Comments on: Our Little Outsourcing Experiment http://advancedpersonalfinance.com/our-little-outsourcing-experiment/ Moving beyond the basics Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:16:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: The Finance Journey http://advancedpersonalfinance.com/our-little-outsourcing-experiment/#comment-381 The Finance Journey Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:04:36 +0000 http://advancedpersonalfinance.com/our-little-outsourcing-experiment/#comment-381 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Personal Finance has a post about “Outsourcing” His Lawn Work. I personally like the idea of laying down astroturf on the entire [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[…] Personal Finance has a post about “Outsourcing” His Lawn Work. I personally like the idea of laying down astroturf on the entire […]

]]> By: verena http://advancedpersonalfinance.com/our-little-outsourcing-experiment/#comment-278 verena Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:46:13 +0000 http://advancedpersonalfinance.com/our-little-outsourcing-experiment/#comment-278 We're removing all of the lawn (OK, it's not that much) in the backyard. The dogs have pretty much killed it anyway. We are going to install two small raised beds that we will plant with herbs and such, and will mulch the rest. It'll make it much easier to clean up after the dogs, and much neater looking than dead patches. No mowing, either. We’re removing all of the lawn (OK, it’s not that much) in the backyard. The dogs have pretty much killed it anyway. We are going to install two small raised beds that we will plant with herbs and such, and will mulch the rest. It’ll make it much easier to clean up after the dogs, and much neater looking than dead patches. No mowing, either.

]]> By: The Finance Journey » Interesting Posts From Elsewhere 06-21-2007 http://advancedpersonalfinance.com/our-little-outsourcing-experiment/#comment-276 The Finance Journey » Interesting Posts From Elsewhere 06-21-2007 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:45:02 +0000 http://advancedpersonalfinance.com/our-little-outsourcing-experiment/#comment-276 [...] Personal Finance has a post about “Outsourcing” His Lawn Work. I personally like the idea of laying down astroturf on the entire [...] […] Personal Finance has a post about “Outsourcing” His Lawn Work. I personally like the idea of laying down astroturf on the entire […]

]]> By: Chuck http://advancedpersonalfinance.com/our-little-outsourcing-experiment/#comment-272 Chuck Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:09:43 +0000 http://advancedpersonalfinance.com/our-little-outsourcing-experiment/#comment-272 That astroturf looks pretty wicked. $3.50-$3.75 per square foot though... even a small lot would be about $35k - not sure if I ever would make back that investment. They also make a product called a Robomower that is a little rechargeable battery powered machine that mows your lawn. From what I've read you still need to do things like small touchups and weedwacking but they work pretty well. Unfortunately it doesn't do well with hills and i have a rather large one on my property. That astroturf looks pretty wicked. $3.50-$3.75 per square foot though… even a small lot would be about $35k - not sure if I ever would make back that investment.

They also make a product called a Robomower that is a little rechargeable battery powered machine that mows your lawn. From what I’ve read you still need to do things like small touchups and weedwacking but they work pretty well. Unfortunately it doesn’t do well with hills and i have a rather large one on my property.

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