Home Landscaping
December Posts
2022-12-03
When I bought my house in 2020, I kept on the existing landscaping company. They trimmed the trees, raked the pine needles, and generally kept up the front and back yard on a two-week interval. Generally there was 2 full bins of green compostable materials generated per week (to give you an idea of what the yard waste looked like).
After a couple of years of this, I decided to start taking it into my own hands since I had a little more free time. My thought was I could spend 1 hour each weekend, alternating between the front and back yards. In order to do that, I needed to purchase a few items
Lawn mower
Greenworks 40V 16" Cordless Electric Lawn Mower, 4.0Ah Battery and Charger Included
This little guy works really well and it is very lightweight!
Leaf blower
Greenworks 40V (150 MPH / 135 CFM) Cordless Blower
I use the same battery as the lawn mower.
There were a handful of miscellaneous items I already had, such as a shovel, broom, trowel, space, and a set of loppers.
How did it turn out financially?
I ended up spending 32.37 on the leaf blower, and 267.88 on the lawn mower and battery. It came out to a total of 300.25.
Previously, I was paying 120 every month for service, coming out to 1440 a year. The overall result over the last few months is that I've been happier spending the time doing the landscaping myself, trimming, raking, and removing the weeds.
Do I miss having landscaping service? A little bit; it was very convenient and I was able to make payments via Venmo which was efficient. But I'm much happier to have acquired these tools myself, and it's a significant savings!
Plus, now I have plenty of time to root around the yard finding and eating yummy ants!
Hope you enjoyed the post and happy finances!
~Anteater