Guides
Guides
Straight answers to the questions we get asked most — costs, materials, permits and what actually survives on this coast. Written by the people who do the work, with the county and university sources linked so you can check.
Storm recoveryStorm debris pickup in Walton, Okaloosa and Bay: how to sort it so it gets collectedSeparate piles, loose, at the road edge, away from mailboxes, poles, hydrants and drains. Vegetation in one pile, fence and building material in another, appliances and hazardous waste in their own. Bagged or mixed piles get left behind.Read the guide Storm recoveryWill my lawn and plants survive salt water? What recovers after a storm surgeMost of it will, if you flush the salt out early and wait before pulling anything. Salt damage shows up over the three or four weeks after the water drains, so a lawn that looks fine today can brown out, and a shrub that looks dead today can releaf.Read the guide Storm recoveryWhat to do with your yard in the first two weeks after a hurricaneMake it safe first, photograph everything for insurance second, and only then start clearing. Hanging limbs, split trunks and trees with heaved root plates come down before anything else gets raked.Read the guide
Coming up
- What a paver driveway costs in Walton County
- The best sod for sandy coastal soil on 30A
- Salt-tolerant plants for gulf-front vs bay-side lots
- Which palms survive Panhandle winters
- Well water vs city water irrigation in Freeport
- Retaining wall permits in Walton County
- HOA architectural review in the 30A communities
- How long landscape lighting fixtures last in salt air
- When to re-sand and re-seal pavers on the Emerald Coast
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