LI folks who hire landscapers... (Mexico, Ohio: appointed, houses, to buy)

[VillageOfWestbury]

Basic mowing (each week) is $120 per month plus other treatments for a 1/4 acre. With spring/fall clean-up this amounts to roughly $1,500 annually...

[qlty]

no fertilizer = cut every 14 days all my weeds are green

[TheImportersWife]

We're weekly. It definitely needs to be trimmed every week. Plus I like seeing those lines in my lawn for the weekend.

[Lightning0706]

I pay $30 for every two weeks. I was able to have him give me the weekly price for every 2 weeks.

[TVR1997]

Weekly and my grass needs it weekly.
He charged $25 a week for the longest and this year went up to $27.50. Everything is going up so what can I do.

[Johninwestbury]

Well I could suggest LI'ers mow their own lawns, you save money and save other towns on LI.
The influx of laborers for landscaping is killing towns like Westbury we are up to our necks in these guys hanging around. Before you hire a landscaper, think would you be OK making your fellow LI'ers in other towns deal with this scene?

[Galicia#1]

Originally Posted by Johninwestbury

Well I could suggest LI'ers mow their own lawns, you save money and save other towns on LI.
The influx of laborers for landscaping is killing towns like Westbury we are up to our necks in these guys hanging around. Before you hire a landscaper, think would you be OK making your fellow LI'ers in other towns deal with this scene?

Americans are done with manual labor. The only sweat they want is from their yoga class or gym workouts. Who has time for such menial tasks when there are music, dance and sports programs that take up all free time. I overheard at a BBQ this weekend that cleaning your own house is frowned upon as well. "who want's to clean a toilet" was echoed by 3 or 4 moms.

I think every 10 days seems the best at this time of the year.

[okaydorothy]

Ours came every week and cut the .6 acre for $45. He cuts another property for us biweekly and charges $35; its probably .25acre.

[rocafeller05]

How about this John...

Before you go rambling on about day laborers and how they are ruining your town why not give a thought that maybe the people that mow my lawn are US citizens, born and raised here on LI. Is that better for you?

Or better yet why don't you come mow it for $40 a week. Looking for work?

[Jetties]

Originally Posted by Johninwestbury

Well I could suggest LI'ers mow their own lawns, you save money and save other towns on LI.
The influx of laborers for landscaping is killing towns like Westbury we are up to our necks in these guys hanging around. Before you hire a landscaper, think would you be OK making your fellow LI'ers in other towns deal with this scene?

But you still stay in Wesbury and complain, complain, complain. Boo Hoo. What does that picture show anyway?