Last time I purchased a mower looked at several brands, choose Sears because; more features for the dollar, had owned sears prior - it was still going after 29 yrs (1973 to 2002) with very few problems, but wanted to bag and could not get a baggers for the old sears ST10. This mower is used on my personal lawn and in addition I have a JD GT275 for Moms property which is 12 miles away. I also have a (1979) JD2040 w/ a FEL which I use for handling mulch and other landscaping materials in a part time business. Recently retired for full time employement and am going pretty much full time landscaping by default. Would like to replace the GT275 with a Zturn - probably a Scag Tiger Cub, because the amount of grass at Moms property and maybe do a little commerical cutting with it. I previously had purchased a Woods RM990 finishing mower for the 2040, but couldn't compete with the Zturns, so I sold the woods this spring. I've had good service from all equipment I've purchased - from sears to deeres, but like the original purchase price, Deere service is dear, but still very good. I only use purchase service when I have trouble finding time to do it myself, seems like a lot lately. Been trying to buy a JD gator TX model, best price so far is $6,150; way to much in my opinion. I should not be to tough on the TX, had it on demo for 8 days with 23 hrs my use on the clock. Had a landscaping contract where it would be highly visible - so dealer said why not. Turned it in yesterday "not sold" :-( .

No Christie I don't have any verbena bonariensis, it's not hardy to my zone. I do have sedums and that was a favorite with the buckeyes. I also had some short orange cosmos last year and they liked those. I was going to plant some snapdragons this year and I forgot, I'm not sure what else is a host plant for them.

I was just reading your original post and wondering if you followed through and you did! Great job! The relief and excitement of being debt free must feel amazing. Pat yourself on the back, seriously. You deserve it. I'm in my late twenties and have been in and out of debt a couple times now. I too started a plan to get debt free (wrote everything down, started debt stacking) and I'm down to one card (zero interest) and it will be paid off by December. WhooHoo!

Glenda, that looks so delicious. I wish I had the fixins for a spinach salad here. I haven't eaten very healthy yet today. I had a handful of Cheez-its for breakfast. I did drink some orange juice though. I ate another handful of the Cheez-its for lunch. In a few minutes I'm going to slice some strawberries and bananas for a snack for Bob and myself. For supper Bob is going to have a semi home made pizza and I'm going to order one from Pizza Hut for myself. I'm going to chow down while watching the Final Four game. Go Tigers!!!!!!!!!! Linda