Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Before and afters are fun! What do you think?

BEFORE.....


AFTER........


I also put down 28 Cu Ft of red ceader mulch and Preen. Amazing what a little color can do! (Sorry no real before pics here)


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I need to get some more Hostas (sp?) and a new larger plant for in between the 2 tall skinny ones above. Not sure what I want yet...

What do you think so far?

That looks awsome man! Have you noticed that people who are into OPE are the ones that have the best looking places

Great job!

Looks very nice.  Glad you're having some nice weather to get things done outside.  It's been raining here for the last 24 hours and there is flooding across some roads.  It's nice to see that somebody can get outside to make yard improvements.  Kepp up the awesome job.

Sherri

Its been raining alot here where I live too. Not as much as where you live though, there is no flooding here.

Thanks

As for the weather...look again! It was RAINING in those pictures! Check the ground. I was cutting in the rain this morning! Nothing like having a 12.5HP walk behind mower when the grass is wet!

There's been at least 5+ inches of rain here in the last 24 hours.  That on top of the heavy rain last weekend and the weekend before - well, I'm just starting to think that the only place to see nice yards is in OPE land.

Keep up the good work and keep the sun filled yards coming through.

Sherri

Looks graet Brian. My wife says most hostas like shade. A good garden center can be a lot of help. They will look a pictures an make recommendations, soil tests, ect. Maybe not the closest place, maybe not the biggest, but a good place that people recommend.

Nice work Brian. I don't have to worry about trimming my bushes. The deer are doing a fine job.  LOL  So are the neighbors going to play, "keep up with the Changs?"

Kevin

Looks great Brian! The way I see it the lawn, beds and gardens are always a work in progress.

What's the list of the stuff you pressure washed so far.

Kind of Zen like experience isn't it. The engine noise, watching years of dirt, and mold, and slime disappear, like you are operating a giant magic eraser.

Rob, so far I have done the house, the wooden swing set, the driveway, and some of my OPE.

And yes, the grass and the beds will always be a work in progress...especially if there is fertalizer and water involved!

Very nice Brian! 

The wooden ramp, after you stained it, really dresses up the shed.  The shrubs look really too, with the red bark around them.  What kind of hostas are you going to get?  There are such a huge variety of them, it would be nice to put in a some different ones, especially the ones with different kinds of flowers, so they bloom at different times and set each other off.  The variety in leaves looks pretty sharp as well.

Paula

Very nice Brian

Looks good...

My brother lived in Wantagh for a couple of years a while back.  Nice area.

LL

I thought the before picture was good as it was, but it improved greatly.  That little triangle above the front door looks like it could use just a bit more washing, but it maybe my eyes.  How did you get that nice design in the sidewalk?  Over a very nice tidy place there Brian.  Not as neat as mine. 

This might be a little of the subject here. I don't know how popular palms are up north, but today I was at work and we hook up new house services in the new sub divisons. I can not believe how close to the house these people plant palms. I mean some of them are like 3 ft aways Im talking about like queen palms they get to be about 25 feet tall. Does no one think ahead?? I just did a trimming job where a lady had a washingtoin by her house and it scratched all the paint and rotted the eves of the house. I was just wondering if anyone else sees this??

Actually, our first house had a huge ash tree butted right up to the house....the roots had pushed up the concrete of the front porch.  To top it off, the woman who planted it happily told us that was the tree SHE planted....if she wasn't a little ole lady, I would've been tempted to trip her. 

What blew me away was that it didn't occur to anyone AS the tree was getting huge that maybe, just maybe, this wasn't the best place for a great big old ash tree (not like it happened overnight)??! 

Needless to say, we paid someone to cut it down (they did a beautiful job taking it down...didn't drop anything on the roof and were incredibly inexpensive for all we had done).  I was surprised though when I called the lumber yards to see if anyone was interested in the wood for free, just to come and haul it away, no one wanted it....the tree was straight and I thought it would make for some great lumber...wound up cutting it up and letting my mom burn it in her woodburner.  Just seemed like a shame to use such good wood for that. 

Paula

LOL, no Palms in Oklahoma, real ones anyway. Well, maybe in some inside areas I know of.

I see the same thing all the time here with Pine trees. People plant them 5-6 feet apart and wonder why they grow together later.

No palms here either.  I have fruit trees about 25 feet from the house.  Have you been in Florida most all your life? 

I've lived here all my life 25 yrs lol

I guess it is a great place to be minus the storms and all.  I'd probably live up near Mobile Alabama or anywhere to get away from those storms.  I'd miss the change in seasons, cause I really do like to blow snow.