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Final clean and detail

The last day of a professional job: everything swept, adjusted, tested, straightened and photographed. It is the cheapest quality improvement available and the one amateurs skip because they are tired.

⏱ 60 minFoundationNot written yet

Not planted yet — but the plan for it is final

The practical task and the checklist below are exactly what this lesson will teach. What is missing is the written explanation and the curated links, each one fetched and verified before it ships.

In the meantime the checklist is genuinely usable on its own. Take it outside.

Checklist

  • Every surface cleaned and every joint topped up
  • All irrigation heads adjusted with the planting in place
  • Lighting aimed after dark, not in daylight
  • Waste removed and tools off site
  • "After" photographs taken from the same fixed positions as the "before" set