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Ah yes boys it's that time of the year again. As @jmanz always says "it's the call of the wild". The constant sound of mowers running in the distance. It has begun. Nothing like the early part of the Spring where you have to mow twice in one week just to keep up. Yes this is in the vent forum because I hate doing it. The results looks great, but only for about a week then you have to rinse and repeat. To add to it there must had been some dog shit in my yard and I must had run it over and so I had to ride around on my mower with that constant smell. Welcome to summer (then comes the watering) :(
 
Ah yes boys it's that time of the year again. As @jmanz always says "it's the call of the wild". The constant sound of mowers running in the distance. It has begun. Nothing like the early part of the Spring where you have to mow twice in one week just to keep up. Yes this is in the vent forum because I hate doing it. The results looks great, but only for about a week then you have to rinse and repeat. To add to it there must had been some dog shit in my yard and I must had run it over and so I had to ride around on my mower with that constant smell. Welcome to summer (then comes the watering) :(
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Hahaha funny stuff. Call of the wild indeed. Got mine out last Saturday. I actually enjoy mowing. A mindless activity and you can zone out for awhile. Plus exercise and fresh air. I agree, the watering isn't so fun. Easy with sprinklers but $$$$$

 
Hahaha funny stuff. Call of the wild indeed. Got mine out last Saturday. I actually enjoy mowing. A mindless activity and you can zone out for awhile. Plus exercise and fresh air. I agree, the watering isn't so fun. Easy with sprinklers but $$$$$
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You still cut your own lawn? I thought your butler did it for you?

 
Oh Fifi? She doesn't mow.
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Fifi? Is she a she? Heard she only "vacuums" if you now what I mean...
Have not had to mow yet here as it's not long since I properly cut it before winter ;) and has not grown much yet. Starting to turn green though and grow a little. Have not turned on the sprinklers yet or fertilized. I have my staff get to it yet.

 
Fifi? Is she a she? Heard she only "vacuums" if you now what I mean...Have not had to mow yet here as it's not long since I properly cut it before winter ;) and has not grown much yet. Starting to turn green though and grow a little. Have not turned on the sprinklers yet or fertilized. I have my staff get to it yet.
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You have a underground system don't you?

 
Fifi? Is she a she? Heard she only "vacuums" if you now what I mean...Have not had to mow yet here as it's not long since I properly cut it before winter ;) and has not grown much yet. Starting to turn green though and grow a little. Have not turned on the sprinklers yet or fertilized. I have my staff get to it yet.
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It's still slowly greening up here. I just did a round to bag up some of the rif raff on the lawn. And it was such a nice day to get the mower running.

 
I just did a round to bag up some of the rif raff on the lawn.
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Man must be a rough neighborhood to have those men camping out on your lawn.

 
Lawn looks really good right now except for some dandelions (this happens early every year). I also planted 2 more trees this weekend. I don't have much faith in them but we will see (daughters got them free from library).
 
I bought a new basic push lawn mower for my dad's house. It's a basic 21" rear bagger, auto-choke, YardMachine with a chinese (Powermore) engine, but as long as you service it right, it should last. We never used the side chute throwing the grass, so didn't care it didn't have one (though I know these are optimal for speed and tall thick grass. We like the fact that it doesn't have the self propelled feature which is another thing to go wrong and makes it heavier, but the lawn is simple and flat. We were disappointed that it doesn't have a quick handle folding capability like the last. The small side shed in the yard is not deep enough, so it needs the handle to fold to store after each use. I still want to use the reel mower, and actually liked it, but need to make up some brackets to make the mowing height taller.

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I am excited about the new gas can I bought, no spared expenses on a durable and safe fuel storage to last a life time. I got a Justrite 5 gallon type II can with spout. All metal.

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That is a sweet gas can @ryanator . They gas cans I hate are those "no spill" versions. I spill more out of them than a standard one. I picked up a suicide knob for my rider. I love those things, so much easier to control.
 
That is a sweet gas can @ryanator . They gas cans I hate are those "no spill" versions. I spill more out of them than a standard one. I picked up a suicide knob for my rider. I love those things, so much easier to control.
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I was about to buy a no spill but, plastic doesn't last as long, taints fuel slowly and the no spill spout seemed gimmicky.
I was looking at a milspec jerry can, but heard the spouts can have issues of not a genuine kind.

 
Every year before I run my lawnmower I always dump some Seafoam in with my gas as well. It will stabilize any old fuel left over along with cleaning your carburetor. That stuff is magic in a can.
 
Need some rain here now, I think everyone of my tress are blooming now with white flowers. Suppose to rain this weekend though. I did bring up my water for my back lawn.
 
Been doing awesome watering this year, I set everything up at night and just let it run overnight.
 
Looks like fall is on the way, I am slowing down on my watering and my cuttings are getting stretched out longer.
 
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