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Originally Posted by stevej37

My property is on the top of a hill (might be noticeable in the above pic)....so I never have 'too much rain'
Otherwise...my lawn dries out in the middle of the summer...fast!

Nice, and presumably, you have a much shorter growing season that we do down here.

Originally Posted by Eric Hahl

This did the trick for 5 acres. Now I'm down to 1/3rd acre so bought an electric rider. Cigar and beer in hand.

But that's a really good looking rig. It looks the business as they would say.

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

I only hired a gardener to cut my small lawn when I started having chest pains that would double me over and I didn't want my wife to know. Cutting the lawn, along with washing the car, were a couple of things I really enjoy as the instant gratification is tremendous. I'm almost back to getting the lawn mower out of the shed and going again. Not really looking forward to pulling the cord but it is what it is. Should have put some Sta-Bil in the tank. I've got starting fluid so that'll help.

Well, glad that you're still around to tell the tale! I enjoy washing the car too.

At our old house, push mower, weed eater, blower/broom/rake, I was looking at 2-3 hours during the main growing season in miserable heat and humidity. Or, I was able to pay a company $25/mow (once a week) to do the same job. Yep, $25, and they finished in 7 minutes (2 mowers that could drive like landscaping Senna's and 2 or 3 guys with weedeaters and a blower. 7 minutes!

Yep, we hired those guys and I never looked back. I can't even imagine what it would cost for me at our new property.