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Do you still cut your own grass or do you hire it out?

Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:25 pm
Posted by white beans
Member since Sep 2009
6439 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:25 pm
I've cut more grass in my life than any human should and I hate it. And that's not even considering my disdain for small engines.

But I can't bring myself to hire somebody because I can't get over shelling out dollars for something I can do. Plus I don't trust them to not frick it up.

Decades long dilemma. How do you do it baws?
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
11915 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:26 pm to
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How do you do it baws?


Have children.

Make them do it.
Posted by hawgfaninc
https://youtu.be/torc9P4-k5A
Member since Nov 2011
51820 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:26 pm to
The brother of my butler’s butler does it
This post was edited on 11/5/25 at 2:31 pm
Posted by vistajay
Member since Oct 2012
2793 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:27 pm to
Me. I need the exercise.
Posted by LOL
Member since Jun 2015
451 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:27 pm to
Paying someone else to cut your grass is like paying someone else to f your wife.
Posted by white beans
Member since Sep 2009
6439 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:27 pm to
I was with that idea until my son repeatedly fricked it up. He can hack up his paw paw's yard.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73346 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:28 pm to
I don't even own lawn equipment.
Posted by stelly1025
Lafayette
Member since May 2012
9835 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:29 pm to
I mow my own lawn.

Posted by BeerMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
8778 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:30 pm to
I do because they’d want $300 a week for some shite that takes me 2 hours. I also repair vehicles, plumbing, basic air conditioning, and electrical. Even the most basic jobs take a. Hour and save $200-400.

These things are good for you. I pay for more advanced things that I could do but don’t want to deal with unknowns. If there’s a decent YouTube for it, doing it myself
Posted by J Murdah
Member since Jun 2008
40102 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:30 pm to
We started paying a neighborhood teenager looking to make a few bucks to cut the yard once or twice a month. He does okay, but he asks for way less than he should for as long as it takes him so I always give more than he asks for. Saves me time on weekends where I am too busy and I dont spend a fortune on a landscape crew to do it.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
62048 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:31 pm to
This thread again.

I can’t wait for the posters pushing mowing your own grass as a moral virtue.
Posted by Oswald
South of the St. George Buffer Zone
Member since Aug 2011
4131 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:32 pm to
I love doing yardwork. It's therapeutic for me and I enjoy the satisfaction of a clean-cut yard afterwards.
Posted by whoa
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
5758 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:35 pm to
I do it until about July-August when my yard needs to be cut damn near twice a week.

I can’t bring myself to go die in 110° heat voluntarily every week like that. With that said, I hate paying someone for something I can do.
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
31313 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:35 pm to
My weekly maid and every ten day lawn crew is among the best money I spend. I would cut my budget to the fricking bone before I thought about giving up those two things.
Posted by Bayou
Boudin, LA
Member since Feb 2005
41159 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:36 pm to
OF COURSE I do my own grass cutting. Will not forfeit man card.
Posted by W2NOMO
Member since Jul 2025
1456 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:37 pm to
I enjoy it. I’ve busted it down to minimal maintenance with edging and trimming and my mowing takes 20-25 min tops.
Posted by Beessnax
Member since Nov 2015
10650 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:37 pm to
I pay someone. My house is on 2 acres in a residential neighborhood. If it were just mowing I would probably cut it myself but the weed trimming/edging makes it easier to let someone else do it.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73346 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:38 pm to
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Have children.

Make them do it.


this is where my hate for yard work began. As the only son, I had to cut the grass every week.

I did it early on in my married life. Then one day i got so frustrated with a trimmer that wouldn't start, i threw it over the fence into the woods and never touched another one.
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2005
26247 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:38 pm to
No. I have a crew that mows and edges for $30 per week. Have not mowed the grass in 15-20 years.
Posted by FearTheFish
Member since Dec 2007
4288 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

Paying someone else to cut your grass is like paying someone else to f your wife.
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