Articles for tag: Lawn Mowing, Mowing, Office Jobs

Why Mowing Lawns is Not a “Lowly” Job

As a young man mowing lawns, I always felt like my job was looked down upon. I never really understood why, though. After all of my experience, I’ve pinpointed some of the reasons why some people don’t respect lawn mowing as a job, and here are three reasons why lawn mowing is a respectable job ...

How to Start a Lawn Mowing Business

So you probably want to earn a bit of cash for spending or saving during the summer but you’re not sure how. Perhaps you mow your parents’ lawn and get a bit of money for that. Well, that little lawnmower can turn into a full-fledged business that can make you quite a pretty sum of ...

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10 Quick Tips for Dethatching Your Lawn in the Fall

Dethatching your lawn in the fall is a good idea if you want to keep your lawn looking healthy and fresh. When you dethatch your lawn all you are doing is removing the layer of thatch that has accumulated in your lawn. The thatch is composed of decomposing grass, dead roots, and other debris that ...

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5 Steps to Cultivating Green Lawns After Dethatching

Are you looking at some common lawn problems? How did the thatch get in your grassy area to begin with? After all, when you rolled out the sod, you had the best of intentions, watered it three times a day and forbade little feet from even touching the blades. The University of Rhode Island defines ...

Costs of Starting a Lawn Mowing Business

Starting a lawnmower business is much more than simply grabbing your personal mower and going to town. In order to protect yourself and your business and compete with others, you’ll want to establish a professional business with proper tools and equipment and adequate insurance. Knowing the costs of starting a lawn mowing business will help ...

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Temperature and Mowing Grass

Overview The world you live in may be technologically advanced, but don’t sell your lawnmower, because there’s no grass on the market that doesn’t need mowing. Although, your grass tolerates mowing more than it needs it, proper mowing techniques facilitate growth. Mowing techniques, such as how tall it should be and other seasonal variances, differ ...

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Gasoline Grass Cutter or Electric Lawn Mower?

Are you considering inviting an electric lawn mower into the shed – while giving the old gasoline-powered grass cutting machine the heave-ho? Is the decision somehow more difficult than you thought? The Ohio State University puts it best when it refers to the gardening chore of cutting the grass as being the “partial defoliation of ...

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How to Maintain a Healthy Lawn

There are no secrets to a beautiful lawn; consistent tender loving care is the only way to maintain a healthy lawn. Hiring someone to maintain your lawn for you is always an option but satisfaction is better with hard work. Watering to maintain a healthy lawn Watering is important, a healthy lawn requires at least ...

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Product Review: Neuton Battery Powered Mower

Last Monday afternoon, I bought myself an electric lawnmower. I suppose I should back up and give some basic history on my situation. Before Monday, I owned a gas lawnmower, because I had teenage children with whom I could pawn off the lawn mowing duties. (Before that, we had a lawn cutting service.) My husband ...

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Starting a Lawn Mowing Service

During the spring, summer, and early fall months, this is a great time of the year for those who are in the lawn mowing service business. A person can find many people who will want their lawns mowed and trimmed. These people are willing to pay for this type of service because of their busy ...