FML... Mowing the lawn sucks balls

[Xed]

I hired a lawn service this year. They require 2x a month for the growing season (early may-october) for the discount rate. Otherwise they'll just come whenever the hell you want but charge a bit more.

 

[buck]

Reminds me that I need to get some weed trimmer line.....

 

[Pheran]

I love my condo - mowing, snow removal, roofing - all someone else's problem. Of course I have a condo fee, but I find it worthwhile.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: Pheran
I love my condo - mowing, snow removal, roofing - all someone else's problem. Of course I have a condo fee, but I find it worthwhile.

This. There are some things that are totally worth paying someone else to take care of for you. Or, in my case, the city of Philadelphia takes care of everything.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
Mowing the lawn is a 15 minute job max if you keep your shit maintained. Even the largest lawn shouldn't take more than 30 minutes unless you live on mad acreage.

:^D :^D :^D

30 minutes? I have slightly less than an acre, and it takes 1 hour minimum if I'm particularly sloppy. I have a ton of trees, and some tedious hills, so it's a constant obstacle course.

I would consider slightly less than an acre a fair amount of land. For most people in tract homes with their quarter acre lots (if that), they have no reason to complain.

having had both in my time, and having the smaller lot now, i can complain all i want. i used to mow my acre with a push mower, it would be a day job. after a while, i made a "back 40" and only mulched it once a month, mowing the main yard every other week. now, my front yard is twice the size of all my neighbors (large lot, weird house placement) and it still takes a good amount of time to mow, trim and clean up. lots of obstacles, lots of dust clouds from the concrete like ground i have. i tried to till the yard one time, but the tiller wasnt heavy enough to brak through the soil. it would get about an inch down and just bounce around. i cant even drive a steel stake more than 3" with a friggin 30# sledge. that ground is tough.

 

[Patt]

I used to hate it at my old house ... crappy lawn, mostly weed-whacking involved. Now I've got a nice front lawn, and nice big back lawn and I really enjoy getting out there in nice weather to keep it trimmed.

 

[Demo24]

I don't mind mowing the lawn. I have to mow around an acre and even on a riding mower it takes about 1.5hrs. Theres a bunch of obstacles so that takes up sometime. Tis better than when I had to do over 2 acres as that could easily take 4 hours in itself. Still just sitting on the mower is pretty easy so theres nothing really to complain about. Gives you plenty of time to think.

 

[waggy]

i don't mind doing it. but i hate my mower. i have 32 inch toro and i hate it. i am half tempted to kill it so i got a excuse to buy a better one.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: TreyRandom
Not having a lawn to mow sucks balls even worse. Count your blessings.

X2.

Mowing the lawn is my favorite household chore.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
Mowing the lawn is a 15 minute job max if you keep your shit maintained. Even the largest lawn shouldn't take more than 30 minutes unless you live on mad acreage.

:^D :^D :^D

30 minutes? I have slightly less than an acre, and it takes 1 hour minimum if I'm particularly sloppy. I have a ton of trees, and some tedious hills, so it's a constant obstacle course.

Yeah, on a good run I'm looking at an hour... usually more like an hour and a half. This is with a self-propelled 7HP mower. I think I need new drive wheels or something though, it doesn't seem to propel itself as well as it used to.

 

[PrinceofWands]

It's probably about my favorite chore. I do love me some yardwork. At least, when it's not so frigging hot out.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: DEMO24
Still just sitting on the mower is pretty easy so theres nothing really to complain about. Gives you plenty of time to think.

Ugh... Here's the thinking I do on the mower...

I better duck so I don't lose my head

I think I have to swing my legs to one side, and cover the blade shut off switch with my hand so I don't get raked too bad by the holly tree.

I think I have to shift my weight to one side of the mower so I don't flip on this hill.

I think I better take it easy over this root hump so I don't derail the blade belt.

And on, and on....

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
Mowing the lawn is a 15 minute job max if you keep your shit maintained. Even the largest lawn shouldn't take more than 30 minutes unless you live on mad acreage.

It takes me an hour and 15 minutes. I must live on mad acreage. Glad you started qualifying your statement. You almost made it.

 

[Demo24]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: DEMO24
Still just sitting on the mower is pretty easy so theres nothing really to complain about. Gives you plenty of time to think.

Ugh... Here's the thinking I do on the mower...

I better duck so I don't lose my head

I think I have to swing my legs to one side, and cover the blade shut off switch with my hand so I don't get raked too bad by the holly tree.

I think I have to shift my weight to one side of the mower so I don't flip on this hill.

I think I better take it easy over this root hump so I don't derail the blade belt.

And on, and on....

:laugh: Well theres that too. Course for me the only part I really concentrate on being when I have to mow against the barb wire fence. Don't want to catch yourself on that as your going by.

 

[clamum]

Mad acreage? My parents is on, oh I dunno, 2 or 2.5 acres and it takes about two hours to do it.

 

[AstroManLuca]

What happened to just paying some jr. high kid to come out and mow it for you when it gets bad? You have to "hire a service" that requires X visits per month now?

I'm glad I don't have to mow the lawn (I live in an apartment). I've been terrified of it ever since I was stung several times by burrowing hornets while mowing the lawn.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

I have a clear pretty rectangular shaped lawn about 1/2 acre big... I resent having to do it, but it doesn't take a long time. Using the riding mower, I set a new record of 45 minutes for front and back.

Everything is great except when I broke the riding mower (cost my dad $375).

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
Mowing the lawn is a 15 minute job max if you keep your shit maintained. Even the largest lawn shouldn't take more than 30 minutes unless you live on mad acreage.

lolwut

 

[LordSnailz]

cutting the lawn is cake compare to dealing with weeds ... arghh!

 

[SilentZero]

Cutting the lawn is nice for me....riding tractor with cup holders for beer = win

 

[Anubis]

mowing the lawn is one of the best parts of the weekend. sorry OP you are wrong

 

[FP]

... and done. I have a medium sized lawn, almost 2 hours on the nose.

I actually don't mind mowing the lawn, it is the other parts that go along with it. The weed whacking, weed pulling, edging, ground cover maint., picking up the dog shit, etc.

Just annoys me when a kink is thrown in the works. Mower is fixed though and I think I will have that beer now. :beer:

Oh and isn't it a great feeling when you are able to pull the entire root system of a large weed out with your hands? So rewarding for that brief moment before the next pull just yanks the leaves off.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: Anubis
mowing the lawn is one of the best parts of the weekend. sorry OP you are wrong

yeap.
And you lose more points OP for the stupid "FML"

Why did all you people that hate it buy houses with 1/2 acres+ to mow? Makes no sense.

 

[l0cke]

I've heard people talk about replacing lawns before, but what do you replace it with?

My house is kind of hard to mow because the lawn goes uphill and I have a push mower, but it's not that bad.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: l0cke
I've heard people talk about replacing lawns before, but what do you replace it with?

My house is kind of hard to mow because the lawn goes uphill and I have a push mower, but it's not that bad.

Gardens(especially rock gardens, and perhaps terraced levels if your hills are big enough), trees, concrete :^P