I hope your not saying that landscaping is skilled-labor. Its hard work, but hardly a necessity.
Hell, my son and me do our own landscaping.
No, not at all. I was mentioning the type of work I see being done by immigrants where I live in response to you mentioning who is doing construction work in your area.
Regarding landscaping, husband and I spent the better part of this spring and summer doing our own landscaping. We just finished 90% of our fall cleanup. I agree it's not skilled and is hard work and I think it is a necessity. I like my property to look good so to me it's necessary! LOL