I don't know if they have it near you, but I learned Ace Hardware near me delivers free for orders over $50. Just used it for two-gallons of paint.
2024 Lawn yard thread
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I don't know if they have it near you, but I learned Ace Hardware near me delivers free for orders over $50. Just used it for two-gallons of paint.
qclabrat
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Too far according to app, going to Chatham tomorrow
Seeds are pre-germinating, lawn has been scalped, trying to hype myself up to do the dethatching. It's overseeding season!
qclabrat
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Yep, me too. Dragging out the dethatcher is the biggest hurdle
iman29
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ive seen several people around the neighborhood doing this, and decided that I can much better use the time and money spent on the lawn for bike related stuff.
besides, I have the best Dandelion garden in town come springtime.. 😛
serviceguy
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Speaking of which...for the last few years our town does not accept grass clippings at the recycling center, they actually check the garden refuse bags being brought in...after accumulating a few years worth of clippings in a corner of the property I start seeing the reason behind it, it's nasty!
That brings the question...what are you supposed to do with grass clippings (or the dethatching residue) ?
This year we tried to remove them with the specifically designed tool...not fun and very time consuming, they seem to pop back out about every minute...
@serviceguy Compost them.
Not bad as of earlier this week. Should have a decent base for next year.
serviceguy
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It’s kind of what we’ve been doing, it just doesn’t look like after all this time the clippings really decomposed…maybe I did not realize our grass is synthetic?!?!?
i put the mulching plate in the mower and dont worry about clippings. ever. its also better for the lawn (so im told)
serviceguy
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I guess I should be more religious about my lawn mowing schedule, you can do that if you mow frequently. This year I went abroad for 3 weeks in September, when we came back I could not find where the house was…but yes, mowing forward (eh, see what I did there?) that could definitely be the way.
I mow based on visual cues not a time schedule. Soooo religious is not how I would describe my mowing habits
you just said, "Show me a sign"
one piece crank
1pc Cranky
Dust bowl with leaves. That’s all I got.
JDurk
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Same. My firewood piles are nice and dry. Haven't cut my grass in a long time. My OCD neighbor, still weekly and has been blowing leaves at least twice a week with his F&*king blower. Wife just texted me he's currently running it right now, so not only is it loud, it's also a big dust cloud mixed with the smell of 2 stroke exhaust.
qclabrat
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I love my two stroke Redmax. Nothing electric comes close to the power and range...
JDurk
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I'm all gas too, except for my 19+y/o corded blower that still gets the job done good enough for me. He can't stand 1 leaf being anywhere on his lawn.
SAM
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Not that much longer...
Gas leaf blower NJ Leg bill
"1. a. Beginning one year after the effective date of this section, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute within the State a gas-powered leaf blower for use or operation in the State.
b. Beginning four years after the effective date of this section, no person shall use or operate a gas-powered leaf blower in the State."
Four years from effective date is too long to wait.
EDIT: More recent news (08-07-2024). https://nj1015.com/njs-gas-powered-leaf-blower-ban-what-you-need-to-know/
Gas leaf blower NJ Leg bill
"1. a. Beginning one year after the effective date of this section, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute within the State a gas-powered leaf blower for use or operation in the State.
b. Beginning four years after the effective date of this section, no person shall use or operate a gas-powered leaf blower in the State."
Four years from effective date is too long to wait.
EDIT: More recent news (08-07-2024). https://nj1015.com/njs-gas-powered-leaf-blower-ban-what-you-need-to-know/
