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haha the H2 couldnt do it!
you would be better off using the hearse!
the shrubss could be pulled out from the street
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Originally posted by ElKy:
haha the H2 couldnt do it!
you would be better off using the hearse!
the shrubss could be pulled out from the street
It ain't no wussy H2. It is the original baby!!!
Tearing up the lawn doesn't really matter to me as it is already in rough shape and needs to be worked on anyway. The last guy to live hear used to plow the entire front yard so there are piles where the plow would stop! 
Thanks for the offers. I may take you up on them! Jay's "Mad Scientist" advice applies to lawn care too? I did not know that! 
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Yah- like Steve said, the lawn is pretty much shot anyways! You should have seen him mowing the front lawn for the first time- it was like he was on a roller coaster- up, down, up, down. There are piles and holes everywhere! So, it will definitely need to be re-done! Thanks for everything, guys!  It should be pretty interesting to see how much dirt goes flying when those shrubs get ripped out at the root! haha! I think the neighbors accross the street might even gain a little! 
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Originally posted by GoodSki411:
Yah- like Steve said, the lawn is pretty much shot anyways! You should have seen him mowing the front lawn for the first time- it was like he was on a roller coaster- up, down, up, down. There are piles and holes everywhere! So, it will definitely need to be re-done!
Thanks for everything, guys! It should be pretty interesting to see how much dirt goes flying when those shrubs get ripped out at the root! haha! I think the neighbors accross the street might even gain a little!
I'll yank them out after a 12 pack.  
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Originally posted by GoodSki411:
Elky and Jay- that would be great! We actually already have a ton of stuff that was trimmed down that I wouldn't mind chipping! We are going to need some major yard work, as well, Jay! That would be great!!! We have to pull out all of the old shrubs (because they're WAY too big) first. That should be an interesting ordeal! Thinking about having someone with a truck come in and tie a rope to both and just have them pull the darned things right out of the ground! haha!
Mike and Kim just got themselves a nice F-350 4x4.
A quick and dirty way to get the bushes out is to chain saw them so that they are about 12 inches tall. Then wrap a chain around them and attach the chain to the trailer hitch. Put the transfer case shifter into low range 4x4 and put the tranny in drive, that V-10 might just pull out the stumps idling in the low gears!
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Originally posted by cruises8:
Thanks for the offers. I may take you up on them! Jay's "Mad Scientist" advice applies to lawn care too? I did not know that!
Yes, I am a landscaper by day and a mad scientist by night.
Leave the lawn alone for the most part until the early fall. Planting any grass seed now is a big gamble. If you keep the gound moist, the warm soil temperature will help the seeds germinate quickly, but the grass grows slow and will likely be taken over by weeds and most of the seeds will be choked out.
my best suggestion is to use a shovel and iron rake and level out the high spots into the low spots and leave it alone and let what ever grows grow. In early september go to a place like Home Depot and pick up some liquid Weed B Gone for use on lawns in a sprayer container you hook up to the garden hose and spray over the whole lawn to kill off any existing weeds and put down some Scots Turfbuilder fertilizer. (by itself, no weed killer, insecticide or anything) When the weather starts to cool down about 3 or 4 weeks after you do weed killer and fertilizer, if you need more soil contact a local landscaper to have them deliver some top soil so you can fill in any low spots that you aren't quite happy with. Then pick up some grass seed (if you have alot of big trees get a sun/shade seed, if your lawn is mostly open get a sunny seed) and rough up the areas you want to seed with a stiff rake, then lightly sprinkle the areas with seed, and lightly rake over the seeded areas with a leaf rake. Once the seed is down water the lawn every day for about 20 minutes in each area you run the sprinkler. Keep watering daily until its been down long enough to have mowed the new grass at least one time. Then around thanksgiving time put down Scotts Winterizer fertilizer and Lime. In March or early April after the snow melts put down Scotts Step 1, and from there on out use the Scotts Step system and water the lawn when the grass starts to look dry and the lawn should stay nice all year.
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Excellent, succinct advice; thanks.
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