- Reclaims unusable yard space
- Opens up fence lines and pasture edges
- Reduces wildfire fuel near buildings
- Choice of on-site mulching or haul-away
- Lighter cost than full land clearing
What Counts as Brush Clean Up
Brush clean up is for light to moderate vegetation: the tangled, knee-to-head-high growth that takes over corners of a property. It is a lighter service than land clearing, which removes mature trees across acreage, and lighter than lot clearing, which takes a building lot down to soil. Here we focus on the understory and overgrowth, such as:
- Grapevine, Virginia creeper, smilax and air potato vines climbing fences and trees
- Brazilian pepper thickets and volunteer saplings
- Tall weeds and grasses on vacant lots and backyard edges
- Saw palmetto and wax myrtle creeping into usable ground
- Overgrown hedges and shrubs along property lines
- Brush growing up around sheds, pools, barns and equipment
Common Reasons to Call
People call us for brush work when they are getting ready to sell a property, buying a home that sat vacant, responding to a code enforcement notice about an overgrown lot, or simply reclaiming a backyard they have not been able to use. HOAs bring us in to clean up common areas and retention pond banks. Landlords need rental properties presentable between tenants. On rural land, owners want fence lines and pasture edges opened before they spread into the field.
Brush is also wildfire fuel during Florida's dry spring months. Cutting it back from buildings is a practical first step; for larger properties, our fire risk reduction service goes further.
How We Clean Up Brush
The method depends on how dense the growth is and what is staying. In tight yards with landscaping and structures nearby, our crew works by hand with chainsaws and trimmers, cutting vines off fences and pulling material out to the loader. On open lots and acreage, a compact track loader with a forestry mulcher grinds brush down quickly and leaves the chips in place. For more on that approach, see forestry mulching.
Where you would rather have the material removed than mulched, we load it with the grapple into the dump trailer and haul it away. Low limbs overhanging the area can be raised at the same time with tree trimming, which lets light and air back into the space.
Keeping Brush From Coming Back
In our climate, a single cut rarely ends the story. Many invasive plants resprout from roots, and seeds blow or wash in constantly. After a clean up, regular mowing is the simplest way to keep the area open. Some property owners schedule us once or twice a year to knock back regrowth before it gets thick again. We can also point out invasive species on your property so you know what to watch for.
Serving Homes and Land Throughout the Region
Brush clean up is one of our most flexible services, and we handle it everywhere within about 100 miles of Tampa. That includes suburban backyards in Riverview and Spring Hill, vacant lots in older neighborhoods, and rural fence lines across Pasco, Polk and Hernando counties. Estimates are free, and our crew can walk the property with you in English or Spanish.
