Home owners cost of beautication

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Belly35

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May 12, 2014 10:05 PM
Home owners who care about the visual appearance of your property and your image of a responsible neighbor how much have you invested this year with flowers (perennials or annuals), mulch and other beautification items?

this year been costly: between mulch 20yard, hanging flowers, ground flowers and potting flowers ...... .????.??
May 12, 2014 10:05pm
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Pick6

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May 12, 2014 10:12 PM
I steal flowers from other people's yard and plant them in mine.

And patio furniture, too.
May 12, 2014 10:12pm
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justincredible

Nick Mangold

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May 12, 2014 10:26 PM
Pick6;1615571 wrote:I steal flowers from other people's yard and plant them in mine.

And patio furniture, too.
May 12, 2014 10:26pm
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justincredible

Nick Mangold

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May 12, 2014 10:28 PM
We've spent a little more than $100 so far on our front yard, but not all of it was for "beautification." About $70 of it was for building two additional raised vegetable beds. The rest has been on mulch and flowers. We are putting a decent amount (probably $1500-2000) in to our back yard this season on various projects.
May 12, 2014 10:28pm
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friendfromlowry

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May 12, 2014 11:33 PM
Belly35;1615568 wrote:Home owners who care about the visual appearance of your property and your image of a responsible neighbor
...wat?
Nevermind, don't care. Guns, Obama, blah blah.
May 12, 2014 11:33pm
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Glory Days

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May 13, 2014 12:03 AM
Home owner? I rent and I've spent over a thousand last year because my landlord is related to Honey Badger.
May 13, 2014 12:03am
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salto

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May 13, 2014 5:45 AM
Didn't Belly post this same thread like less than a month ago?
May 13, 2014 5:45am
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ZWICK 4 PREZ

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May 13, 2014 5:58 AM
There's no such thing as curb appeal

/con_alma'd
May 13, 2014 5:58am
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Belly35

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May 13, 2014 5:58 AM
salto;1615623 wrote:Didn't Belly post this same thread like less than a month ago?
this is a annual thread...
May 13, 2014 5:58am
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ts1227

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May 13, 2014 6:22 AM
We just moved in last fall, so of course this year is pretty high in costs for us. Between patio furniture, mulch, grass seed, garden, flowers, soil, grill, etc. I'm easily north of $500

Not all necessarily beautification, but you get the idea
May 13, 2014 6:22am
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Devils Advocate

Brudda o da bomber

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May 13, 2014 7:45 AM
Belly35;1615625 wrote:this is a annual thread...
But I'm planting perennials.
May 13, 2014 7:45am
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SnotBubbles

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May 13, 2014 7:47 AM
We mulch every year, mow our grass and trim our bushes. Low maintenance but clean is our approach.
May 13, 2014 7:47am
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Fab4Runner

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May 13, 2014 8:18 AM
Our house was vacant for almost two years, so the yard was very overgrown and out of control. A lot of it was cleaned up a few weeks ago, but there is still a lot more to do. We need to move some plants, plant some others, and we want to build a deck and put in a patio and fire pit. Should be fun times. JK.
May 13, 2014 8:18am
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Brudda o da bomber

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May 13, 2014 8:25 AM
SnotBubbles;1615636 wrote:We trim our bushes.
Start a manscaping thread you sick fuck.
May 13, 2014 8:25am
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ernest_t_bass

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May 13, 2014 8:55 AM
Plan on fire pit. Just need the bricks.
May 13, 2014 8:55am
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vdubb96

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May 13, 2014 8:55 AM
Don't really think we are going to do much this year to ours. Already looks good.

May 13, 2014 8:55am
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Brudda o da bomber

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May 13, 2014 9:17 AM
vdubb96;1615651 wrote:Don't really think we are going to do much this year to ours. Already looks good.

Nope. Y'all need a cement pond.
May 13, 2014 9:17am
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Con_Alma

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May 13, 2014 9:37 AM
ZWICK 4 PREZ;1615624 wrote:There's no such thing as curb appeal

/con_alma'd
Never said such a thing.

Let me corret it for you..."why should I care about curb appeal?"
May 13, 2014 9:37am
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Con_Alma

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May 13, 2014 9:40 AM
...followed by, "I don't care about curb appeal".
May 13, 2014 9:40am
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Manhattan Buckeye

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May 13, 2014 9:45 AM
About $200 since our lawnmower has moved on to the great lawn and garden show in the sky and needed to hire outside help. We stopped planting flowers on the front patio since they would just die anyway.
May 13, 2014 9:45am
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sportchampps

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May 13, 2014 9:55 AM
We just moved here in Feb. We are easily over 2k since then. Next year once the ground settles we are gonna spend about 5-10k on a patio or deck with a built in firepit or fireplace and a fence. I also need to pay someone to remove 2-3 trees along the edge of the woods on my property.
May 13, 2014 9:55am
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baseballstud24

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May 13, 2014 9:56 AM
Fab4Runner;1615643 wrote:Our house was vacant for almost two years, so the yard was very overgrown and out of control. A lot of it was cleaned up a few weeks ago, but there is still a lot more to do. We need to move some plants, plant some others, and we want to build a deck and put in a patio and fire pit. Should be fun times. JK.
I'm in the same boat...My house is also built into a hillside and is in the woods pretty much..My back yard consists of 30 trees and a very steep hill..It's really fun to mow.
May 13, 2014 9:56am
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thavoice

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May 13, 2014 10:19 AM
Local town has free mulch for the taking so I took 4 scoops so that saved about 140 bucks.

Have rose bushes that dont need planted every year, so no cost in that.
May do a few flowers that dont come up from last year.

Looks like I do need to replace 2 bushes though so that may cost me something.

Does a garden count?
May 13, 2014 10:19am
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thavoice

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May 13, 2014 11:00 AM
Manhattan Buckeye;1615663 wrote:About $200 since our lawnmower has moved on to the great lawn and garden show in the sky and needed to hire outside help. We stopped planting flowers on the front patio since they would just die anyway.
Goodlucks...those old time mowers were built much better than the newer ones!

Got a brand new one last year and the carberatuer went bad and they said it was the gas used and not covered under warranty.
Pissed me off.
May 13, 2014 11:00am
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Pick6

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May 13, 2014 11:10 AM
thavoice;1615720 wrote:Goodlucks...those old time mowers were built much better than the newer ones!

Got a brand new one last year and the carberatuer went bad and they said it was the gas used and not covered under warranty.
Pissed me off.
Maybe use the right gas? Dumbass.
May 13, 2014 11:10am