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Check Facebook marketplace. Lots of times you can find a commercial unit (Scag/Exmark) with low hours within your budget. ...

Just here to have a pity party. I spend a lot of time in the yard and take pride in it looking 100. Last year it looked as good as it has ever looked for most of the year. Then the brown patch fairy came in early October and ruined everything (St. Aug front yard). Most of that is coming back, bu...

You should not be purchasing lawn equipment from big box stores....

That's him! Thanks...

[quote]Dumb name. - .05 9.5 [/quote] Bad math, baw!...

We rent a U-haul when we go on that run. I lost a few shrubs that were succeptible to wind damage on a previous trip. It's a long haul from the river parishes to Forrest Hill. Worth the trip, but a 5x8 u-haul is only about $20 if renting for 24hrs....

To each his own, baw! I like the look of a well manicured lawn. While I do use fertilizer and herbicides, it's far from "soaking my yard". Once you get on top of weeds, the occasional spot spray is all that's required to keep your lawn looking 100. It's all about personal taste. I think a yar...

Weed free zone is great on many broadleaf weeds as a stand alone. It works pretty well on Virginia buttonweed, too. But once it gets hot you have to shelve it. The atrizine part of the winter cocktail takes care of annual POA. That's a prevalent weed in the winter in South Louisiana....

[quote]I've had a 4' iron kettle for 20 years with a DIY fountain. Ater the 1st 6 years it started to have rust blisters pretty bad. After thinking about possible fixes, I did the following. Drained, let dry, removed scale with twisted wire brush on angle grinder, treated remaining rust with phospho...

[quote]We’d have to get rid of the popcorn ceilings[/quote] Good lord....that alone should make you run away. That's a ton of work and messy as hell. You better absolutely LOVE this house if you plan on doing all of that work to it. It will cost a fortune even if you do most of the work....