Illinois Chapter August 2019 BS Thread
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:39 PM
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I need my yard to stop growing.
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:42 PM
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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
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I just mowed and trimmed yesterday.
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:47 PM
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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
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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
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I had a few spots that took a few minutes to get trimmed.
Aug 21, 2019 | 08:55 PM
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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
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I have a fair bit to trim in my yard.
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Aug 21, 2019 | 09:01 PM
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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
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I wish I could do that but too much fence line to try that with.
Aug 21, 2019 | 09:10 PM
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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
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I wish we did. It would make the yard work a bit easier.
Aug 21, 2019 | 09:18 PM
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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
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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
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Good evening Rick, John, Shaun and everyone
