Illinois Chapter August 2019 BS Thread
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:39 PM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 191,898
Likes: 352
From: baltimore
I need my yard to stop growing.
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:42 PM
Thread Starter
|
FTE Legend
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 127,357
Likes: 3
From: Peoria, Illinois
Quote:
Originally Posted by
fire240
I need my yard to stop growing.
I haven't mowed my back yard in a month, mowed the front yard to even it all out height wise.
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:46 PM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 191,898
Likes: 352
From: baltimore
I just mowed and trimmed yesterday.
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:47 PM
Thread Starter
|
FTE Legend
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 127,357
Likes: 3
From: Peoria, Illinois
We had so much rain in May and June that I could hardly mow grass, now its all dried up and going dormant.
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:49 PM
Thread Starter
|
FTE Legend
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 127,357
Likes: 3
From: Peoria, Illinois
Quote:
Originally Posted by
fire240
I just mowed and trimmed yesterday.
If it drys up tomorrow after tonights rain I hope to mow and get it all one height again.
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:52 PM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 191,898
Likes: 352
From: baltimore
I had a few spots that took a few minutes to get trimmed.
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:55 PM
Thread Starter
|
FTE Legend
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 127,357
Likes: 3
From: Peoria, Illinois
I'm not a grass farmer so it only takes me about 45 minutes to do my front and back yard.
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:56 PM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 191,898
Likes: 352
From: baltimore
I have a fair bit to trim in my yard.
10 Ways Ford is LOSING to the Competition
Top 6 Best Deals Available on New Fords & Lincolns Right Now
This Hennessey Takes the Expedition Tremor's Off-Roading Capability to the Next Level
Top 10 Fords at 2026 Carlisle Ford Nationals
3 Best / 3 Worst Parts of Modern Ford Ownership
10 Amazing Upgrades That Solve Common Ford Truck Owner Headaches
Every 2026 Ford Engine Explained
10 Ugly Ford Trucks That We Still Kinda Love
10 Things Every Truck Owner NEEDS (2026 Edition)
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalyptic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Aug 21, 2019 | 09:01 PM
Thread Starter
|
FTE Legend
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 127,357
Likes: 3
From: Peoria, Illinois
Quote:
Originally Posted by
fire240
I have a fair bit to trim in my yard.
We've used brick mow strips around everything that I can trim with the mower and leave the weed wacker in the shed.
Aug 21, 2019 | 09:03 PM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 191,898
Likes: 352
From: baltimore
I wish I could do that but too much fence line to try that with.
Aug 21, 2019 | 09:10 PM
Thread Starter
|
FTE Legend
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 127,357
Likes: 3
From: Peoria, Illinois
I have a lot to brick around but most of it was done years ago right after we moved in when I was much younger.
Aug 21, 2019 | 09:14 PM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 191,898
Likes: 352
From: baltimore
I wish we did. It would make the yard work a bit easier.
Aug 21, 2019 | 09:18 PM
Thread Starter
|
FTE Legend
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 127,357
Likes: 3
From: Peoria, Illinois
I know, I set the bricks in mortar in a shallow trench so they don't move around. I paid $.33 for each brick 27 years ago and they are still the same price.
Aug 21, 2019 | 09:19 PM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 191,898
Likes: 352
From: baltimore
Thats good Rick. I did replace the patch of grass around the water meter pit with concrete. Only because we park right there at it.
Aug 21, 2019 | 09:20 PM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 164,379
Likes: 82
From: MA
Good evening Rick, John, Shaun and everyone
