Augie Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Weed wacker not good for weeds though. You have to pull them no? Anyway, this time, after all the rain our backyard was getting over run as I hadn't done any weeding in a month or so. We went away for 10 days and my sister in law house/dog sit while we were gone. Lucky for me she loves yard work and when we got back they were all pulled! To bad she lives across the bay or we would have her over more regularly You married right in at least one way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Any excuse to be outside! I love yard work, love it! i don't ever get this. even if it is pulling weeds - who in their right mind would rather go watch nonsense tv than just spend time outside leisurely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 You married right in at least one way. Very correct. I make sure we always have a great relationship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) i don't ever get this. even if it is pulling weeds - who in their right mind would rather go watch nonsense tv than just spend time outside leisurely My idea of leisurely is sitting outside in the sun having a beer and watching the smoker! Not pulling f'ing weeds all day. Worse yet we back onto a half mile field that always makes sure we have weed seeding blowing in on our lawn. So even in a drought I get a out of control weed situation going on. Edited March 1, 2017 by Dante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasNootz Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) I enjoy mowing my lawn - there's nothing a like a cold beer immediately following - but since having kids, I pay someone else to do it now. I work a healthy amount of hours, and I found that I was having to mow in the evening or first thing on the weekends. I started to resent having to mow rather than spending that time with my kids, who I may only see a couple of non sleeping hours a day as it is. We also hired someone to come in and clean the house every other week (dusting, mopping, etc). Combined the services cost us less than $200/month and frees us both from a lot of stress. It's well worth it in my opinion. Edited March 1, 2017 by DasNootz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 I enjoy mowing my lawn - there's nothing a like a cold beer immediately following - but since having kids, I pay someone else to do it now. I work a healthy amount of hours, and I found that I was having to mow in the evening or first thing on the weekends. I started to resent having to mow rather than spending that time with my kids, who I may only see a couple of non sleeping hours a day as it is. We also hired someone to come in and clean the house every other week (dusting, mopping, etc). Combined the services cost us less than $200/month and frees us both from a lot of stress. It's well worth it in my opinion. My daughter and her husband did the same thing. They work a lot of hours and when they are home they want to spend it with the kids. They have a garden that the kids help dad with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 What do you do ? What are you plans outside? I have a wife and she handles yard; if she needs my help she tells me. My wife is non-conventional; I got her a power saw for our anniversary or maybe it was Valentine's Day. Your neighbor took a photo of you doing the yard work last year: That should have been labeled NSFW. $70/month? I couldn't find anyone around here to do it for less than twice that. We need more illegal immigrants in DC. Ask to borrow some of Labor Secretary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Your neighbor took a photo of you doing the yard work last year: That's when I was 50 lbs lighter and a stud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Any excuse to be outside! I love yard work, love it! It's one of the few times your mom lets you out of the basement unsupervised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Quint Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I used to enjoy the maintenance and LOVED the design and instal. One house we rented a bobcat, scrapped the lot clean and started over putting in over 400 plants, from ground cover to live oaks. It MADE that house and we made a bundle on that one. Live oak are great, but like mature magnolias, they create a ton of work. Once they get over 100 yrs, they nut twice a year (sound familiar Augie??). They drop leaves twice a year (right now, coincidentially its like a leaf blizzard outside), plus grubs love the roots and moles love the grubs. But its pretty amazing that mine have been standing for at least 150yrs, made it through hurricanes with almost no damage (Hugo, Floyd, Matthew since Ive been here), and stand about 70ft tall. In those same storms Ive lost all type of water oak, pear, gum, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Live oak are great, but like mature magnolias, they create a ton of work. Once they get over 100 yrs, they nut twice a year (sound familiar Augie??). They drop leaves twice a year (right now, coincidentially its like a leaf blizzard outside), plus grubs love the roots and moles love the grubs. But its pretty amazing that mine have been standing for at least 150yrs, made it through hurricanes with almost no damage (Hugo, Floyd, Matthew since Ive been here), and stand about 70ft tall. In those same storms Ive lost all type of water oak, pear, gum, etc. Did you plant them yourself? The ones I planted in the first florida house were small (bought at an Easter Seal auction) and a guy laughed at me riding by on his bike. They are now abasolutely fabulous. The next house we got had Gone With the Wind style live oaks....breathtaking, especially when lit at night! Oh, how I miss that house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) It's one of the few times your mom lets you out of the basement unsupervised Or not at the laundromat. Edited March 2, 2017 by Chef Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 It's one of the few times your mom lets you out of the basement unsupervised Makes perfect sense. "I'm going to have a glass of wine and watch my stories. Go play with the lawnmower." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 That's when I was 50 lbs lighter and a stud. I find the tan line disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I find the tan line disturbing. I find it less disturbing than I would a lack thereof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) I find it less disturbing than I would a lack thereof. You're not talking about a jumpsuit, are you? More, a big fat hairy birthday suit? Edited March 2, 2017 by Augie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I've got a guy. Mulch in spring, leaves in fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) I planted 20 6-foot pine trees in our yard with my father-in-law a few years ago. Each tree must have weighed 100 pounds and the holes we dug with our shovels were deep and through lots of rocky soil. It was probably the hardest day of work in my life. The whole time I was thinking: "why didn't I pay a couple of teenagers $200 to do this?"PAY THE MAN! (Or teenage neighbor.) Edited March 2, 2017 by Augie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 You're not talking about a jumpsuit, are you? More, a big fat harry birthday suit? To answer that, I have to think about it. I'm not doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 To answer that, I have to think about it. I'm not doing that. Well, that should help you get a better night of sleep. Wise move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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