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I'm Getting My Yard Mowed Today

Anonymous032819 — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:32:25 GMT

A local guy who has his own small business doing yard work, was over at my next door neighbors house, mowing his yard, so I flagged him down and asked if he could now mine, too.

So, for $65, he'll now and edge with a weed eater.

Believe me, my yard needs a good trim!

Re: I'm Getting My Yard Mowed Today

songbird — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:48:12 GMT

We no longer mow. We have lawn service place that comes every two weeks. They've already come once. I was startled to see them. I thought they wouldn't come because of the virus. But yes, they came! They never came to the door. Just did the mowing and send a invoice through the mail. We mail them a check back. A little odd note. We got them because of our next door neighbor. They come at the same time, but the neighbor stipulated that they MUST mow her lawn first. So that's what they do. We found out about this because they told us.

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haddon9 — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:03:33 GMT

I don't know how big your yard is but mine is a little over a third of an acre and we have ours done every week for $35.00 each time.

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Anonymous032819 — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:09:15 GMT

This was the first cut of the season, and it was tall!

I gave the guy a tip for all of his hard work.

I just have a push reel mower and a weed eater.

This is my yard.

Re: I'm Getting My Yard Mowed Today

kitcat51 — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:01:51 GMT

Lucky you. I can't hire anyone to cut my lawn & I can't get my mower serviced either because of Governor's closure orders BUT if the grass grows too tall I'll get a ticket from my township....ugh.

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Laura14 — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:38:06 GMT

I've been out a couple times to mow mine down so far. I really hate yard work. 🙁

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shaggygirl — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:38:51 GMT

Sixty five dollars AND a tip. Today was his lucky day. For that amount I hope he bagged all that long grass and hauled it off and changed your oil in your car.

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Pearlee — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:50:12 GMT

Well OP that's nice. All of us here who have lawns have to have them mowed whether we do it ourselves our someone else does it.

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sann — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:53:37 GMT

I've had the same lawn service for years. They mow, edge, and clean off patio, driveway, and sidewalk for 25 dollars a week.

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Financialgrl — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:54:22 GMT

This week will be the second mowing here. We've had a lot of rain and it looks so green here. Looks so good right now.

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stevieb — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:36:44 GMT

@haddon9 wrote:
I don't know how big your yard is but mine is a little over a third of an acre and we have ours done every week for $35.00 each time.

That's close to what my mom pays for about a quarter of an acre... I think $65 sounds like a bit much unless the yard is huge... What the traffic will bear, I guess...

Re: I'm Getting My Yard Mowed Today

Eileen in Virginia — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:32:07 GMT

@haddon9 wrote:
I don't know how big your yard is but mine is a little over a third of an acre and we have ours done every week for $35.00 each time.

@Anonymous032819

This is what we pay in Northern Virginia for the same size property. Our service comes once a week unless we tell them not to. In addition to mowing the front and back yards, they use the weed whacker in areas the mower can't reach and edge every other week. They bag the clippings and use the blower to clean the sidewalk and driveway. They bill us once a month.

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ciao_bella — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:28:43 GMT

I have 1/4 acre corner lot and live in a NJ suburb. My lawn service charges me $30 every two weeks. They mow, edge and blow any grass clippings off the sidewalk and walkways.

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bandaidinmysalad — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:10:10 GMT

I was paying $40/mo and he would mow and edge our lawn a couple times a month sometimes more depending on the season. After many years and never tipping him or remembering him during the holidays it occurred to me one day that I really would like to give him more money. So now I pay him $60/mo for the same service but I still never tip or remember him during the holidays. I guess I don't know how to do that sort of thing with someone not related and not a friend of the family although we think of him fondly. Oh well.

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giddy up — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:52:53 GMT

I have used the same lawn service for many years. Mine is $45 a cut for a half acre of hilly lawn plus some trimming and blowing the driveway, sidewalk areas.

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ValuSkr — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:59:33 GMT

@haddon9 wrote:
I don't know how big your yard is but mine is a little over a third of an acre and we have ours done every week for $35.00 each time.

That's a good price. We tried to find a lawn service for my parents last year (1/4 acre, I think) and none of them were near that price.

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Carmie — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:06:25 GMT

Most of the home owners in our neighborhood use a lawn cutting service. There were several companies here cutting grass yesterday...I guess they are essential workers in PA.

Last year my DH bought a small riding lawn mower. It was a good investment because he mows the lawn more than once a week.

He mowed five times already this spring.

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giddy up — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:17:28 GMT

I can't think of any reason lawn services can't work in the pandemic. If it is anything like mine it is just one guy on the outside doing his thing. No problem with social distancing or whatever.

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sunshine45 — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:23:49 GMT

this is week three for our service. it needs to be done every week, now through probably november. he gives us a great deal though because we were one of his very first customers. one acre for $45. that includes cutting grass, weed whacking areas around trees and beds, and blowing clippings and leaves off of the sidewalks and driveway.

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songbird — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:29:17 GMT

My brother mows his yard all the time. Takes him 2 days. He has one acre. The way the house is designed (it sits in the exact center of acre) So it seem like it takes forever to mow. And he does't have a tractor mower. Just a push power mower.