If there's any space to put some mulch, go for it.

Ha ha. mine are 6 inchs thick and hundreds of pages.. so can't upload them LOL..

Big difference in quote between a (chop and drop) where the tree is cut down and pieces are left, and where the stump is left in the ground and hauling away the tree pieces, to the full service cutting and taking away the tree and then removing the stump and turning into mulch along with the branches.It's important also that the tree business company has CURRENT company insurance and workman's comp insurance for their workers.Cutting of the trees likely took this lawn company a ton of time and added expenses if they are not used to doing that day in and day out.

The main difference between Warren Buffet and the rest of us is the six inches of real estate between the ears. 

The having huge houses, nice cars, and high salaries can create wealth, but if you aren't making yourself more able to be independent of your need to commit your time to a business or company against your free will, you aren't inching towards wealth.My wife and I aren't fond of raising kids in a tent though, so we aren't as wealthy as a 27 year old retired blogger, but the blogger doesn't have the wealth of the experiences my wife and kids provide me.Wealth is in the eye of the beholder.

If you are going to do any job, having the right tools sure makes it easier.closest I came to dying on a machine that moved.. including flying my own plane.. driving my own boat.. driving cars. etc etc.was the day I decided to mow our office lawn.. there was an old riding mower in the back .. normally we hire this stuff out of course.but I hop on that and back yard was going good then I decide to go out front and now I am heading for the street trying to figure out how to stop the thing I end up in the middles of the street with a car 3  inchs from me that braked and skidded to a stop..

I think " 4' plus 2' 3" = 6' 3" (six feet, three inches)

Wait until you have broken granite countertops, holes in every wall and door, or 3 inches of water through tout the house. 

If you give ANYONE an inch, they will take a mile.

Glad to see this thread turned into the normal tribal us-vs-them, we are right, they are wrong debate, with both sides not ever ceding one inch to the other, all in the name of being "right", which moves us all further from the truth.