Anyone else enjoy doing yard work?

[JMD]

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It's not skunks, it's raccoons. They basically live in a neighboring tree so can't completely get them moved away from there, but at least try to get them to go in someone elses yard.

They do everything. Dig up yard(which this year I'm trying to kill the grubs beforehand) and worse, they basically vacation on my deck lol. I mean it. Like their whole family will come here,roam around, stay for awhile, use bathroom and leave. They don't destroy anything thankfully, but having to get a shovel every few days and a hose to clean up after them is getting annoying.

It's in exact same spots too so they clearly know what they're doing. Can even put barriers up and they'll get past them and still head to same spots. Tried stuff from hardware stores but didn't work. And some solutions like using vinegar or mothballs MIGHT work for a night or two, but if it ever rains, it obviously will wash away. Motion sensor lights don't matter, and motion sensor toys(that'd make animal noises if anything moves past it) doesn't do the trick either.

I use Have-A-Heart live traps. They work for raccoons as well. Just put some food in it that they like and you will get em. Then take them for a ten mile ride to a nice wooded area. I've moved skunks, raccoons, groundhogs , and opossums.

If you do trap them be aware raccoons get very pissed off when cornered or trapped. When you get them to the release area what I do is quickly open the trap door and slide a stick through to hold it open so I can step away from the trap while the animal leaves. Just a precaution, every single animal I've trapped (except one) has run out of there like a rocket and could care less about me. One time I had a skunk that wouldn't leave the trap, I had to kick the trap to get him out. lol.

Forgot to mention if you do trap them put and old towel down in your trunk or back of your car under the trap, they sometimes poop during the ride. Groundhogs always do.

[doubledeuceR6]

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I wouldn't say I enjoy the yard work itself but I love the end result and the yard looking nice.

I spent 2 days last weekend trimming my azaleas way back in the front yard since they've finished blooming now and just looks so nice and clean now that all the leaves and pine straw have have been raked from underneath. On the other side of the drive way we have a magnolia tree and that thing I swear sheds leaves all year round, but magnolias are the wifes favorite flower. So got that all raked up and looking nice.

Yesterday I cut the grass and redid the front flower bed with some carnations. The wife had put some iris in there previously but never could really get them to bloom. Also washed and detailed my truck in between the grass cutting and flower bed work.

If the weather is nice this weekend I plan to weed and put down some new mulch in the flowerbeds off my deck in the back yard.

[mgoblue]

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I don't enjoy it, but it was a good feeling to blow out all the leaves we had....They left the exact same blower vac we had already, so we have 2...my wife was blowing the leaves together and I was sucking them up to pitch...I was so dirty after it though, you don't realize. Makes me respect the guys who do this landscaping stuff for a living all day. Happy to sit in a chair at work lol

[Gotmadskillzson]

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You know what is weird ? I never used a leaf blower to get up leaves. I always raked them.

[doubledeuceR6]

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You know what is weird ? I never used a leaf blower to get up leaves. I always raked them.

Yeah the only thing I use it for is blowing grass or leaves off the driveway and also blowing leaves off the roof of my house and cleaning out the gutters

[SuperBowlNachos]

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Yes, I enjoy being the mower of lawn

[mgoblue]

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You know what is weird ? I never used a leaf blower to get up leaves. I always raked them.

I used to rake in Michigan, but in Arizona our landscaping is all little rocks (and some fake grass) so not really conducive to raking. Raking on rocks is a losing battle.

[countryboy]

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Did more yard work yesterday. Got the flower area cleaned up and looking better. Going to work on it next weekend again as I just got too tired after cutting yard and weed eating.

And without fail, anytime I cut the grass my dog immediately has to drop a deuce right onto the fresh mowed lawn. I swear I could not feed her for a week and she could poop 10 times that day prior to me cutting the grass and the moment that I finish mowing she'll be able to drop a turd.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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It snowed today and rained for the past 3 days, so needless to say no yard work was going on this weekend. A good amount of my wife's flowers already opened up though.

[Majingir]

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When buying something like a lawn mower or snowblower, where do you measure the size?

For a mower, if it's 18 inches, does that mean the blade is 18 inches, the cover of the mower is 18 inches wide, or the horizontal distance from left wheel and right wheel?

[Fresh Tendrils]

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The blade should be 18 inches from my previous experience.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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The measurement for:

Lawnmower is the cutting radius.

Snowblower is the path radius.

[roadman]

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We can't do any yard work in our backyard, most of it is under water. It's not even dry enough to cut the grass in the front yard and that hasn't been touched in a week.

[Majingir]

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lol, find it funny this thread wasn't active during the summer.

With summer winding down, do stores typically start having sales on summer things like lawn mowers?

And any kind of advice to get a head start on next year? What I didn't get this year that I should've was a lawn roller. So many spots around the yard which need to be fixed, and in spring is when the ground is at its softest.

[KSUowls]

Re: Anyone else enjoy doing yard work?

lol, find it funny this thread wasn't active during the summer.

With summer winding down, do stores typically start having sales on summer things like lawn mowers?

And any kind of advice to get a head start on next year? What I didn't get this year that I should've was a lawn roller. So many spots around the yard which need to be fixed, and in spring is when the ground is at its softest.

Lifehacker says the best time of the year to buy outdoor power equipment is September. Currently holding out hope for a good sale on an Ego mower.