Recent content by AndyMan

For the past 2 weeks, the deer have been invading our yard, eating my fir trees. They leave the spruces alone, but are destroying the fir. Man, I wish it were hunting season. :mad:

Will your mower get its spring tune-up while the snow is still on the ground or will you wait for the grass to start growing again? Do you take it somewhere or do you get it ready for the season yourself?

My snow blower (a Yard King) has "one-handed action", where I'm supposed to be able to let go of either lever and both will stay down. This used to work fine, but now it only works if I do the lever for the auger first, then the lever for the drive wheels. When I do it in this order, I can let...

We have a wisteria growing up the side of the garage, and it looking for somewhere to go from there. It's starting to wrap around the gutter and doesn't seem to want to climb over the roof. I think it might want to come out, away from the house, but the lawn slopes away starting about 3 feet...

Cleared out the driveway, with the help of the boys. Put away the snowblower. Went inside. Started the fire. Walked out to the driveway. It was already blown shut with snow.

Everything else in the world has cup holders, why not a lawn mower? (except for the obvious problem of grass clippings in my Pepsi.) I'm thinking of a suction cup attachment beside me on the wheel cover. Think it would hold? Any better ideas? And no, I will not consider one of those college...

Do you sharpen your wedges or simply replace them? Mine get pretty heavy use, and many are worn down to where they now have quite the rounded edge.

All winter my garage is full of car muck. You know, the stuff that falls off the tires and mudflaps and fenders after having driven in the snow. My way to get rid of it is to dump shovelfuls of show on it, spread it around, then shovel/squeegee out the whole mess. How do you do it?

I poured my own concrete driveway, one square at a time. It was cheaper and more fun than asphalt, plus the kids can play on it in the summer without complaining of hot feet. This time of year I could really truly trade it in. The light color does not absorb the sunlight well, so it does not...

We were scolded by the US Postal service. When the plow goes by, it scoops the snow up against our mailbox, and we just leave it there. Enough has built up that the mailman (excuse me, our postal carrier) can't reach the box from his truck. Instead of our mail, we received a note (he did...

So, what does everyone prefer for their string trimming needs: Gas, electric, or battery? I've also seen some with optional blade attachments, but I'm afraid I may cut off my foot at the ankle.:wink: Thoughts?

We have always had a buried propane tank but are now switching to above ground. They said they need to put in two 100-gallon tanks, up against the house. Does anyone have experience with this? We have about three weeks to figure out where these things are going to go.

It seems like half of my trash some weeks is cat clumps. Is there any way to naturally dispose of used cat litter without killing my yard destroying my woods? We use the clumping kind.

I came home from my trip last night to find, surprisingly, the road neatly plowed. (A rare occurrence in my rural area.) Then I found the new guy who just moved in down the road over the summer plowing his driveway. :mad: He was on a little tractor thing with a plow attachment in the front...

While on my trip I have discovered a most horrible tree: the Sweet Gum. I'm told that it gives wonderful shade in the summer, but right now there are sticky, spiky, hard, evil gum balls everywhere - yards, driveways, roads, gutters, sidewalks. After seeing these I will never ever have this...