TIME TO MOW THE LAWN

The Juggler

IT'S TIME TO MOW THE MOTHER.FUCKING.LAWN!!!!

finally!!! love this time of year

WOOO.

hedonist

Manscaping?

The Juggler

it was a good mow. going for diamonds next time out.

chadwick

watch penn & teller's show 'bullshit' & select the episode on 'lawns'. you will not be disappointed. it is very easily found on youtube & it is hilarious.

The Juggler

chadwick said:

watch penn & teller's show 'bullshit' & select the episode on 'lawns'. you will not be disappointed. it is very easily found on youtube & it is hilarious.

who are penn and teller?

Wobbie

hedonist said:

Manscaping?

thanks for the mental picture......arrrrrrgh!

oysterjar

I bought a goat to graze the yard.

JK_Livin

I'm waiting until this weekend.

hedonist

imalive said:

hedonist said:

Manscaping?

thanks for the mental picture......arrrrrrgh!

Hey, when he mentioned aspiring to diamonds, I thought...could he be vajazzling (or the man-version thereof)?

So be glad I didn't mention that

Hobbes

hedonist said:

imalive said:

hedonist said:

Manscaping?

thanks for the mental picture......arrrrrrgh!

Hey, when he mentioned aspiring to diamonds, I thought...could he be vajazzling (or the man-version thereof)?

So be glad I didn't mention that

)

JonnyPistachio

I love getting out there and mowing the yard. Then you sit back and relax with a rum n coke-- watch the birds and butterflies, and admire your hard work. Then you get fucking pissed that you have to sweat your balls off and do it again in a week.

northerndragon

I like mowing the lawn and it's the perfect time to suntan B-)

The Juggler

this is what i'm aiming for this weekend-

The Juggler

that looks cool too

The Juggler

circles....

JK_Livin

How do you do that?

The Juggler

JK_Livin said:

How do you do that?

What?

pjhawks

The Juggler said:

this is what i'm aiming for this weekend-

it's grass not an art project. just mow the darn thing already.

F Me In The Brain

I have the landscapers to do their spring deal on Friday (they do all sorts of shit to the plants, trees, etc that I have no fucking clue about...add mulch and make everything nice) before I resume mowing duties. Killed me not to do it on Sunday though, the lawn looks ready for it. Also burns me to spend the money on the landscapers but I kill most shit I try to grow so I think this is going to be an annual necessity unless I can find someone to show me the way.

dankind

F Me In The Brain

Chad is right, this is some funny shit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RFlGe1ISM-g

The Juggler

F Me In The Brain said:

I have the landscapers to do their spring deal on Friday (they do all sorts of shit to the plants, trees, etc that I have no fucking clue about...add mulch and make everything nice) before I resume mowing duties. Killed me not to do it on Sunday though, the lawn looks ready for it. Also burns me to spend the money on the landscapers but I kill most shit I try to grow so I think this is going to be an annual necessity unless I can find someone to show me the way.

So you only have them come out once a year and then you take over? I like doing that stuff myself, but I sure as hell am not an expert. I do have a service with Scott's to have them treat the yard about 6 times per year. They leave you a report card kinda thing when they leave. Yesterday they said my yard has a great color for this time of year and is very dense so it soaks up the water well. I felt like a proud parent. Haha

If you don't mind me asking, what do you pay for the one time landscaping service? Might consider that next year

F Me In The Brain

Yes I pay for the one time service....and then I mow just as anyone would and cut back some of the shrubs as I guess they need to be cut back about halfway through the summer. [I am the only dude on my 'circle' that doesnt pay them to come every week and mows his own lawn.] Last year was $1300 and this year is just a tick more, cannot recall exactly how much.

The Scott's guy came to my house last week and I dickered with him and then the landscaping company and go a price of $45 per visit for 6 visits per year and I am still toying with my decision on that. I love the idea that my grass would look better but the landscaping thing is really for all of the plants and shit that I have no clue about. They do mow the lawn but that is a throw in really...the money goes for dealing with all of the flowers & cutting back all of the bushes/plants/trees (not the big huge trees but the Japanese Maple, Cherry Tree and some fucked up Dinosaur Looking tree that the folks put in when the re-did the back yard before we bought it) and they take out all of the shit from the winter (which I could do but it is a nominal charge) and they do all of the mulching. (This is nice I like this part, I dont have a truck and/or anyone to help so this would take me a shitload of time.)

I dont do it to keep up with the Joneses, I do it because for 20 years I wanted a house with a yard and I couldnt afford one in CA. Moving back east I could and so now I am back to doing shit I hated doing as a kid growing up on a huge place in VT and liking doing it. The majority of the work actually takes place in the back yard, which is fenced/treed in and nobody can see if except people over using the pool anyway.

Do you think $1300 is a lot for it?

The people that lived her before us had a great house but they were cheap -- we priced out some of the other service providers they had and every single quote we got back, regardless of service, was much higher than what we pay. So I think they got the cheapest folks in the book. (But they seem to do fine by me)

JonnyPistachio

wait, you have a dinosaur tree! awesome.
)

mickeyrat

WTF dude. My yard is still waiting for you to mow.

F Me In The Brain

JonnyPistachio said:

wait, you have a dinosaur tree! awesome.
)

I'll have to learn what it is called. To me it looks messed up but some other people who have large versions of this tree...it looks sort of like a brontosaurus or something.

g under p

I mow 4 acres year round, just started twice a week. What I do without our Hustler commercial mower.

Peace

The Juggler

F Me In The Brain said:

Yes I pay for the one time service....and then I mow just as anyone would and cut back some of the shrubs as I guess they need to be cut back about halfway through the summer. [I am the only dude on my 'circle' that doesnt pay them to come every week and mows his own lawn.] Last year was $1300 and this year is just a tick more, cannot recall exactly how much.

The Scott's guy came to my house last week and I dickered with him and then the landscaping company and go a price of $45 per visit for 6 visits per year and I am still toying with my decision on that. I love the idea that my grass would look better but the landscaping thing is really for all of the plants and shit that I have no clue about. They do mow the lawn but that is a throw in really...the money goes for dealing with all of the flowers & cutting back all of the bushes/plants/trees (not the big huge trees but the Japanese Maple, Cherry Tree and some fucked up Dinosaur Looking tree that the folks put in when the re-did the back yard before we bought it) and they take out all of the shit from the winter (which I could do but it is a nominal charge) and they do all of the mulching. (This is nice I like this part, I dont have a truck and/or anyone to help so this would take me a shitload of time.)

I dont do it to keep up with the Joneses, I do it because for 20 years I wanted a house with a yard and I couldnt afford one in CA. Moving back east I could and so now I am back to doing shit I hated doing as a kid growing up on a huge place in VT and liking doing it. The majority of the work actually takes place in the back yard, which is fenced/treed in and nobody can see if except people over using the pool anyway.

Do you think $1300 is a lot for it?

The people that lived her before us had a great house but they were cheap -- we priced out some of the other service providers they had and every single quote we got back, regardless of service, was much higher than what we pay. So I think they got the cheapest folks in the book. (But they seem to do fine by me)

$1300 sounds steep. i'm assuming you have a shit load of landscaping. how many acres are you on? we are .33, I believe. $45 per visit is about what I pay for scotts. might be $50 or so. everyone I know who use them tell me it's worth it though.

should be mulching this weekend. one of the things I want to do is build up a flower bed around our deck. right now its just grass around it. don't like the way that looks. thinking of adding about 2 feet deep of mulch around it then putting in some azalea bushes to take up the space

The Juggler

g under p said:

I mow 4 acres year round, just started twice a week. What I do without our Hustler commercial mower.

Peace

wow 4 acres....how long does that take you?

The Juggler

I love mowing the lawn. it's a cathartic experience. throw some tunes on and just zone out and focus on the grass for an hour or so.

g under p

The Juggler said:

g under p said:

I mow 4 acres year round, just started twice a week. What I do without our Hustler commercial mower.

Peace

wow 4 acres....how long does that take you?

When I rush 45 minutes, when I take my time to get perfection 1 hour and 15 minutes to mow. that mower is a speed demon. The edging with the trimmer takes forever because there's so much to do then i have to blow off the driveway which is around 450 feet. Total it takes 3-5 hours depending on how neat and pretty I want it to look. All the lots here are 5 acres or more with this community is ALL for horses. That's South Florida Palm Beach County.

Peace