Archive for the 'Bad Idea' Category

Landscaping : Dang I’m sore.

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Another “Bad Idea” post.
Good idea: landscaping your yard to improve the visual appearance of your property and increase the resale value.
Bad idea: overworking yourself until you can barely get out of bed in the morning.
I’m not 17 anymore — my body keeps reminding me of what my brain refuses to believe.
I took some time Saturday [...]

Almost new lawn, and a New Category

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

I’m calling the new category “Bad Idea”. It could probably also go by “Don’t try this at home” but the latter was just too much of a mouthful.
So to kick of posts to this new category, I figured I’d tell a tale of back-breaking crazy work.
I’d heard from various sources that de-thatching a lawn was [...]