That time of year again - Mowing season

Good thing I invested in the lawnmower.....

Damn you April snow!!!

Dead men don't need no stinkin' breaks. lol

Very nice machines you guys have.....and that "toolroom" is about the cleanest tool laboratory your ever going to find. Do you actually use that stuff or is it just for show and tell ?

mhardy6647 wrote: »

Yeah, you actually got some yesterday, didn't you?

Snowin' here as I type this -- accumulating (but I still think MA is s'posed to get more today than we are). I can barely see the hills out back due to the snow falling.

Back on topic (sort of) that 12 x 13 foot 'toolroom' space looks great! Every time I try to organize a workspace, it ends up looking -- disorganized.

As to those "hang on" mowers -- I see numerous pro landscapers riding those things. They're fast. They look terrifying to me. I assume they have dead man's brakes?

Dead Man's Brakes? Yep, you simply step off the platform and hope the thing STOPS!

tonyb wrote: »

Dead men don't need no stinkin' breaks. lol

Very nice machines you guys have.....and that "toolroom" is about the cleanest tool laboratory your ever going to find. Do you actually use that stuff or is it just for show and tell ?

I don't have near the tools I used to, we sold our previous home and property, then we had an Auction, where I let go of a lot of "stuff".

When you have such a small space, you have to have a little organization, and yes, I use my tools, arhh, arhh, arhh!

westmassguy wrote: »

No Polks in there Mike?

Ha, there in the next room Dave, I just open the door!

I used to have the same situation, always spraying Poison Ivy/Oak and Sumac, let's not forget the Chiggers and Ticks!

vmaxer wrote: »

I know some won't like this, but I just sprayed about 40 gallons of weed killer. I am surrounded by woods on 3 sides and have to keep it under control.

Whats not to like ? Have to keep that insect control and weed control going or the woods will expand and take over. Grubs...hate grubs, try keeping a lawn next to woods. Don't know how the golf courses do it but it's a pain and constant battle keeping the two separated.

lightman1 wrote: »

Preach it Tony. When crazy elf lady had her house built, they put in some cheap sod in the front. The hacks didn't treat the soil base before they put it down and lo and behold! Crabgrass and grubs! It took me a couple seasons of aeration and treatments to get it right. I got tired of effin with it and hired a trusted landscape service. He and his guys work magic with grass and keep the flower beds up to snuff.
Well worth the coinage.
Now I just stand in the driveway and drink beer.

Since I back to woods, grubs need to be treated at least twice a year along with other nasties. One year I said...eh screw it, I don't need it, and the next spring it was all mostly dirt left. Took me 3 yrs to make it look decent again and even now I just treated it because it's looking shabby again.

Between weed killer, bug killer, grass seed, fertilizer, ants/spiders/ticks/skeeters.....dang you employee a lot of chemists being a homeowner. Then you have the critters....squirrels both ground and flying, mice, possums, raccoons, Wild-E, Deer, foxes, occasional Bobcat, and the birds too. Herons Hawks Owls Woodpeckers/Bats.....it's like your fighting a losing battle against nature. Maybe I should just move to a cabin in the woods and embrace it all instead of fighting it. Or....just rent a room at Mr. Hardy's joint and let him worry about it.

tonyb wrote: »

Between weed killer, bug killer, grass seed, fertilizer, ants/spiders/ticks/skeeters.....dang you employee a lot of chemists being a homeowner. Then you have the critters....squirrels both ground and flying, mice, possums, raccoons, Wild-E, Deer, foxes, occasional Bobcat, and the birds too. Herons Hawks Owls Woodpeckers/Bats.....it's like your fighting a losing battle against nature. Maybe I should just move to a cabin in the woods and embrace it all instead of fighting it. Or....just rent a room at Mr. Hardy's joint and let him worry about it.

@tonyb,

You might enjoy reading John McPhee's "The Control of Nature," if you haven't already.

Moose68Bash wrote: »

tonyb wrote: »

Between weed killer, bug killer, grass seed, fertilizer, ants/spiders/ticks/skeeters.....dang you employee a lot of chemists being a homeowner. Then you have the critters....squirrels both ground and flying, mice, possums, raccoons, Wild-E, Deer, foxes, occasional Bobcat, and the birds too. Herons Hawks Owls Woodpeckers/Bats.....it's like your fighting a losing battle against nature. Maybe I should just move to a cabin in the woods and embrace it all instead of fighting it. Or....just rent a room at Mr. Hardy's joint and let him worry about it.

@tonyb,

You might enjoy reading John McPhee's "The Control of Nature," if you haven't already.

... or read Wallace Stevens' poem Anecdote of the Jar ;- )

(I really dislike Wallace Stevens' poetry, by and large, but I like Anecdote of the Jar)
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/3778