How to Save Money on your Property: Plant Shade Trees around your Home
Planting tall and wide shade trees around the house is a great way to keep the house cooler during the warmer months of the year. What I did was planted tall enough trees to reach the lower roof but also made sure the tree species I chose would have a decent spread of leaves and branches while not requiring much maintenance from myself. Not necessarily thick bulky trees, just some trees that when fully grown, would reach the lower roof of my home, along with having a wide spread of their leaves and branches to cover and shade a large area of my outer walls.
By planting and making use of tall shade trees that grow perfectly in the desert environment we live in, I have found out that we run our air conditioner unit less often and much later in the year than we used to when we didn’t have shade trees planted around the outer perimeter of our home. Our electricity bill has reduced drastically and since we are no longer having to rely so much on our air conditioner unit, we are also having to service our air conditioner unit less often since the unit itself is being used less often. Now we mainly rely on our ceiling fans turned on and the windows cracked open to keep a steady breeze circulating throughout the house.
A good tip to keep in mind however if you do decide to plant shade trees around your home is that if you decide to sell your home, some home inspectors require trees, bushes, and other plants to not grown within sixteen or eighteen inches from the outer wall of the house. You may want to research your city’s building codes and consult a certified home inspector prior to planting shade trees and prior to selling your home.
