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Old 14-05-2009, 04:49 PM posted to rec.gardens,rec.gardens.edible
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brooklyn1 wrote:


And I know very well what 4 1/2 acres is, my back yard is 5 acres of lawn,
takes a good part of two days to mow, I'd hate to think how much work it
would be to tend to it in crops, would take like six families of illegals.
Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was able
to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field and
it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to mow
and keep the forest from growing back.


We mow 6 acres every week and it has 31 hollies, and 42 trees to mow
around and we mow it using 2 mowers in about 2 hours and 15 minutes. We
both use zero turn radius 5 ft mowers. We used to use a tractor with a
mower behind and it took a lot longer.

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