I have a large cedar that lives in the front yard. I needed some broken tree limbs removed and called three tree service contractors. The bids and recommendations were all over the place. The contractor I ended up hiring had sent out a certified arborist to evaluate the tree. The arborist [...]
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Tree Service
April 7th, 2008 · No Comments
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Black and Decker LawnHog MM875 Works
December 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Out of the box, the Black and Decker LawnHog come pre-assembled. Put away your tools because you won’t be needing them. All I had to do was
Straighten the handle and hand tighten the nuts and bolts;
Assemble the rear bag, which entails slipping a mesh bag over a metal frame;
Replace the mulching attachment with [...]
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The Electric Lawn Mower Experiment
December 15th, 2007 · No Comments
Lived with the hand push reel mower for 8 months, and now it’s finally time to set it to rest. I had no problem cutting grass with a manual lawnmower. I can zip around the front yard and back yard quickly in no time. However, raking up all the grass just got [...]
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Low Maintenance Lawns
August 20th, 2007 · No Comments
A gardener and automatic sprinklers make lawn maintenance a snap. I don’t have to remember to water the lawn. When the lawn needs a hair cut, someone comes by every week or every other week to give it a trim and clean-up all the cut grass and dead leaves hanging about. In [...]
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