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Post by birdy on Apr 9, 2021 15:09:52 GMT
Which order do you do these yard tasks in? Mow first, "weed eater" 2nd, or the opposite, and why do you do them in that order? Just curious after a discussion we had the other day!
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Post by workingclassdog on Apr 9, 2021 15:12:32 GMT
Weed eat first and mower can pick up the leftovers..  Now this is based on my neighbor.. BURN lawn first... yeah that happened on purpose. In a suburban neighborhood (not fields) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 15:14:10 GMT
DH uses weed trimmer first and then mows. The lawnmower then helps to pick up all the trimmings as he mows.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 15:21:00 GMT
1st Mow
2nd Trim
I trim second so I can cut whatever the mower missed.
ETA: my neighbors also mow first & trim second
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 9, 2021 15:25:22 GMT
I don't have a lawn. I live in the country so I am just overrun with weeds on a hilly, rocky slope. Weed trimming happens first so I can see all the rocks and dips in the ground so I don't ruin my mower when I mow.
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Post by MrsDepp on Apr 9, 2021 15:28:14 GMT
Weed eat first and mow second.
It gets too hot and too humid, and we get too dang tired to do it opposite of that.
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Post by schizo319 on Apr 9, 2021 15:28:59 GMT
I don't do it the same every time. Sometimes I weedeat first, sometimes I mow first, sometimes I skip the weedeater entirely and sometimes I just weedeat and mow a week later. I have a very laissez-faire attitude toward the yard work.
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Post by Linda on Apr 9, 2021 16:24:34 GMT
I don't do it the same every time. Sometimes I weedeat first, sometimes I mow first, sometimes I skip the weedeater entirely and sometimes I just weedeat and mow a week later. I have a very laissez-faire attitude toward the yard work. very similar here - and often the person weed-eating isn't the same person mowing and schedules don't align |
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Post by Mel on Apr 9, 2021 16:29:38 GMT
Honestly, I mow while he trims. LOL We have a big yard, so I do the rider, he does the weed eater and push mower in the ditches out front (we live in the country)
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Post by bianca42 on Apr 9, 2021 16:37:48 GMT
We have a lawn service. One person mows while the other trims. So part of our yard is mowed first and part is trimmed first.
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Post by lesley on Apr 9, 2021 17:26:22 GMT
I didn’t know what a weed eater was, so I looked it up and it turns out it’s what we call a strimmer in the UK.  So on that basis, I get DS to mow first and strim afterwards. I don’t do anything in the garden, and he needs to earn his keep somehow.  |
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Post by paget on Apr 9, 2021 17:40:34 GMT
I’ve actually never done it but if I did I would edge first as that is how I’ve seen every yard service we’ve had so it.
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Post by huskermom98 on Apr 9, 2021 18:08:24 GMT
I've never thought to trim first, mostly because we also use the trimmer to clean up what the mower missed. I never wanted to trim until we got a new trimmer that is battery operated & not as scary sounding as our old corded one.
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Post by maryland on Apr 9, 2021 19:19:09 GMT
I can't do the trimming because as hard as I try, I can never get it figured out. So my husband does the trimming. I do the mowing (or one of our daughters mows). He likes to trim before we mow. When our daughters were about 10 yrs. old, they loved to mow! Now that they are 17, 21 and 23, the don't enjoy it anymore!  I also think it's because my husband (who doesn't mow much) choose our mower based on Consumer Reports. Well, the kids and I think it's too heavy and we don't like to mow. He should have let us pick the mower, haha! |
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Post by birdy on Apr 9, 2021 20:32:57 GMT
We use the weed trimmer 1st so that the mower can pick up any long pieces (near the fence line, etc.) and mulch them up. We usually mow weekly and do the weed trimmer every other week.
I was just curious because it's finally nice out here and 5 of the 9 neighbors on our cul-de-sac mowed over the past few days and I notice each does it a different way. We got to talking about the pros and cons of each at dinner the other night (I know, exciting dinner conversation, haha!).
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Post by hookturnian on Apr 9, 2021 22:57:01 GMT
I didn’t know what a weed eater was, so I looked it up and it turns out it’s what we call a strimmer in the UK. So on that basis, I get DS to mow first and strim afterwards. I don’t do anything in the garden, and he needs to earn his keep somehow. It's a whipper-snipper here in Australia😂. We have strimmers too, but they are the chainsaw/sawfish-looking things for shaping hedges and topiary. I have a lawn service. They whipper-snipper the edges around the fence, paths and beds and then mow the rest. |
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Post by lisae on Apr 10, 2021 1:24:04 GMT
DH seldom uses the weedeater but it is always after mowing. I don't know anyone who uses the weedeater first. How would you know what the mower couldn't get to if you didn't mow first?
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Apr 10, 2021 1:30:36 GMT
We mow first, then weed eat, and then use the blower to neaten it all up. That’s for the lawn right around the house and pool. Done pretty much weekly by myself, my husband, and our 19y/o son.
For the rest of the yard (mostly natural), we have a service that comes to now and weed eat on a less frequent schedule.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 10, 2021 4:52:19 GMT
At our house DH changed the landscaping so he could mow right up to the edge of everything. We only use a weed whacker at the deer shack where we don’t have a zero turn that will get right up close to everything.
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Post by nlwilkins on Apr 10, 2021 6:42:28 GMT
My husband uses a sprayer to kill the grass around the edges every once in a while. So we do not have to use an edger.
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Post by Patter on Apr 10, 2021 10:10:26 GMT
We have a lawn service. One person mows while the other trims. So part of our yard is mowed first and part is trimmed first. Ditto. |
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Post by librarylady on Apr 10, 2021 15:06:37 GMT
DH uses weed trimmer first and then mows. The lawnmower then helps to pick up all the trimmings as he mows. DH says this is why he uses the weed trimmer first--the lawnmower picks up the trimmings and makes clean up faster.
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Post by malibou on Apr 10, 2021 18:27:49 GMT
Of course the Australians call it a whipper-snipper! I love how you guys name things.
We have always called it a strimmer. I didn't realize the word came from my British in-laws. 😊
Aaaand, because there is a crass 15 year-old boy living inside of me, I keep giggling every time I read the thread title as I remember old 2peas threads about lady gardens and manscaping. 😂
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Post by katiekaty on Apr 10, 2021 18:37:01 GMT
We have a lawn service. Usually 4-6 guys jump out of the truck trimming, moving, raking, doing it all at one. When DH used to do it, he mowed, trimmed, raked the bed, pruned blowed, wheelbarrowed to the side of the road for pick and spent 4 hours plus. The lawn guys can do it all in 20-30 minutes unless I add on services!
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I also think it's because my husband (who doesn't mow much) choose our mower based on Consumer Reports. Well, the kids and I think it's too heavy and we don't like to mow. He should have let us pick the mower, haha!
