....anything?

When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks!
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:40:48 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:22:37 -0400, John H.
wrote:

...anything?

When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks!

Wrong wife. Mine likes cutting stuff back.
This is the second week in a row that we put out a pile like this for
the hort guys. Those are 55 gallon drum liners, stuffed full.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/hort%207-19-15.jpg

Looks like a bunch of dead stuff. Here we're supposed to tie it in bundles, if we
want it picked up as part of normal trash day stuff. I go through a lot of plastic
bags with the leaves though.
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Guns don't cause problems.
Gun owner behavior causes problems.

On 7/19/2015 12:40 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:22:37 -0400, John H.
wrote:

...anything?

When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks!

Wrong wife. Mine likes cutting stuff back.
This is the second week in a row that we put out a pile like this for
the hort guys. Those are 55 gallon drum liners, stuffed full.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/hort%207-19-15.jpg



My wife never trusted me to do any landscaping work in the 15 years
we've lived in this house ... or even mow the lawns. She felt more
comfortable paying a professional landscaper to do it all. I was
allowed to take care of the old "farm house" property when we owned it.

But this year (mainly because I don't have a lot to do) I convinced her
that I can do it. It gave me an excuse to buy a new John Deere riding
mower and a Husqvarna self propelled push mower (for the tight spaces)
for about what we were paying landscapers in 2-3 months.

I found the secret of pruning and trimming also. Just cut all the
bottom stuff off whatever the bush is so it looks like a small tree.

On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:49:03 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 7/19/2015 12:40 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:22:37 -0400, John H.
wrote:

...anything?

When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks!

Wrong wife. Mine likes cutting stuff back.
This is the second week in a row that we put out a pile like this for
the hort guys. Those are 55 gallon drum liners, stuffed full.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/hort%207-19-15.jpg



My wife never trusted me to do any landscaping work in the 15 years
we've lived in this house ... or even mow the lawns. She felt more
comfortable paying a professional landscaper to do it all. I was
allowed to take care of the old "farm house" property when we owned it.

But this year (mainly because I don't have a lot to do) I convinced her
that I can do it. It gave me an excuse to buy a new John Deere riding
mower and a Husqvarna self propelled push mower (for the tight spaces)
for about what we were paying landscapers in 2-3 months.

I found the secret of pruning and trimming also. Just cut all the
bottom stuff off whatever the bush is so it looks like a small tree.

YOU TURKEY!

If I ever have a yard big enough, a John Deere will be my first purchase. I'm looking
at this one right now.

http://www.troybilt.com/equipment/tr...ind-push-mower

Don't want self-propelled. Need the exercise. I just noticed that Troy is selling it
for $6 less than Lowes. Probably have to pay postage though, and I sure wouldn't get
my 10% military discount.
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Guns don't cause problems.
Gun owner behavior causes problems.

On 7/19/2015 11:22 AM, John H. wrote:
...anything?

When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks!

When I'm out of town a couple weeks and she does the pruning.
:-)
Mikek



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On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:37:43 -0500, amdx wrote:

On 7/19/2015 11:22 AM, John H. wrote:
...anything?

When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks!

When I'm out of town a couple weeks and she does the pruning.
:-)
Mikek



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Wife swap for a bit?
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Gun owner behavior causes problems.

On 7/19/15 4:37 PM, amdx wrote:
On 7/19/2015 11:22 AM, John H. wrote:
...anything?

When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks!

When I'm out of town a couple weeks and she does the pruning.
:-)
Mikek


We were out of town for two weeks and I asked the fellow who does our
snowplowing and heavy landscaping to come by in our absence and mow the
lawn. He did that and he also trimmed/pruned a few of our lawn trees.
He's "legal," but I am sure he has no use for Donald Trump.

On 7/19/2015 3:47 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:49:03 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 7/19/2015 12:40 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:22:37 -0400, John H.
wrote:

...anything?

When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks!

Wrong wife. Mine likes cutting stuff back.
This is the second week in a row that we put out a pile like this for
the hort guys. Those are 55 gallon drum liners, stuffed full.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/hort%207-19-15.jpg



My wife never trusted me to do any landscaping work in the 15 years
we've lived in this house ... or even mow the lawns. She felt more
comfortable paying a professional landscaper to do it all. I was
allowed to take care of the old "farm house" property when we owned it.

But this year (mainly because I don't have a lot to do) I convinced her
that I can do it. It gave me an excuse to buy a new John Deere riding
mower and a Husqvarna self propelled push mower (for the tight spaces)
for about what we were paying landscapers in 2-3 months.

I found the secret of pruning and trimming also. Just cut all the
bottom stuff off whatever the bush is so it looks like a small tree.

YOU TURKEY!

If I ever have a yard big enough, a John Deere will be my first purchase. I'm looking
at this one right now.

http://www.troybilt.com/equipment/tr...ind-push-mower

Don't want self-propelled. Need the exercise. I just noticed that Troy is selling it
for $6 less than Lowes. Probably have to pay postage though, and I sure wouldn't get
my 10% military discount.


I got the Husqvarna for about the same price at Lowes (on sale). Four
wheel drive, 22 inch. We have several individual lawns, some very
hilly. The four wheel drive is nice for where I can't use the rider.

Almost went with a Husqvarna rider as well but I have a bit of brand
loyalty. The bigger JD tractor has served us so well over the years,
from earth moving, digging and snow removal that I felt sorta funny
going with something else.

On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 16:42:28 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 7/19/15 4:37 PM, amdx wrote:
On 7/19/2015 11:22 AM, John H. wrote:
...anything?

When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks!

When I'm out of town a couple weeks and she does the pruning.
:-)
Mikek


We were out of town for two weeks and I asked the fellow who does our
snowplowing and heavy landscaping to come by in our absence and mow the
lawn. He did that and he also trimmed/pruned a few of our lawn trees.
He's "legal," but I am sure he has no use for Donald Trump.

You asked him for his papers? Gee.
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Guns don't cause problems.
Gun owner behavior causes problems.

On 7/19/2015 3:40 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:37:43 -0500, amdx wrote:

On 7/19/2015 11:22 AM, John H. wrote:
...anything?

When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks!

When I'm out of town a couple weeks and she does the pruning.
:-)
Mikek



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Wife swap for a bit?

Funny story, no, not about wife swapping.
I came home from work one day and my wife said, "can you get the lawn
mower down for me?" What? "it's caught on the fence". I walked into the
backyard and there is our 13.5 HP Craftsman Riding lawnmower standing
vertical against the chain link fence. Somehow she drove it right up the
fence, she fell off and it shut down. All 100lbs of her couldn't get it
down off the fence.
I got it down and made sure it worked, and being the caring husband
that I am, I told her to be more careful next time!
Mikek