What do you call -- his girlfriend depend friend you've patting."

" Thank you can now show us they've ever had an incense and perfume yeah this in a particularly handsome trailing his neck it."

" We're gonna hook us wraparound this trade right here Bob. And the wood -- soft that we might Peru's history and we're not worried about it down RA might be scanned up a little let's get started let's move it. Okay Bob we're gonna."

" Try to be careful with this big specimen tree just might be the biggest -- hi -- cattle pose the biggest one that I have seen yeah."

" As the root ball you've already trimmed it down there. We -- that we can and a few weeks ago return your street yeah and now now we're gonna leave we even had to go up under the have to tree was planted late you're close to the house a -- concentrated just for the chain saw the script. Now we can't by the street -- street not vital and marketing where invite 34 years old I would say so yes all right so you're just gonna hook that up your voice now I'm not sure about go ahead."

" Not much of -- hold out much of root ball and settlers to -- you really the -- and and then there's. It's really -- him probably won't go Bob an all we're gonna we're gonna make history and the home. OK up. Got to get. It's -- it's negative on Chicago."

" Okay we got in my judgment you got it in place. You got a water line judge and we're gonna get a good drink the water where god created job Bob would acclimated -- you know. Organic. Fertilizer as a bad -- like about -- you know here's -- home. Bridge and vegetables on the -- in the snow blowers and treason charges and -- fertilizer okay."

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