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My neighborhood's getting worse. Property taxes keep climbing because these boneheads from Hongcouver and other places keep selling their shoeboxes in the city and buying places here to build their monster houses on. Friggin arrogant as$es can't even be neighborly and smile at anyone, but they do find time to whine about the lack of Canuck Tire stores, Costcos, etc.
Anyway, I only water the parts of the lawn that get dry. Worked for me in Kloneville, too. That way, it didn't grow all that fast and stayed nice and green.
About cutting the lawn, Kreskin, you need a self-propelled lawnmower, one of those screw stakes that people leash their dogs to, and some rope. You screw the stake into the middle of lawn, tie one end of rope to the stake, wind the rope around the stake, tie the other end to the lawnmower, start the lawnmower, and let the lawnmower go ahead and unwind itself from the stake. Whgen it reaches the end move the stake to the next part and perform the procedure all over again.
Anyway, I only water the parts of the lawn that get dry. Worked for me in Kloneville, too. That way, it didn't grow all that fast and stayed nice and green.
About cutting the lawn, Kreskin, you need a self-propelled lawnmower, one of those screw stakes that people leash their dogs to, and some rope. You screw the stake into the middle of lawn, tie one end of rope to the stake, wind the rope around the stake, tie the other end to the lawnmower, start the lawnmower, and let the lawnmower go ahead and unwind itself from the stake. Whgen it reaches the end move the stake to the next part and perform the procedure all over again.
This sounds interesting. Pretty soon I'll never have to leave the house. Is there a way to have a timer put on my lawnmover so it starts itself?My neighborhood's getting worse. Property taxes keep climbing because these boneheads from Hongcouver and other places keep selling their shoeboxes in the city and buying places here to build their monster houses on. Friggin arrogant as$es can't even be neighborly and smile at anyone, but they do find time to whine about the lack of Canuck Tire stores, Costcos, etc.
Anyway, I only water the parts of the lawn that get dry. Worked for me in Kloneville, too. That way, it didn't grow all that fast and stayed nice and green.
About cutting the lawn, Kreskin, you need a self-propelled lawnmower, one of those screw stakes that people leash their dogs to, and some rope. You screw the stake into the middle of lawn, tie one end of rope to the stake, wind the rope around the stake, tie the other end to the lawnmower, start the lawnmower, and let the lawnmower go ahead and unwind itself from the stake. Whgen it reaches the end move the stake to the next part and perform the procedure all over again.
Sure. A couple servo motors and a timing device and a bit of wiring.
Either that or rig a regular lawnmower up with a couple electric motors and a receiver for an RC airplane and sit by your living room window guiding lawnmower witht the RC control. http://www.adventurehobbycraft.com/products/remote_control.html
Either that or rig a regular lawnmower up with a couple electric motors and a receiver for an RC airplane and sit by your living room window guiding lawnmower witht the RC control. http://www.adventurehobbycraft.com/products/remote_control.html
Live in a small town outside big city very French speaking ,use to be a stop for many on the way to Montreal from Ottawa --20 years ago it had 1 strip bar actually i noticed every little town had one in eastern Ont.LOL
We live next street over from main strip ,we had tenants that were in there 20's they had no respect for anyone or anything ,its wasn't their age it was the mentality --we had numerous run in 's with them over music ,fighting ,and drugs ,got rid of them 1 month ago , the neighborhood has never been better ,the house was a mess when they left but just so happy they are gone, took about 300-400 bucks to get rid of them legally ---police did nothing(we called 4 times,1 visit to police station ) they said we want the big fish, we wont bother with your small time drug dealer, as not to alert the big guys --nice attitude ,we lived like prisoners for months ,Everytime I lost my cool on them ,our car would lose a tire or something would be ruined in the house ,we gave up and just waited ---Nice system of justice --I do believe in what comes around goes around --Ill wait
So yes "the hood is crump"--lol " the neighborhood is nice "
Did you know that "Crump!! youre safa wanna crouch down in my yard" means
I like you ,want to come over to my place --lol
oh yes a cool car is now a Whip!!
for more in (for the second ) words
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4074004.stm
We live next street over from main strip ,we had tenants that were in there 20's they had no respect for anyone or anything ,its wasn't their age it was the mentality --we had numerous run in 's with them over music ,fighting ,and drugs ,got rid of them 1 month ago , the neighborhood has never been better ,the house was a mess when they left but just so happy they are gone, took about 300-400 bucks to get rid of them legally ---police did nothing(we called 4 times,1 visit to police station ) they said we want the big fish, we wont bother with your small time drug dealer, as not to alert the big guys --nice attitude ,we lived like prisoners for months ,Everytime I lost my cool on them ,our car would lose a tire or something would be ruined in the house ,we gave up and just waited ---Nice system of justice --I do believe in what comes around goes around --Ill wait
So yes "the hood is crump"--lol " the neighborhood is nice "
Did you know that "Crump!! youre safa wanna crouch down in my yard" means
I like you ,want to come over to my place --lol
oh yes a cool car is now a Whip!!
for more in (for the second ) words
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4074004.stm
We've only been here for 4 months, but would like to think that our arrival was a boon to the area....my neighbours might think otherwise tho. Our last neighbourhood was rife with drug dealers and thieves and my old neighbours hated to see me leave[guess i wasn't as universally disliked as i thought!]:angel8:
Seriously, a good looking lawn is great to have. It looks good, it smells good, and it adds to the selling price of your home. An underground sprinkler system is even better. I would bet that Kreskin makes up more than the cost of the sprinkler system in the improved value of his home...by a factor of at least three, maybe four.
We have one of those old city lots that is harbouring a dozen large trees. We don't have any kind of lawn in the back yard because the back yard gets no sun. The front is mostly shaded as well and the big Firs and Cedars make the ground too acid for a decent lawn. Oh, and I need to get a permit to cut down any "significant trees". Just cutting down trees on our lot won't help because the neighbors also have trees. If I want a nice lawn, I have to move. At the moment, I don't want a lawn bad enough....
We have one of those old city lots that is harbouring a dozen large trees. We don't have any kind of lawn in the back yard because the back yard gets no sun. The front is mostly shaded as well and the big Firs and Cedars make the ground too acid for a decent lawn. Oh, and I need to get a permit to cut down any "significant trees". Just cutting down trees on our lot won't help because the neighbors also have trees. If I want a nice lawn, I have to move. At the moment, I don't want a lawn bad enough....
what brand of system are you getting? i've sometimes thougth about one. our neighbor, who runs a landscape business, has one.
I've been reading through the thread, and, I really don't mean any offense to anyone, but I find it hilarious that we still think like this in the day and age of such environmental concern. Where I live now is a very affluent acreage community. Unfortunately, the ground water around us is just not suitable for wells, and so the whole community has to have water trucked. It makes you very aware of your water usage. basically, as soon as the lawns start to get dry around here, everyone puts away their lawn mowers, and it's left at that. If you don't mow it, it will still stay green during some of the most extreme dry spells. Mow it, it's guaranteed to dry out and die on you. And if it does dry out, well, it'll come back next year. I've never understood why running our gaspowered mowers more often, and wasting more and more water, is an okay thing, even though a lawn IS very nice to have. We even have people here who, during droughts, will break the water bans in the city to sneak out and water their lawns at night, risking fines. Craziness!
We live in an acreage community in the river valley. At least two of the nicer houses down here, deal drugs. lol. I have two doors for CERTAIN that I can go knock on if I were ever inclined to pick up a little something. The funny thing is, the hippies on the outskirts of the community, with their run down little trailer and their pet goat AREN'T the ones dealing. lol.
I suppose it's supply and demand. One of the benefits of where we live is an abundant source of water. A water system will also reduce the amount of water I use on the lawn by 3x. The neighbourhood is fairly new so the grass dies pretty quick if left to the elements. I'm also like anyone who likes to protect an investment.
Oh wow, I know LOTS of hippies. The first time I ever went out to my best friend's parents' place, it was an eye opener. They were living in an archrib shed with some partitions put up for rooms, and a curtain hung for a bathroom. Her mom was out in her billowing skirts, weeding the bed of unusual plants you might expect a hippie to have. lol.
Ah, newer lawn is a totally different ball game, and I hadn't realized a water system can cut water use that drastically. It's still something I mention to everyone though... mow less, and you can water less. Also, mulching instead of bagging, helps eliminate the need for fertilizer, AND keeps your lawn moister. Such simple little things that make such a huge difference. We get a lot of comments on our lawn and how rich it looks. Ours is one of the few that doesn't die off in the height of summer.
Hey Karrie, it is good advice to cut higher. Bagging is a Royal PITA as well. All the stop and go. I quit bagging when I couldn't figure out what to do with the grass, then realized I should've quit a long time ago.
*sigh* do you have ANY idea, how long it took me to figure out what a Royal PITA is? sad really. lol.