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If you’re in the market for a new lawn mower, you may be wondering whether a commercial lawn mower is better than a residential lawn mower for the care of lawns.  This depends largely on the size of your lawn and how much money you are willing to invest in the purchase of your lawn mower.

If you have a large yard, you’ll certainly appreciate the benefits offered by a commercial lawn mower.  These are some of those perks:

• A commercial lawn mower is made of more expensive parts, and therefore is more durable. You’ll get a greater life span from a commercial mower for your investment. 
• You’ll also get a superior cutting deck and higher blade speeds from a commercial lawn mower. Cutting a lawn, particularly a long one, will go much more smoothly with a commercial mower and it won’t leave clumps that have to be raked. 
• A commercial mower is usually belt-driven, so it’s much less likely to be damaged if you hit a rock or some other unexpected object while cutting a lawn.
• A commercial mower also has a stronger engine because it is intended for heavy use.  A residential mower is intended for cutting a lawn once or twice a week, but a commercial mower is strong enough to take care of lawns all day, every day and keep on going.

                Naturally, you will pay more for a commercial lawn mower.   If you have a small yard and you cut your grass on a regular schedule of once or twice a week, a residential lawn mower is probably sufficient for your needs.  If you have a large yard or acres of grass to mow, it’s worth looking into a commercial lawn mower for care of lawns.  Although the initial purchase is more expensive, it’s a more durable piece of equipment and it won’t need to be replaced as frequently as a residential lawn mower.

One of the responsibilities all homeowners must deal with is lawn care and having to mow.  But mow the lawn is not something you want to do on your day off.  Many people take pride in the beauty of their lawn, keeping it neat and groomed year round.  But how much does it really cost to mow your lawn?  Is it worth your time, money, effort, and health?

Lawn Mowers and Maintenance

Though fancy lawn mowers are nice to have, they come with a hefty price tag.  Unless you own at least an acre of land, having a large ride-on mower is not cost effective.  But push mowers can be cumbersome and take much longer to use.  Also, the maintenance and gas required to mow with both can be costly.  If you do not have a working knowledge of the mechanics of a lawn mower, you will have to hire someone to fix and maintain your machine when necessary.  Hiring a mowing service can save you the cost of purchasing a lawn mower; you will also be spared the hassle of machine maintenance and repairs.

Health and Safety

Nearly 250,000 people a year are treated for lawn mower injuries.  Eight percent of those injured are children under the age of 19.  These injuries result from:

• Inexperienced people attempting to fix their machines
• Attempting to dislodge objects without turning off the engine
• Small objects shot from beneath the blades hitting bystanders
• Heat exhaustion
• Heat stroke
• Sun burn
• Sun poisoning
• Allergies

With all of these risks, letting a professional mower mow your lawn is a wise choice.

Time and Energy

Hiring a professional lawn care service to mow your yard can also save your time.  Imagine having the ability to relax with your family on Saturday instead of taking hours to care for your lawn!  Never again would you have to come home from work at the end of the day only to spend another hour on yard work.  More Time for You offers lawn care services in Powell, Ohio.  Let the experts mow your lawn and spend your time and money on the things that are important to you.

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Lawn mowing seems like such an easy job, so why wouldn’t you hire your neighborhood kid to do it?  Here are five reasons you should fire him and hire a professional instead for all your lawn cutting in Powell.

1. When you go on vacation, do you really want to have to worry about whether the lawn mowing at your Dublin home is getting done?  Chances are, you’ll be relaxing on the beach somewhere and lawn cutting will be the last thing on your mind.
2. Neighborhood kids also tend to be very unreliable, and you never know when they might get grounded and not be able to take care of your lawn mowing. 
3. It takes an expert to know when it’s time to cut the grass and when it’s time to wait.  Sometimes you may need it cut more than once a week, like if it’s been raining a lot, and the only way you can be sure that someone is watching out for your lawn is if you hire a professional.
4. Lawn cutting is about much more than simply running a lawn mower and cutting the grass.  It also takes some knowledge about grass, how it grows, and how to take care of it without damaging it.  The neighborhood kid may think he can save time later by cutting it extra short now, but experts realize that if you cut it too short, the sun will end up scorching it and ruining your lawn.
5. You can rest assured that when you hire a lawn mowing service, your lawn will always be taken care of and you won’t even have to think about it.

Your lawn is the first thing people see when they come to your house.  Why would you trust something so important to the kid down the block?

More Time for You has always been about find more time for our busy bee clients.  Today we want to share how you can help some other busy bees.

Bees have been in a steady decline – which isn’t a good thing for you and me.  Here are a few ideas for your garden this year.  These are some plants that will attract bees in your yard.  If you have children or are allergic, you might want to avoid these altogether or place them in low traffic areas.  Our area is an Area 5 for plant hardiness.  That means you can plant perennials, flowers and herbs that can sustain temperatures as low as -20 F.  So here are some bee selections.

Catnip -  This is an easy perennial.  It will take about 20 days to germinate.  Plant it in a full sun or a partial shaded area.  This can get over three feet high and can bloom in Blue, Pink, Purple, White and Yellows.  Your cats will love them to.

Globe thistle is a frost hardy perennial flower.  You’ll find this as an easy one as well.  It does great in all types of soils.  Plant them about 2 1/2 feet apart and enjoy their colorful Blue and Purple blooms.

Heart ease or Wild pansy will bring some purple, yellow and white coloring to your gardens.  These grow to a height of about 6 inches, so you can toss a bunch together.

Lavender is also a frost hardy addition.  This is a pretty easy perennial that loves full sun.  It can grow to 5 feet, so leave some space in between  – about a foot and a half.  You won’t be dissappointed with the colors or the delightful fragrance.

Want some Oranges, Pinks, Red and White?  Toss in some Zinnia’s.  Place these in full sun and allow about 20 days for germination.

There you have it, some great ideas to help our local bee population.  More Time for You can help with your lawn mowing needs in Powell and Dublin. 

What does lawn mowing have to do with the national debt?  Well please read on.   But first, I have to admit a couple of things.  I started today with perhaps a bit too much coffee.  I also need to point out that I rarely try to make political statement since I know there is a great likelihood that at least 51% will disagree.  As a business owner, I don’t like those odds.

So let me keep just to the facts – as I know them – your facts might be different.  The first assumption is there are approximately 320 blades of grass in a square inch of grass.  I call this an assumption since there is different grass density, grass types and let’s face it, not every inch of grass is the same.  So please bear with me and accept this assumption.

The next parts are pretty straight forward math, so I will call these facts – predicated on an assumption.  There are 6,272,640 square inches in an acre.  This means there are 2,007,244,800 blades of grass in an acre.

Your basic standard push mower covers a path about 20” wide. This means you would have to push it 26,241 feet to cut a full acre of grass.

More Time for You’s big Exmark lawn mower cuts a path 5 feet wide – or 60 inches.  Now if Tim drove the mower in a straight line, he would only have to travel 8,712 feet to cut an acre (5’ X 8,712’ = 43,560’.)

I took a look at our National debt as of 11:15 am on August 24, 2011.  At that time, the debt figure was $14,645,494,390,155.  Now if we can agree that there are 2,007,244,800 blades in an acre, we would have to cut 7,296 acres to remove 14 trillion blades.

You would have to push your mower, 26,241 feet to cut an acre or 191,462,391 feet to cut 7,296 acres.  That measures out to about 36,262 miles or 1 ½ times around the world.

More Time for You lawn mower would have to travel 8,712 feet in a straight line to cut one acre.  So to cut 7,296, Tim would have to drive the mower 63,565,514 feet (8,712 X 7,296.32) This works out to about 12,038.92 miles.

To prove this theory Tim is now of his way to Perth Australia (11,240 miles from Powell, OH.)  Wave if you see him.

Moral of the story:

It is far easier to have More Time for You cut your lawn than it is to cut the debt.

Lawncare and lawn mowing means summer is in full swing, and you know what that means for those who live in the Dublin and Powell suburbs:  yard work, and more outdoor chores. Sometimes lawns maintenance can get pretty overwhelming, especially if you have a big yard with a lot of landscaping. If you are tired of doing all this work all on your own, just hire out a lawn care service to help with all of your lawn care needs.

Here are some reasons you should hire a professional lawn maintenance company:

1. When it comes to grass for lawns, a professional knows how to make it look perfect.  Most people know a lot about whatever they do for a living, but unless you work in the lawn care industry yourself, you probably don’t have the first clue about growing a lush, green lawn.  Just leave it to the professionals.
2. A professional lawn maintenance company will save you time.  When you hire someone else to do the work, you’ve got more time to enjoy the things you love to do rather than spending your spare time slaving away at the lawn mower.
3. You don’t have to worry about your house looking like a dump.  One of the biggest concerns many homeowners have is that their front lawn will look bad because they can’t get out there to mow it.  They also worry about taking a vacation during the summer because we all know what a good rain shower will do for a healthy lawn—six inches suddenly appear from nowhere!  But hiring a professional lawn maintenance company means you’ve got someone to cut the grass for you all the time, even when you aren’t home or simply can’t get it done.  No more worrying about having what looks like the dumpy house on the block.
4. Scotts lawn service and TruGreen are two well know companies that can help with fertilizer and weed control.   Scotts lawnservice has a full array of lawn care products which can help you achieve that green grass look we all seek.  Scott’s  lawn service and Trugreen both have recommended lawn treatments based on your grass type and area you live in.
5. If your lawn care is in Powell Ohio and you cut your own lawn, you might take your lawn mower to Voss Brothers for your mower servicing needs.  A well maintained mower and sharp lawn mower blade are crucial to maintaining a beautiful lawn.
6. More Time for You can help with your weekly lawn mowing.  We can also complete perform aeration a beneficial lawn treatment which can be performed in the spring or fall.  We can also help you with your mulching and edging needs as well.

So do not waste your time and get a lawn maintenance company to do your yard work today so you can start enjoying the rays from your patio or deck instead of plugging away mowing your lawn.

PS.  One last reason – It gets Hot out there!

Lawn mowing is made so much easier when you remember to sharpen the blades of your lawn mower regularly.  There are several reasons having sharp blades is important, but the main reason is to keep your lawn looking good.  You can definitely tell that it’s time to sharpen those blades because your lawn will start looking very dull or having a whitish tinge to it right after you mow.  This is an indication that each blade of grass is being torn off rather than cut.  When you think about cutting the lawn, just remind yourself that lawn mowing should be about cutting rather than ripping.

Ripping your lawn up is not good for how the turf looks, and it’s not good for the general overall well-being of your lawn either.  After all, lawn mowing should be about not just making sure that the grass doesn’t overrun your house, but also keeping your entire yard manicured and looking great throughout the lawn mowing season.

Aside from ripped or torn grass, you run into several other problems if you continue your lawn mowing with dull blades.  Think of dull blades as actually lowing your lawn’s immune system.  Suddenly, just by mowing the lawn, you’ve made your grass is susceptible to the following diseases:

• Insects
• Heat problems
• Diseases
• Chemical burn

By mowing with dull blades, you’ve made it extremely difficult for your grass to defend itself against these issues.  You also spend more on your water bill because you will have to water the grass a lot more often or risk having to replant it altogether.  Grass is actually more delicate than it looks, and it’s up to you to take care of it.  Lawn mowing also requires sharp blades just for the simple fact that you’ll use less gasoline in your mower by mowing with sharp blades.  This is because sharp blades will cut right through the grass without facing resistance from it like dull blades do.

More Time for You invested in what we deem to be the best device – the Magna-Matic.   This is a high performance blade sharpener.  We use this often to provide the best lawn mowing look we can in the Dublin and Powell, Ohio area.  We also provide mulching, edging and other lawn services in addition to our award winning housecleaning services.

Call More Time for You for you lawn care, housecleaning or handyman needs.