i actually enjoy it a bit. good time to do some thinking.

Slowhand wrote:I've always loved mowing lawns and yard work in general. Always toyed with the idea of starting my own landscaping business.

Yeah big fan of yard work but not interested in doing landscaping. It would destroy all the fun of it.

One of my favorite days of the year is turning/planting my vegetable garden.

TenuredVulture wrote:What size lawn do you need to justify a riding mower? And there's always the self-propelled kind that you just walk behind.

I've got about an acre and a quarter and it's got a pretty good slope to it. I looked at one of those self propelled push jobs yesterday at sears too, the guy said it would take about 2.5-3 hours to cut my yard with that. While I do enjoy yard work and a good workout while doing it, I'd like to be able to cut the grass after work without running out of daylight.

sissy, just buy night vision goggles. Problem solved.

phatj wrote:Make sure your riding mower has a cupholder

Oh yes, it will have a cup holder, I think I saw one with dual cupholders yesterday for the truly ambitions drunk

Bill McNeal wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:What size lawn do you need to justify a riding mower? And there's always the self-propelled kind that you just walk behind.

I've got about an acre and a quarter and it's got a pretty good slope to it. I looked at one of those self propelled push jobs yesterday at sears too, the guy said it would take about 2.5-3 hours to cut my yard with that. While I do enjoy yard work and a good workout while doing it, I'd like to be able to cut the grass after work without running out of daylight.

I wouldn't trust the guy from sears. #1, he wants you to buy the more expensive thing, and #2, HE WORKS FOR SEARS

seriously, that sounds really high. I'd say 60-75 minutes. and if you can spare some weekday time, I'll throw my battery-powered self-propelled mower in the car and bring it down if you want to see really how long it would take. I'm a big fan of this thing. How much of the 1.25 is actually grass?? Oh, and I saw the pic on FB over the weekend. What you're REALLY gonna hate is leaf season. I'd say your best bet there is one of those push blowers.

I've got a flat acre total. There's a section that largely shrubbery I ignore, two sheds, plus of course the house. So probably about 3/4 an acre of actual lawn. I will one day buy a mower with a bigger deck, but not until my current one fails (and it's pretty new so that's a few years out....) It takes me a bit over 2 hours to mow the whole thing. What slows me down are all the obstacles--trees, landscaping, etc.

This is the best part of having a twin. I trimmed and mowed in about 40 minutes total on Saturday. Mowing alone takes about 15 minutes.

row homes are nice too. i'm finished in about 10 minutes

I rent. I finished 7 years ago.

Bucky wrote: HE WORKS FOR SEARS

not for long

I worked for Sears for a summer. We unloaded trucks in the morning and played hockey on the dock all afternoon. Second-favorite PT job ever.

phatj wrote:This is the best part of having a twin. I trimmed and mowed in about 40 minutes total on Saturday.

Yeah, having two people does help, but they don't have to be twins.

/Bucky

1 wrote:I worked for Sears for a summer. We unloaded trucks in the morning and played hockey on the dock all afternoon. Second-favorite PT job ever.

Hoping you're not telling us Sears is the new Phillies

Other than shitty pay, working in a warehouse was a blast

mcdonalds was fun too

I worked at McDonald's for three days