I mowed the 4 acres since we bought the place, now hubby and I do, but now we have over 8 acres
to mow and just added another rental we have to do till it rents.
We have 2 commercial 61 inch zero turn Skag mowers, they are what the lawn guys use. Have a smaller
Kubota rider for the small yards, really need a push mower for those. We also have his mom's John
Deere mower but I don't like it, not sure if we will sell it. I used my Kubota to fertilize and pull the wagon
with and use the lawn roller. He also uses it to pull the sprayer for weed killer. Can't pull anything with
he Skags.
We can do our lawn in about 2 hours. He sprays weed killer down the drives and around trees, etc
I'm about to ban him from some areas. We usually mow on Thursdays if nothing else is needing done.
He takes the tractor and mows on the other side of the fence with the brushhog, the power company
that owns it should but they don't nor the farmer that farms for them. Just waiting for them to get on
us then I'm going to tell them, then you clean the fence rows!! That part is shaggier then when I mowed
it but DH said I was tearing up the mowers doing it and likely right.
I used to trim tree limbs twice a year, he bought one of the pole saws to cut the limbs. Getting ready
to do that here and at MIL's plus a couple rent houses.
I fertilized big time last year and plan to do it this fall. It's rained so much this year, first time I have
not seen part of the front die out. DH has worked and worked getting rid of moles, he read all about
them. He bought these worm type things, finds an active spot, has on rubber gloves, they said don't let
your hands touch them and leave a scent. Pokes a hole in and drops in a "worm". He has cleared the whole
front yard, it was a mess, going to do some work on the back.+
We got a lawn sweeper and if it gets to high and has to much thatch I rakes the front. The back is under
trees and doesn't get that heavy. Though I seeded it last year and its a lot better.
So no we don't hire a service. It costs $150 each time we hire it mowed, that's a lot of money just to
mow. I do some edging, we are still going to do something with the ditch so we don't have to weedeat it.