I hired out for the first time last year. Best decision ever for me. I have allergies including grass that flare up really bad when I cut it myself. It's another reason why I won't go stepping through native/long grass without pants on.
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Ha! I'm still seeing white on my lawn!Cannot wait for this to be an item of discussion. Sick of seeing burnt/dead lawn here in NEOhio- need some green!
Ha! I'm still seeing white on my lawn!
My uncle in Tucson says the only thing he uses for yard work is a machete and a blow torch. Chop it or burn it either way it'll die is his motto!I started doing ours myself when we moved here - and then I discovered that virtually every plant in the desert is carnivorous and will make you bleed. Yard work shouldn't be a blood sport and I got tired of always looking like I had come out on the losing end in a knife fight, I hire it out now.
Does playing golf trigger your allergies?I hired out for the first time last year. Best decision ever for me. I have allergies including grass that flare up really bad when I cut it myself. It's another reason why I won't go stepping through native/long grass without pants on.
Not really. If my legs rub up against the grass I expect them to be itchy for a while and is the reason you don't see me in the deep stuff during the summer much. Its really fresh cut grass when all the small particles get on your skin that just open the floodgates on the sinuses and the itchy skin. Honestly you get used to it, but avoiding 6 hours of itching from mowing the lawn is money well spent. Plus my wife no longer nags me to go mow.Does playing golf trigger your allergies?
Do you do your own yard work, cut your grass? The Bestest half is our Gardener, I do all the yard work, cutting weed eating and such. We have 3 dogs so we both get to help with the "droppings". Someone carry the bag and i scoop and pick up....thats how we share. I am crazy particular about sharp edges on my edging and grass in the cracks of the sidewalk and we have a corner lot, so, its work. Love a fresh cut yard. Sometimes I actually cross cut the grass bec cause it looks better, and its never good to gut the yard in the same direction all the time.
what do you do?
I try to maintain it to a level that maintains and increases my houses value. I did the Scotts program and aside from less weeds I didn’t really have a better lawn. I have a corner lot too. But it’s just lil ‘ol me here and I work a zillion hours right now. This springs big yardwork day may be weeks or months behind my neighbors.
I did get the bug barrier up BEFORE the ant invasion this year so at least I’m up on that.
Diatomaceous Earth sprinkled on and around an ant hill will get rid of them too. I sprinkle it on the mound and then about 6" around it and then kick the mound to tickle em off, they carry it in the mound,,,,,,gone.
I did get the bug barrier up BEFORE the ant invasion this year so at least I’m up on that.
This is interesting. I've been pondering this for a while, returning it to a native meadow, and mowing less. I added some native trees, and will be doing a small butterfly/hummingbird meadow this spring, but that is less than 100 sq ft. I have an acre of mowable yard, so if this little test plot takes, and looks good, I'm going to add some meadow spacing in the far corner of my lot, that backs up to a large field. I'm going to approach the neighbors at the same time, to see if i can extend a little meadow in their yard. See where it goes from here, but I'm excited about bringing in more of nature to our little area.This year marks year 2 of transition back to a more native habitat in our yard. Right now it is just an acre of grass with a house and probably 30 or so trees (one being this awesome massive 250 year old oak). Plan is to take a chunk of yard each year and replant native grasses/plants and eventually only have about 1/10th of an acre of grass left. Biggest question will be whether or not we are in this house long enough to see it to fruition.
Heck yeah! Go for it. The great thing about going with native is that you just get it started and nature takes care of the rest. Expect there to be some grooming to remove weeds, but once it takes hold, there should be very little maintenance moving forward. We live near a very large nature preserve up here in Illinois which is still transitioning from former farmland (Glacial Park), so there are a bunch of local resources to help guide. I would reach out to your local county conservation district or google you area/county along with native plant and there should be a good bit of people who are already doing what you're trying to do.This is interesting. I've been pondering this for a while, returning it to a native meadow, and mowing less. I added some native trees, and will be doing a small butterfly/hummingbird meadow this spring, but that is less than 100 sq ft. I have an acre of mowable yard, so if this little test plot takes, and looks good, I'm going to add some meadow spacing in the far corner of my lot, that backs up to a large field. I'm going to approach the neighbors at the same time, to see if i can extend a little meadow in their yard. See where it goes from here, but I'm excited about bringing in more of nature to our little area.
This weekend is oil change and new blades for mine.I'll be sharpening the blades and changing the oil on Mr. Deere this Sunday. After that, it will be time to get rid of all the places the serpents like to hide. I enjoy mowing for about a month, then it gets old quickly.
2 years ago I overseeded just over an acre. I saw rain coming so many times, the clouds would part, and come back together after they got around me. I could smell the rain it was so close, but none fell. Just my luck I guessIn the last week i have cut the yard, Aerated it, over seeded with Bermuda and then put down Granulated Molasses and fertilized with Microlife....where i the rain now? lol