New Yard, New Client, Same Story (Oddly Satisfying Lawn Care)

Mowing in Florida is the gift that keeps giving, even heading into Fall. New yard you haven't seen, real time version coming next month. Watch the video and read the description before commenting. Odds are I will cover any question you have.

0:00 Intro
0:10 I've Finally Lost It
0:24 Bobcat Bites Back
0:31 Can't Argue With That
0:50 Let's Prove It!
1:15 READ THE DESCRIPTION OR WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO
1:48 Before Shots
2:14 Gotta Deal With Sticks And Moss First
2:19 Edging Start
2:28 This Lawn Needed Edging BAD
2:36 Finding The Edge Here Was Challenging
2:58 I Edge These For WOW Factor
3:16 Trash From Interior Remodel
3:21 Lumber for Remodel As Well
3:25 Edging Cracks Are So Satisfying To Me
3:32 Get Ready For The Sod Farm
3:52 Driveway Cracks Are Satisfying, Too
4:04 Cleaning Up Makes Me Want To Die
4:22 Can't Forget The Back Patio
4:32 Taking My Life (Or Bank Account) Into My Own Hands
4:53 The DEBUT!
5:05 It Felt So Good To Mow This Grass
5:41 Like Hot Knives Through Butter
6:05 Giant Plant Makes Mowing Tough
6:21 A Little Slope Adds To The Challenge
6:28 So Much Grass Clippings You'd Think This Was California
6:59 Mowing Under Trees: A Drag
7:19 Mail Call
7:25 WATER You Looking At? (HEY-OH!)
7:29 Electric Equipment is SHOCKING (HEY-OH!)
7:32 Make Like A Tree And Leaf (Eh...That Was Weak)
7:45 Fence Line Trimming
7:57 Having To Trim Through Grass AND Clippings!
8:06 FINALLY! I GOT IN! I'M BEING HELD AGAINST MY WILL!
8:17 THEY MAKE ME MOW LAWNS ALL DAY!
8:25 I DON'T FIND ANY OF IT ODDLY SATISFYING!
8:36 THEY ARE COMING BACK, PLEASE GET ME...
8:45 I don't know how he got out, but make sure and tie him up with the .130 trimmer line this time
8:52 Where Were We? Oh Yes, Messy AC!
9:08 Hand Pulling Is A Necessary Evil Sometimes
9:17 So Many Clippings!
9:36 Down The Trimming Homestretch
9:47 More Hand Pulling Near Backflow Preventer
10:12 UGH, More Utilities To Hand Pull Around
10:32 Nearly Done!
10:52 It really BUGGED ME (HEY-OH! HE EARNED THAT ONE!)
11:03 Putting Her Away
11:15 There Is A Joke In Here, I Just Know It!
11:33 Before/After Shots/Conclusion
Q&A: Most common answers are addressed in the video, see the timestamps for specific questions. Other common questions:

- Q: Why aren’t you mowing in straight lines or striping?
- A: Striping isn’t a big deal down here. Most of the time we are cutting many species of grass around 2.5” or 3”, and that is too short to leave striping. (Maybe tire tracks, but not actually striping the lawn.) Even when I cut Saint Augustine at 4.5” it doesn’t lay down and stripe, it is just too stiff of a grass blade. I am willing to bet if you think striping is a big deal, you live further North than I do. As far as straight lines, breaking the yard into segments makes a better video, which is my main goal.

- Q: You discharged towards XYZ and that makes you an amateur.
- A: Another classic. This yard, at is narrowest, is ~12' wide/deep. I have a 48" (4') mower deck. Generally a mower throws grass clippings two or three passes long, which means that no matter what I am going to be hitting something. Either the house or the fence, pick one (often both), If I don't ever point towards the AC, then I am blasting the vinyl fencing. At the end of the day, everything is blown off, so despite how much you want to vocalize an issue with it, it really doesn't make a difference in the end. The grass gets blown off structures and fences and AC's and sidewalks. You can't keep grass off all those places while you are mowing. And NO, a chute blocker wouldn't have helped, this grass was much too thick and tall to use a chute blocker or mulch plate.

- Q: You cut the grass too short!
- A: Not really. If you cut any grass at this height down to 3.25”, it will be more brown than green. That isn’t a sign I damaged it, just the way grass works. It grew back fine.

- Q: That wasn’t tall grass, you should see blah blah blah.
- A: Not a question, but I get it. Just because it isn’t the tallest grass you have ever seen doesn’t mean it isn’t tall. Lots of people will also say they liked it better before or it wasn’t too tall the way it was. All personal preference, unless you live in an HOA like this client, in which case it doesn’t matter what you prefer, it only matters what the HOA is going to enforce.

- Q: Why are you using electric equipment? I can tell from the second you started using it you weren’t a professional.
- A: It never ceases to amaze me how common this one is. HART and ECHO have both sent me electric equipment to test out. When filming, I have to move the camera between 50 and 100 times, depending on the project. That means edging a section, then stopping, walking to the camera, moving the camera, adjusting the shot, walking back to where I stopped, start edging again, repeat dozens of times. Electric equipment doesn’t waste gas during that extra time, isn’t loud, and in some cases is a touch lighter. It is much more capable than you think, and doesn’t extend the job time by much.

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