Who does your yard work?

[MJS]

I live in a condo, so the work is done by a grounds crew. Everyone has a good size area in the front that has plants, small trees, etc. That is maintained by them as well, however, we're free to plant our own things in there. The stipulation is once we do that, we take over the maintenance of it.

 

[ackks10]

i have a professional guy come in, he is very good ,i'll give you his name he will go anywhere, his name is MJS, tell him i sent you:EG:

 

[MJS]

i have a professional guy come in, he is very good ,i'll give you his name he will go anywhere, his name is MJS, tell him i sent you:EG:

Yard work certainly isnt my specialty. My wife loves to do yard work though.

 

[Kacey]

Yard work certainly isnt my specialty. My wife loves to do yard work though.

But... does she travel? Say... to Denver?

 

[Topeng]

I do it myself. I guess I'm too cheap to pay someone even though I have no luck with keeping anything alive to include the grass.
You know the one lawn in the neighborhood thats brown and patchy while everyone elses is thriving...yeah thats mine.

 

[MJS]

But... does she travel? Say... to Denver?

Nope, just local.

 

[Mr G]

Nope, just local.

Maybe move the yard?

 

[ArmorOfGod]

I do and I do a terrible job at it. I wish my backyard was half its size.

AoG

 

[Gordon Nore]

My wife Blanche does the gardening; I do other stuff. Right now, I'm expanding our pathway to the rear drive. We get a little jammed up with snow in the winter, so I've essentially made more room for a snow blower. Tomorrow, I'm taking down a dead Mountain Ash, which is sad. I like the outdoor work -- at the end of the school year, it's how I unwind.

 

[Gordon Nore]

By the way, I just gave away my noisy gas mower and picked up a Neuton electric mower with a removable battery. It's much quieter and easier to push around, and I don't feel like I'm intruding on my neighbours' outdoor relaxation when I mow.

 

[KenpoTex]

who does the work?...the lawn-company that the apartment complex hired. (unfortunately, it seems that they allways feel the need to run the weed-whacker underneath my bedroom window while I'm trying to sleep )

 

[girlbug2]

By the way, I just gave away my noisy gas mower and picked up a Neuton electric mower with a removable battery. It's much quieter and easier to push around, and I don't feel like I'm intruding on my neighbours' outdoor relaxation when I mow.

For some reason, I think of the sound of mowers as a welcome summertime evening serenade. Also the sounds of kids riding their bikes and scooters and playing outside until 8:00, it wouldn't be a summer evening without that

Now morning lawn mowing is a different story, esp. on a Saturday when I'm trying to sleep in..

 

[Kacey]

This morning I finished putting down the bricks - here's what the new edging looks like (and yes, I know I need to mow... but my sprinklers are set to go off on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, and by the time the lawn dried it was nearly 90 - mowing will happen tomorrow):

 

[jks9199]

Nice job. Wanna do mine now?

 

[Kacey]

Nice job. Wanna do mine now?

My rates include transportation... so that's gonna jack the price up!

 

[jks9199]

My rates include transportation... so that's gonna jack the price up!

Shoot...

I guess I'll have to settle for my "traditional slave labor source"...

Unemployed college kids and recent high school grads!

 

[Rich Parsons]

This morning, as I weeded a garden bed and started pulling the old edging (cement test cylinders I picked up free) with the new edging (red cement trapezoids), and my neighbors drove by, saying hi and nodding approvingly at what I was doing, while their lawn services did their yard work for them, I began to wonder - am I the only remaining homeowner who does my own yard work?

Vote for as many as apply.

I do my own yard work. My yard is not perfect, but it is mine. I find it relaxing to mow my lawn.