Yard Waste Removal Services
Branches, clippings, leaves and whatever the last storm put on your lawn. Loaded and gone, without you filling forty bags first.
The Three Times People Call for Yard Waste Removal Services
Almost every call comes from one of three situations, and they are not the same job. What is in the pile, how urgent it is and how heavy it will be all change depending on which one you are in.
Spring cleanup
Everything that died over winter comes out in one weekend. Hedge cuttings, old mulch, the beds nobody touched since October. The pile ends up larger than anyone planned for, because it has been building since fall.
Fall leaves
Leaves are deceptive. A tarp you can drag across dry grass turns into something else after a night of rain, and the bags start splitting on the way to the curb.
After a storm
A different job with a clock on it, usually because half of it is lying across a driveway. One rule matters more than the rest here. Anything touching or near a power line is not ours to move and not yours either. That call goes to the utility before anybody picks up a saw.
When Yard Cleanup Services Cost Less Than Using the Curb
Your county almost certainly collects yard trim, and for an ordinary week that is cheaper than anything we can offer. It is free or close to it, and we would rather you used it.
The rules are where it comes apart. Programs generally cap what a container can weigh, limit branch length and diameter, want bundles tied a particular way, and run on a seasonal schedule that shuts down for part of the year. Look yours up before you call anyone. If the pile fits, put it at the curb.
Hauling is for the pile that does not. A hedge taken out to the roots, a deck's worth of brush, a storm's worth of limbs, or a weekend that produced thirty bags when the limit is six.
Why Yard Debris Cleanup Is Priced by Weight
Green waste plays a trick on the eye. Brush springs apart and fills a truck while weighing very little, and soil does the opposite.
A few wheelbarrows of sod or topsoil can outweigh a pickup bed of branches. Wet leaves sit somewhere in between and change by the hour. So tell us what the pile is made of when you ask for a quote, because the photograph will not tell us.
Where This Stops Being Our Work
We take what is already on the ground. A tree still standing, a limb still attached, or a stump still rooted is arborist work, and it needs somebody insured and equipped to cut, not to carry.
Root balls and sod are worth mentioning separately when you call. They come with soil attached, which makes them a heavier job than the greenery suggests.
Ready When the Pile Is
We cover Howard, Baltimore, Carroll and Montgomery counties. Tell us what is on the lawn and roughly how much of it, and we will quote from there.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Loose is fine and bagging is work you do not need to do twice. One pile with a clear path to where the truck can park saves more time than any amount of sorting.
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Not usually, as long as the pile is reachable and it is obvious where it ends. Tell us at booking what is staying, especially if there is firewood or mulch you are keeping.
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Those come too, though they are not yard waste and they get handled differently once they leave. Mention them when you book. Our complete junk removal page covers structural material properly.
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Usually yes. Say so when you ask for the quote, because treated lumber is disposed of separately from green waste and it changes how the load is handled.
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Spring and fall are busy for everybody in this trade, and the week after a storm is worse. If your job is not urgent, the quiet stretch in between is the easiest time to get the slot you want.
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Green waste is generally composted or turned into mulch rather than buried. If a job is mixed, the parts that are not green waste are separated out and handled on their own.