Deck Maintenance

I have spent the last two days cleaning the green off my deck.  How gross.  I have it almost where I need it to stain it but I have to get the algae completely off.  I want my husband to check all the nails, screws, and the lag screws he and his dad used when they built it to make sure all is sound (should be since it is only a few years old but seeing how the deck is raised halfway up my house...better to be safe than sorry).

My mother-in-law says not to use stain because it gets slippery.  If not stain, then what?

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Good Lawn Mower Model?

I am looking for a good riding lawn mower for sale - used or new...just has to run well and not break the bank.  I see ads for bobcats for sale but not a lot of riding lawn mowers.  What is a good name and model? Right now, we pay somebody to cut our lawn and I think it'd save us money in the long run just to do it ourselves.  It's getting expensive - especially with gas prices going up so high.  The lawn prices keep going up.

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