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Potato

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Just mowed my lawn. That shit sucks filler's massive hog.

It's not even summer here yet and it already needs mowing weekly...and don't get me started on hedges and fucking trees that need trimming.

I fucking hate ruining my weekend vibe with this shit.

Is there a more thankless home owner task?
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Re: Mowing the lawn sucks arse. Is there a more thankless task?
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2021, 10:23:57 PM »
make a desert garden. grass is bullshit and a waster of resources  :pacspit
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« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2021, 05:54:58 AM »
Get some snug in-ear buds and put on a podcast.  Makes it a much more pleasant task.

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« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2021, 06:05:18 AM »
Get a robotic lawn mower or make/adopt a kid to take care of the chores around the house. Whichever is more economical.

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« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2021, 06:12:07 AM »
I find gardening relaxing. Crack open a cold one after you're done.

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« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2021, 06:29:12 AM »
Get a robotic lawn mower or make/adopt a kid to take care of the chores around the house. Whichever is more economical.
I have two kids but neither is old enough to operate the mower.
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« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2021, 06:30:19 AM »
Get some snug in-ear buds and put on a podcast.  Makes it a much more pleasant task.
I actually went with my Sony noise cancelling cans with some death metal, but I get your drift.
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« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2021, 09:03:01 AM »
we're one month away from winter and this bitching about the grass growing already feels offensive  :hmph

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« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2021, 02:51:33 PM »
we're one month away from winter and this bitching about the grass growing already feels offensive  :hmph

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Southern hemisphere my dude. It's Spring here, shit is growing fast.
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« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2021, 05:05:59 PM »
Lawns are dumb.

Stop being dumb.

Either fill it with trees or rocks, whatever is appropriate for your area
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« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2021, 11:57:57 PM »
Lawns are dumb.

Stop being dumb.

Either fill it with trees or rocks, whatever is appropriate for your area
I would, but I have a dog and she needs grass.
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« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2021, 12:00:49 AM »
Lawns are dumb.

Stop being dumb.

Either fill it with trees or rocks, whatever is appropriate for your area
I would, but I have a dog and she needs grass.

Dogs love trees
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« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2021, 12:04:04 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2021, 12:48:41 AM »




Fuck you grass. Another wasted Saturday.




Fuck you too hedges.
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« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2021, 01:00:02 AM »
I find gardening relaxing. Crack open a cold one after you're done.

Cheers
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« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2021, 03:19:31 AM »
Greek Australian and you have grass instead of a beautiful slab of concrete?

grass is for skippys

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« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2021, 03:59:36 AM »
And not a single Doric column at my house at all!!!

Disgraceful
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« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2021, 02:17:47 PM »
Shoveling snow is 1000x worse.

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« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2021, 03:32:32 PM »
Shoveling snow is 1000x worse.

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that's why I just drive over it until it gets too high to drive over and my car gets stuck and I spend an hour feebly shoveling myself out of the problem I made for myself
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« Reply #19 on: November 15, 2021, 03:34:24 PM »
that's why I live where the weather is perfect all year round  :rejoice
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« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2021, 02:48:23 PM »
Got gifted a lawnmower.  Gonna be a new thing for me.  It's an electric push mower and the grass can be mulched, so shouldn't be too bad.  Plus the back yard is pretty small.
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« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2021, 05:35:10 PM »
Got gifted a lawnmower.  Gonna be a new thing for me.  It's an electric push mower and the grass can be mulched, so shouldn't be too bad.  Plus the back yard is pretty small.
I'm strongly considering an electric mower. Probably going to go with the Ryobi One+ system cause I already have some of their power tools and I hate having multiple chargers and different batteries lying around.
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« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2021, 08:47:31 PM »
Greek Australian and you have grass instead of a beautiful slab of concrete?

grass is for skippys

Glad someone else called you out on this, surely the rest of your family is shunning you

I'm strongly considering an electric mower. Probably going to go with the Ryobi One+ system cause I already have some of their power tools and I hate having multiple chargers and different batteries lying around.

I've got an Ozito one and it's great. Hated running out of petrol mid mow.
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« Reply #24 on: November 17, 2021, 12:45:40 AM »
What's the benefit of electric over petrol? Are they just as powerful?

My Victa looks to have carked it.

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« Reply #25 on: November 17, 2021, 03:51:32 AM »
It's more convenience (not having to get petrol/gas), quieter, cleaner, better for the environment. Plus you can re-use the batteries if you buy into the same ecosystem. Some of the expensive models are pretty powerful, just depends on the amount of grass you're doing.
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« Reply #26 on: November 19, 2021, 09:17:48 PM »
Laying out some paving stones to cover where the grass doesn't grow.

Fucking hot as fuck today. 29°C, feels like 32°C according to Google.



Halfway done. Lost all my shade. Might get back to it later.



Finished this section. Have a few more to place on the other side other gate, then I need to order gravel and fill it in.
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« Reply #27 on: December 02, 2021, 11:26:20 PM »
A week of solid rain followed by two days of summer sunshine meant grass was verging on jungle.

Mowing damp grass is a shit job made shitter.



Dog was very happy to have short grass again.
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« Reply #28 on: December 03, 2021, 12:40:13 PM »
I'd say one more thankless task - folding laundry.
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« Reply #29 on: December 03, 2021, 02:35:58 PM »
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« Reply #30 on: December 03, 2021, 03:45:49 PM »
I'd say one more thankless task - folding laundry.
You might have me there
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Finally finished the pathway.

Just a little bit of tidying up to go and then to do the other side of the gate.
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More progress made on the backyard now that it's summer and I'm on holidays again.

Leveling out this area so I can add some raised garden beds and grow some vegetables.





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Bonus shots of some work done earlier this year


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Sadly, no dog photos for attention. She's gone to the big kennel in the sky


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Mowing the lawn owns. Very relaxing.
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Finally finished my retaining wall.


Next up is backfilling and then converting some water tanks into raised garden beds for the top.
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That looks great!

I'm moving to a new house with a larger garden next month. I look forward to starting new garden projects.

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Gonna hit the older bottom wall with the power washer soon too. I'm way, way, way too excited for that job, let me tell you.
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That's a nice garden  :)
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Sorry to hear about your dog.

Lovely garden.