I am so tired of lawn care...and spring just started.
It's all I can do to keep up with just mowing my lawn...let alone worry about weeds and fertilizers and aerating and using the weed eater and who knows what else these other obsessed people do.
I work, I'm in graduate school, I have a ******, and I do like a little time to just relax... I'm get sick of coming home and seeing all these perfectly manicured lawns on my block...and then...mine.
Right now, my lawn is about 6 inches high, and full of dandelions and other assorted stuff that shouldn't be there. Sometimes I feel really guilty that I'm not making more of an effort to make it look better...but I've only got so much time in a day to work, study/write for school, and do yardwork...so, something has to slide. Then, I get pissed that I have this b.s. guilt imposed on me.
Oh, not to mention the row of hedges at the side of my house that are growing way out of control and need to be trimmed/torn out.
Unfortunately, due to being in school, I can't even afford to pay someone else to do the yard work and spray for weeds and all that other stuff. Hell, I can't even afford gas for my mower this week...
What REALLY sucks is the town I live in...if you don't keep up with your mowing, you can get a ticket from the city. And, if it gets too bad, they will ticket you AND mow it for you. (and then charge you for mowing it!)
Sometimes I wish my house was far enough out of the city that I could just let the lawn grow wild...turn it into a prairie...:o
I heard a story on the radio one day about this guy who was actually the mayor of some little town down in Kentucky...apparently he wasn't too good about keeping up with his yard work either. So...he put a sign out in his front yard that read, "There are more important things than short grass!"
Man I wish I had the nerve to do that...
It's all I can do to keep up with just mowing my lawn...let alone worry about weeds and fertilizers and aerating and using the weed eater and who knows what else these other obsessed people do.
I work, I'm in graduate school, I have a ******, and I do like a little time to just relax... I'm get sick of coming home and seeing all these perfectly manicured lawns on my block...and then...mine.
Right now, my lawn is about 6 inches high, and full of dandelions and other assorted stuff that shouldn't be there. Sometimes I feel really guilty that I'm not making more of an effort to make it look better...but I've only got so much time in a day to work, study/write for school, and do yardwork...so, something has to slide. Then, I get pissed that I have this b.s. guilt imposed on me.
Oh, not to mention the row of hedges at the side of my house that are growing way out of control and need to be trimmed/torn out.
Unfortunately, due to being in school, I can't even afford to pay someone else to do the yard work and spray for weeds and all that other stuff. Hell, I can't even afford gas for my mower this week...
What REALLY sucks is the town I live in...if you don't keep up with your mowing, you can get a ticket from the city. And, if it gets too bad, they will ticket you AND mow it for you. (and then charge you for mowing it!)
Sometimes I wish my house was far enough out of the city that I could just let the lawn grow wild...turn it into a prairie...:o
I heard a story on the radio one day about this guy who was actually the mayor of some little town down in Kentucky...apparently he wasn't too good about keeping up with his yard work either. So...he put a sign out in his front yard that read, "There are more important things than short grass!"
Man I wish I had the nerve to do that...
