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Old 10-17-2021, 08:42 AM
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Due to a couple of features of my lawn, I really want a walk behind (no riding) mowing service to cut our yard.

Recommendations and experiences please.
Special features. My personal truth. This is the first time in my life I ever hired anyone to mow my lawn. In high school I for several years had my own lawn mowing snow shoveling business.

Our previous home with a small 5,000 sq foot lawn, I think the previous owner used a gardener. It was like they planed it to be a pain in the neck to take care of. Time to mow the place when we first moved in was like 50 minutes. A few changes and pushing it, I could do it in 15 minutes.

My back is shot and I am older than I used to be. No one you hire can or will do a perfect job. You are not supposed to cut off more than 1/3 of the length of the grass blades. There are times when that means mowing twice a week no one but you can and will do that. Lawn mower blades are supposed to be,"properly," sharpened. It is unlikely the companies mowing lawns keep up on this all the time. Rain, you really should not cut a wet lawn, the cut grass does not spread out well and it spreads disease