Maybe you bought a house whose back acre has not been touched in years. Maybe the yard line has crept closer every season until the swing set, shed or old garden is stranded behind brush. An overgrown backyard is not just untidy. It can hide holes, wire, dumped material, weak trees, poison ivy and structures you cannot safely inspect.
Backyard overgrowth often starts at the transition between maintained lawn and woods. Sunlight along that edge favors fast-growing shrubs, briars and vines. Once mowing stops, seedlings become saplings and the usable area contracts. Previous owners may also have left landscape fabric, wire, stumps or debris that complicates a blind equipment pass.
We first define the finished boundary: what should become lawn, what should remain wooded and what must be protected. Then we match the method to the material. Mulching can process brush and smaller woody growth in place; excavation can remove stumps, prepare a structure footprint or address buried surprises. The work is planned around access, nearby homes, septic areas, drainage and the trees you want to keep.
In the Chagrin Valley and across Geauga and northern Portage County, backyard projects frequently sit on glacial soils that can stay soft after rain. Lots may narrow behind the house, fall toward a creek or meet a wooded conservation edge. Contour's excavator-based approach is designed for thoughtful reach and placement on properties where a high-production machine may be too blunt or too wide.
These service pages explain the methods in more detail. The on-site visit determines the right combination.
Yes. Most residential projects are selective. We can establish a clean new yard edge while preserving privacy and mature trees.
Suitable woody material can often be mulched in place. Debris, structures, wire and other unsuitable material require a different handling plan.
Yes, but a structure footprint may require stump removal, grading and drainage work beyond surface mulching.
You do not need to identify every plant, but tell us about any suspected hazardous vegetation so the site can be evaluated safely.
Send the township, a few photos and what you want the area to become. We will tell you whether Contour is the right fit.
