Mowing The Lawn

Olafsto wrote:

I love moving the lawn, and other garden work (not weeding)
There are not that much bugs around here and i have no allergies.. AND I have a portable CD player and headphones. Mowing + Metal =

Do you mean there's a time in Norway when it isn't snowing?

mc666 wrote:

taking care of our lawn is something we both enjoy. her with her flower beds, me with everything else. we take pride in our property.

I have no idea why, but this struck me as being a post of another kind of lawn mowing......

spectrefate wrote:

Olafsto wrote:

I love moving the lawn, and other garden work (not weeding)
There are not that much bugs around here and i have no allergies.. AND I have a portable CD player and headphones. Mowing + Metal =

Do you mean there's a time in Norway when it isn't snowing?

No, but we can still mowe the grass AND the snow

spectrefate wrote:

Olafsto wrote:

I love moving the lawn, and other garden work (not weeding)
There are not that much bugs around here and i have no allergies.. AND I have a portable CD player and headphones. Mowing + Metal =

Do you mean there's a time in Norway when it isn't snowing?

Global warming you know. The ice here on the North Pole is melting...

kmorg wrote:

I have no idea why, but this struck me as being a post of another kind of lawn mowing......

Good point.

Have I mentioned yet that I enjoy a neatly trimmed yard? Or no grass at all. Just thought I'd share.

My yard is 4 acres, 80% st Augustine grass, 20% trees & weeds, It takes 2 & a half hours with a Husky 56 inch tractor, & another 2 hrs to weed eat it, & another hour or so for clean up & Ive already had to do it twice this year but I would'nt trade it for the world. My bro-in-law who lives in Rockwall has a yard he can mow in 20 minutes with a push mower thinks I'm crazy.

I have been trying to convince my wife to let me buy a whole lot of NextTurf so the grass will always been green, look like real grass and never need mowing

Alex

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Or no grass at all. Just thought I'd share.

That's the ticket! My wife loves me too!










On a side note, that new edger is in the garage!!

That will be my job this summer...

Just mow it wuss.

Hamer12 wrote:

My bro-in-law who lives in Rockwall has a yard he can mow in 20 minutes with a push mower thinks I'm crazy.

I used to do the start, run and mow method too until I realized the lawn looked worse when i was finished than when i started...

Alex

Eyesore wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Pay a neighborhood kid $20 and shaddup!

I don't even think those kind of kids exist anymore do they? If they do they don't live around here.

Maybe not. Bet they'll do it for weed, though.

I won't have to cut the lawn anymore when my son's old enough!!!!!

I don't mind, I don't have a huge yard. As far as the allergies (which I do have), a Zyrtec D before I start to cut does the trick!

At times like this, don't you wish you had an AstroTurf lawn?

I'm still on the raking portion of post-winter lawn rehab. Once that gets done, it's mowing time. Other than the irritation when I have to push the mower up a small incline, it's not terrible.

White_Mage wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Pay a neighborhood kid $20 and shaddup!

I don't even think those kind of kids exist anymore do they? If they do they don't live around here.

Maybe not. Bet they'll do it for weed, though.

I don't do it for weed...I really need cash...

I spent 3+ hours in the yard today. Weeding, seeding, cutting back the ornamental grass...

It was such a joy when my lawn service showed up to cut and edge my lawn. If I'd had to do that myself, I'd have been out there all freakin' day.

As it is, instead I got to wash my car and vaccuum the house.

thejokeriv wrote:

I won't have to cut the lawn anymore when my son's old enough!!!!!

DING!!! Having kids pays off!! My son is 7 months old and I am getting the mower ready for him already

Alex

exact33 wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

I won't have to cut the lawn anymore when my son's old enough!!!!!

DING!!! Having kids pays off!! My son is 7 months old and I am getting the mower ready for him already

Alex

When I became old enough my dad stuck me with it (I of course got a little extra in my allowance). He always told me (as a joke of course), "That's the reason we had you son, so you could mow our lawn."

I enjoy mowing and keeping up my lawn. It is nice sometimes to get away from everyday life and do something mindless.

I installed a automatic sprinkler system in my yard just before fall started. I am looking forward to firing it up! The weather is finally starting to get better in Minnesota.

It's sort of a breeze after I got my mp3-player. Now my problem is not having the mower make more noise than the mp3-player!

My exact problem!! I don't like doing it, but getting an MP3 player sure helps! However, the mower's so loud I have to really play the headphones loud.

spectrefate wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

When she first did it I joked that it would bring the property value of everyone else down in comparison.

Did she reply "Get the hell out of my yard."?

Stender wrote:

I live on the Oregon coast where grass refuses to grow so most folks just spread bark mulch in there yard for ground cover which takes zero maintenance, you should consider doing that maybe.

I thought everything was green on the coast from the ocean mist? Ever been to Monterey, Ca? It's like the forest meets the beach.