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When is the best time to prune...
....anything?
When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks! -- Guns don't cause problems. Gun owner behavior causes problems. |
When is the best time to prune...
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. |
When is the best time to prune...
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. -- Guns don't cause problems. Gun owner behavior causes problems. |
When is the best time to prune...
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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com |
When is the best time to prune...
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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com Wife swap for a bit? -- Guns don't cause problems. Gun owner behavior causes problems. |
When is the best time to prune...
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. |
When is the best time to prune...
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. |
When is the best time to prune...
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. -- Guns don't cause problems. Gun owner behavior causes problems. |
When is the best time to prune...
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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com 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 |
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