They also ripped up another tenants garden because they believed the vegetables were spying on them.

This is black soil   Your probably in rock  I have done truck farming vegetables on two acres and did peppers on 6 acres for two years.

Ketchup being classified a serving of vegetable?

Here's why: Landscape architects are trained and tested  EXTENSIVELY on several issues specific to site development: building placement vertically and horizontally, site analysis including drainage/topographical analysis, vegetative cover analysis, viewsheds, pervious/impervious surfaces, cut and fill calcs, landscape structures such as small retaining walls, uninhabited structures, small roadways, bikeways, walkways, streetscapes, and even small dams.

MANY factors involved; vegetation, slope of the ground, soil composition that may/may not absorb the water ... but those areas where it pools, or doesn't have those items listed prior, you may need gutters.

Progress pics and city inspections passed to date:Lot cleared of vegetation with existing rental property in the background.

You can make a good salad by plowing a field, growing and tending to the vegetables, and harvesting them, but I'd rather just pick them up at the local grocery store.

Purchase price: $45,000 Cash invested: $37,500 Sale price: $115,000 Outside Work - Remove chimney, repair roof, add roof over entry way, all new siding, new gutters, soffit and fascia painting, porch staining, stucco foundation, sloped the yard for water control, overgrown vegetation removal, and new landscaping.

When doing repairs or replacement, are the lines re-dug by hand, minimizing the damage to landscaping or by machine, reducing the level of effort, but causing more damage to the vegetation, driveways, and fences?  

This is the same dilemma a high percent of businesses have.YOU don't want to pay $20 per pound for apples, grapes and vegetables.