Have you mowed your lawn yet?

[Teddy_Salad]

My lawn needs mowing but I just can't conjure up the enthusiasm to get out there, rev up the mower and get those 22 inch blades threshing through the long, fresh green grass.

I guess I'm in denial that yes, Winter is over. Oh well.

On Edit: Oh and do you fertilise? If so, what's the best?
What about a fertiliser - weed control mix? Have weeds everywhere.

[Jivenwail]

1. Yes

Twice already. Although I have a service that does it, since my husband is gone most of the time. I don't enjoy mowing, especially when the back yard is as big as ours is!

Good luck!

[Teddy_Salad]

Yeah

My lawn is about ten inches high now.
I'm judging that I probably should have mowed at least twice too, probably three times already.

I'd better get out there soon or I'll have to burn it down.

[qb]

2. Yes - all 100 blades that are left

after a year of annihilation by our new boxer-shepherd mix!

[redqueen]

3. Oh yes.

I've mowed mine several times already. At least I don't have to deal with snow in the winter. At least that's what I'll be telling myself as I melt in the sweltering Texas heat. Oh, joy. :)

[BOSSHOG]

4. Got an acre lot in South Mississippi

have mowed several times already and need to again.

[sus]

5. nope.

my landlord does that.

[dedhed]

6. My neighbor and I bet every year...

... on which of our respective wives will be the first to nag us into mowing our lawns.

I lost this year... again.

:D

[Throckmorton]

7. No, but I will be by the end of the week

Time to fire up the mower.

[notadmblnd]

8. It is?

someone should have to that to the snow that was falling at my house this morning. And yes the grass needs cut too.

[NewHampster]

9. I let it get to about 9 inches before I give up

It really kills me because I have a Wheelhorse Tractor w/48 Inch Blade that I can't take on the yard until it's good and dry. So the first month or so I have to mow by hand. 3/4 acre.

[Teddy_Salad]

13. Have had the same problem here

Every time the grass gets dry here, it rains.

At work I have a 38 inch ride on that I use to mow a couple of acres of grass...well, weeds actually but there always soaking wet.

I need a good dose of fine, warm weather and a healthy dose of "enthusiasm".

[bratcatinok]

10. My lawn has been mowed every day for 3 weeks

Ever since we bought the riding lawn mower, my fiance has kept the lawn mowed every evening when he gets home. After he's through mowing he takes a shop towel and wipes the mower down. He won't let me drive it because he's afraid I'll strip the gears.

I tease him periodically that I take the mower out for a spin during the day while he's at work. I can really get him going! Why, he even uses the weedeater without me having to prod him!

What's really funny about all of his attention to his new riding lawn mower is last year I hired it done. Men and their new toys!

[Teddy_Salad]

16. The novelty will soon wear off

believe me.

I was the same when I first got a ride-on.
Not anymore.
Now I find it ultra boring. :boring:

[bratcatinok]

19. Maybe he'll let me

drive it once the novelty wears off. Of course, our lot is a normal sized city lot so it's not as if there was alot to mow anyway.

[Tom_Foolery]

11. I have 2 acres...

and I have to cut it about every four days. I use a push mower for the exercise, and it takes three days to mow it. Needless to say, I'm cutting grass just about every day. I'll be doing it until November. Not today, though. I have a migraine, and I have to work tonight.

[Teddy_Salad]

14. Holy Moly!

You hand mow that much?? :wow:

Invest in a ride-on mower.
Mowing that much is gonna kill ya!

[Tom_Foolery]

17. It keeps me in shape...

plus I don't mow it all in one day. I spread it out over three days. I only mind it when it gets really hot here, which is coming soon.

[Teddy_Salad]

18. Good exercise

Obviously, when you've finished you have to start at the other end again.

I'd black-top it! :evilgrin:

[Tom_Foolery]

21. Oh well, it isn't that bad...

and I usually lose 15 to 20 pounds every summer.

[trogdor]

35. You don't even save on gas.

I did that comparison last year with my one acre lot. Takes four hours to do it with a push mower, and three gas refills.

[woofless]

12. For the first time ever I don't HAVE a lawn.

HOORAY! We live in the woods and I gave the mower away. Hope I never mow again.

Woof

[Mrs. Venation]

15. I Wish I Could

I enjoy yard work, includng mowing the grass, but I've had health problems for the past couple of years and my knees are in bad shape. Bertha and I hire a local lawn service, and they do a great job.

At least I can still work with my flowers and shrubs.

[Bertha Venation]

25. Yeah, I really miss mowing the dirt, Baby.

;)

When we first moved into our house, we had very little grass and very lots of dirt. We bought a mower, determined to keep what we had in trim.

I'd never mowed a lawn before but one day gave it a try. Mrs. V. stood up on the porch watching, and laughing. Apparently, since I was mowing far more dirt than lawn, I looked like Pigpen.

Three years later, our grass is starting to fill in nicely. Mrs. V. just put out grass seed on the bare spots, and we got a good soaking rain yesterday. She's the family green thumb.

[trof]

20. You psychic or somethin'?

Just called the mower repair guy.
Miz t. hit a cypress knee (#@*&%$@#) and bent the blade.
Again.

[denverbill]

22. Yep, 2 or 3 times already.

And yes, I do fertilize.

Don't use the fertilizer/weed control mix. For one thing, you're wasting weed killer on the 90% of your lawn that doesn't have weeds. For another, those types of mixes usually contain a chemical (can't recall what) that is very harmful to aquatic invertibrates.

Just use plain old fertilizer, apply no more than recommended by the package, and if you want to use weed killer, apply that separately only to the areas that need it.

[Teddy_Salad]

28. Hmmmm

Great advice.

Thanks! :yourock:

[5thGenDemocrat]

23. No -- but it's overdue

I only have a patch of grass about 10' x 55' and another one fifteen foot square behind the bus to mow. The rest of the yard is planted or gravelled. Mike B and I are going to cut my yard, his yard, his girlfriend's yard and his mom's yard (big) on Thursday.
John
It's currently, like, 40 degrees and windy in Saginaw. No way are we cutting lawns today.

[noonwitch]

24. Twice, already

We got a lot of rain last week and the grass got long, fast.

Of course, we had snow flurries this morning, so who knows?

[ProfessorGAC]

26. Yes. 4 Times Already

Really thick, so if i don't keep up on it, i'd need a scythe.
The Professor

[damnraddem]

27. Well, I did the front yesterday.

I'll do the back sometime soon, if I can find a machete to hack a path first.

[Donkeyboy75]

29. I'm being discriminated against.

I live in a condo, and have no grass to mow. I'm sick of you lawnists and your exlusionary policies. You are now on ignore.

[Teddy_Salad]

30. Oh you Condoists!

Sitting up in your high perches, looking down on us 'Lawnists' as we scythe, hatchet, till, seed, aerate, mow and, as will soon be the case with my lawn, set fire to our beloved green and yellow blades.

:spank:

If there's anything worse than a 'Condoist' it's an 'Elitist Condoist'!

Now go and sweep your black-top! :evilgrin:

P.S. I wish I was a "Condoist". I hate mowing.

[Donkeyboy75]

Grass is always greener, eh?

I miss landscaping. Hopefully I'll have a yard soon, so I can go back to hating lawnmowing. :)

[Donkeyboy75]

33. Delete, dupe

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. I can't get the freakin' mower started

and neither can my son. :(

[Teddy_Salad]

32. Try these

No.1....Check you have gas in the tank. You'd be surprised how many people don't think of this. Also, if the mower has been out in the elements over Winter, it could have water in the fuel line.

If that doesn't work, then try changing the spark plug.
Get a new one in there.

If that doesn't work, try either cleaning out the air cleaner or go to Home Despot and get a new one.
This happened to me last year. I spent two days trying to get the damn mower to start and then I tried changing the air cleaner as a last resort...and it worked!

If none of that works, buy a new mower.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. I think it might be condensation

in the fuel line.
We're going to try leaving it in the sunshine for awhile...

Thanks for the spark plug suggestion. I'll try that next! :)

[tinnyguy1777]

36. Your idea about condensation------------

might just be right. And, if all else fails, remove spark plug, squirt a little gasoline right into the plug hole, replace plug, and fire it up. That usually gets them started.

[tjwash]

37. yep...

[Teddy_Salad]

40. Oooohhhhh

Nice job!

Have a :beer:

[geniph]

38. We've had to mow about 5 times so far

things start growing fast here in the Pacific NW after March 15th or so. I have a tiny lawn and a push mower; I decided it was stupid to waste gas, make noise, and still need exercise after mowing the lawn.

I *did* buy the Cadillac of push mowers, though, a beautiful piece of German engineering. It weighs nothing compared to most American-made push mowers.

The best fertilizer is soil soup, if you can find a local nursery or organic lawncare service that sells it. That way, you're not poisoning your local water table.

[Teddy_Salad]

42. Thanks, Geniph

I'll look for "Soil Soup". I'm a regular at the garden centers around here but have never seen it.
Will keep an eye out for it.

[gpandas]

39. nope, can't get my sharecropper off his ass n/t

[Padraig18]

41. We've mowed 3 times.

:)

[baldguy]

43. Tried to,

My backyard is a swamp, so I didn't get very far.

It snowed today,too.

[Teddy_Salad]

44. It snowed in Buffalo today?

Good grief.

[baldguy]

46. Yea, pathetic ain't it?

Just flakes. Didn't stick.

It's gonna get down to 30º tonight. When is April going to start?

[Teddy_Salad]

48. Oh dear...

I live in the 'burbs of NYC but early next year I am going to attempt a 'career change' and try to get a job on a NY railroad.
This could well mean a move to upstate New York.

If so, I guess I'd better get used to ten months of Winter, huh?

[radwriter0555]

45. I have a french gardener. He does it every Wednesday. We live

in Southern California where the grass IS always greener.

[MaineDem]

47. Hell no; we still have snow

:D

Not much snow but the grass sure hasn't started to grow yet.

[LWolf]

49. No.

It started growing awhile back after some spring rain, and I determinedly did notstart watering when it got warm. I let it die back rather than start mowing. I started watering last weekend when I realized how dead everything looked. I hate mowing the lawn. I hate bermuda grass. I want it to go away so that my little cottage garden can thrive without strangulation.

[ScreamingMeemie]

50. Yes, three times. Although with Jessie the digger dog, I have told

my husband several times to fill the whole damn thing in with pea gravel.