When I said "goes to seed," I was just simplifying it. The health and thickness of lawn grasses begins at the roots, but you do have to allow it to fully cycle now and then or it just gets thinner and thinner.
What's reasonable is however someone's price compares to another's for the same service. Prices for lawn care fell by quite a bit during the worst part of the Calif drought, but only until people decided to go with more cactus and rock gardens and less grass and shrubs.I guess what is considered a reasonable price depends on which side of the cash register you're standing. I always feel cheated, no matter how little I pay for something, yet I think nothing of putting a $10 price on a McCoy vase at my garage sale. Garage sale shoppers probably think I'm insane as I would if I saw that price at someone else's sale.
I just bought a set of KOBALT garden equipment (chain saw, blower, weed wacker, etc.) which I love. Each is battery operated and all batteries are the same, so if one runs out of juice, just grab another one. Each piece of equipment has a recharger (all are interchangable). I have 4 chargers in my garage so I always have a battery (or two) ready to go. The quality is great and KOBALT has a 10 year warranty. If your equipment goes bad, KOBALT won't repair it, they just swap it out for a new one. I always do my own gardening, mowing, and landscaping. It's my therapy that keeps me sane (at least that's what I tell myself).
Doubt most folks know what goes into a putting green (or a green)
I would just like to borrow my neighbor's goats to keep the weeds trimmed back.
They eat the grass and weeds but who cleans up the s**t? When I lived in the country, I had a goat.
Nobody, it just goes back into the soil.
If I wanted to do the job myself I'd get an ego battery mower, self propelled, and the ego string trimmer. I have the ego blower and trimmer, my wife uses both w out issue.
Only after you walk in it. They’re prolific with their output. I gave him away.
I drank the Ego Kool-Aid too! Top rated brand from all my independent research. Not cheap but I have no regrets paying for something I'll likely never have to replace. I have the 21" self-propelled mower, also have the leaf blower and their 2-stage 24" Snow Blower. Batteries for all equipment are interchangeable. The newer electric yard equipment out performs gas power equipment hands down now and is the future of yard maintenance. Virtually maintenance free with no oil or air filters to change and no gas or stabile for winter storage - just insert battery & go! They're even coming out with ride on mowers now for larger properties. I have 5,000 square feet of yard (front & back) and a full cut uses a little more than 1/2 a full battery charge. Batteries charge from empty to full in 1 hour.
I know what you mean, dear deb, I know. Hugs from a fellow sufferer.
How long does your mower run on a charge? How quick does it take to re-charge? How often do you need to buy new batteries? Do you have to leave it connected to the charger when not in use, or once it's charged, how long does it hold the charge?
Not answering for MrPants.. but with MY lawnmower.. I've had for several years.. the battery comes with the mower ( be careful with that because sometimes they're sold seprately these days)... and I've never had to buy a new battery. The battery lasts for up to an hour of constant mowing.. , then you remove it ( very easy, just a click of 2 buttons and it's out ).. and place it back on the charger.
@debodun
Milwaukee brand is an old, high end electric tool company. They do not make gas lawn mowers. Their mower is called M18 Fuel. If you did not know that one was electric, then maybe the others were also.
Interesting. Milwaukee is a brand that has been around for decades, but after doing some searching on that Brand, it appears that they no longer make gas powered mowers....just battery powered mowers in the $1500 price range. If a local dealer was still selling gas mowers with that brand, they are probably "discontinued" models...which may not have much in the way of a warranty.
