I think obsessing over a yard is weird but whatever.. if makes them happy. I also think if your anal enough about straight rows in a garden that you stretch long lines of string all over, you're weird too. Right Dan? The only time my yard ever looked really manicured is when I lived in the 'burbs and paid people to take care of it. Down here in the sticks, I think only three or four neighbors can even see my yard, and just a small part of it at that. We still keep it mowed nice (because the tractor makes short work of mowing) but it's a long way from manicured.
100% agree. Its just that since I've been back from Canada I'm loathing this piece of property. We bought the house because we wanted it in a neighborhood where it would have less chance to be broken in to, since we were gone 7 months of the year. We didn't need property, we had the camp. Now that things have changed, so have our needs. We want to raise our kids like we were raised. On nice pieces of property that they can go outside and explore. The last straw was last night when we were out in the garden. The kids went to play in the field behind the house like they have many times before, but we had to tell them they couldn't do it anymore because a new house is going up back there. This subdivision live isn't for me.
My family owns 8 grocery stores and will most likely be buying a couple more over the next year or two. I shouldn't say it will be 32 acres of veggies. I will do squash for all the stores and pumpkins for some. I will also start developing berry crops over the next few years. Strawberries and blueberries first and then possibly raspberries and blackberries. My brother lives on 5 acres very close to this property and just bought 20 acres that join his land and the land we're looking at. Of that 20 there is 6 acres of field that I would use as well. So, I would have access to 38 connecting acres of field and another 12 acres across the road that another brother of mine owns. The bonus is, we would have about 28 acres of woods with a creek running through it between my brother and I that the kids could explore as they get older, shoot squirrels and even deer. We would most likely also plan for chickens and a few other animals as well. I want to be like Bruce. :D
In my situation, this kind of coincides with the "appeasing the hunting gods/wife thread. I've always enjoyed having a nice looking yard. My wife enjoys having the yard look good as well, so I go out and spend a few hours every weekend cutting, trimming, watering, etc. along with any landscaping or mulching she would like to get done. Now she is right there along side of me so its also quality time spent. Once hunting season starts and the yard doesn't need as much care, that time is spent in the woods and she finds something else to keep busy. It also helps that she is a teacher, so in the fall she's back to concentrating on lesson plans and her classroom. Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
I try to keep the lawn looking decent. I edge a couple of times a year and spread weed-n-feed each spring. Not obsessive, but it does look nice without much extra effort. The driveway is kept spotless with the leaf blower though!
My yard always looks great, thanks to my wife. We've lived in this house for 2 years and I'm yet to mow, I make sure the mower runs and the trees are trimmed up and she takes care of the yard. I love coming home from golf and having a freshly groomed lawn.
LOL You don't know what you are getting yourself in too. You'll be taking vacation from work to do harder work. I am on 3 days vacation now to build a new goat barn and put in 300+ feet of fencing. My wife and daughter have been really wanting goats and a great opportunity came up so we have 2 does and a wether (neutered buck) coming. One is still in milk so I will need to build a milking stand right away also. One doe is a milk goat the other a meat goat. Next year we hope to stock up on goat meat and hopefully start making cheese. Fortunately I am not the gaot person in the family so hopefully I won't be to involved in the milking, hoof trimming, worming and stuff like that. Poultry is enough for me.
If Dan hunted and or farmed half as much as he talks about it, he'd be a richer farmer with a wall full of 160's.
Well, I didn't hunt last fall much because of family obligations. The only other hunting I did last year was antelope and turkey in Wyoming and tagged out both of those trips. But, you already knew that. As for full time farming, I just started this year and have 8 acres of squash and pumpkins planted. But, you already knew that too.
I mow my yard weekly. I fertilize, weed & feed, and constantly maintain my yard all year long. Bunch of white trash muthas up in here bringing down all the hard working people's property values.
While I maintain my lawn (when not in a drought) The last scan of my tax bill and property values gave no weight to a well-cared for lawn vs a weedy and less than cared for lawn so I have to question our premise. I don’t know how other states and municipalities assess property values but I have a hard time believing it is in any way related to lawn care.
I'm not talking about the state or city's value, I'm talking about the value potential buyers may place on a home. Buyers take into consideration the neighboring properties. But you knew what I was talking about.
