![Having worked with the dedicated men and women who have made landscaping and home construction their careers for the past thirty years, I know they have highly specialized skills that most of us lack. All of us benefit from the expertise and physical strength they apply every day in creating the comfortable living spaces we enjoy. Few of us possess the technical skills necessary to build homes, gardens, walls, driveways and fences. Few of us have the fortitude to withstand the difficult working conditions of hot summers and cold winters they endure. Having worked with the dedicated men and women who have made landscaping and home construction their careers for the past thirty years, I know they have highly specialized skills that most of us lack. All of us benefit from the expertise and physical strength they apply every day in creating the comfortable living spaces we enjoy. Few of us possess the technical skills necessary to build homes, gardens, walls, driveways and fences. Few of us have the fortitude to withstand the difficult working conditions of hot summers and cold winters they endure.](https://www.dailycamera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/TDP-L-H2Bvisa071020-cha-270-1.jpg?w=132)
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Having worked with the dedicated men and women who have made landscaping and home construction...