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Originally Posted by RedChariot
Downside to living here in TV is the maintenance you have to pay for mowing, trimming, pest control, and fertilizing. Runs a lot of money in the course of the year. Companies that do the work are good for a while then the it slacks off. Its a headache looking for another company. Many senior communities include this in their fees.
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You don't have to pay for any of it. You can do it yourself, if you're able. In an incredibly "active" retirement community where most residents no longer have to work for a living, I'm actually surprised that so many people choose not to take a few hours out of their week to maintain their own yards.
We mow our own lawn, do our own trimming, and I care for our garden myself. I have bursitis and arthritis in my hip, so I use a kneeling pad and get up to walk around the garden every few minutes so I don't stiffen up. It's good exercise, it keeps me off the streets
and it's wonderful to get down in real actual dirt and know that I'm helping to make things grow and thrive.
We pay a guy to come every other week to apply some pet-friendly pesticide to the grass, and it is mixed with fertilizer. He has "hands off" orders for the garden. That's just $50 a month. Not a big deal at all.