"Sheila" wrote in message
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brooklyn1 wrote:
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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.


Well, two mowers going at the same time are going to be twice as fast as
one tractor. I have a seven foot rear finishing mower on my larger
tractor and a five foot belly mower on my smaller tractor. I mow a
little more than ten acres... I never timed myself as I mow in sections
and how long it takes depends a lot on the weather, wet ground takes
longer as I need to go slower and when it rains often the grass keeps
growing but I can't mow, and tall grass takes a lot longer to mow, often
I need to mow the same section twice at different heights... once the hot
dry summer weather arrives I find it much easier to keep up, but spring
is always a guessing game. Oh, post pictures.





This has photos plus some misc.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37909035@N03/3531805187/


Your property looks well cared for, lovely trees. Where is your vegetable
garden?

brooklyn1 wrote:
"Sheila" wrote in message
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brooklyn1 wrote:
"Sheila" wrote in message
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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.


Well, two mowers going at the same time are going to be twice as fast as
one tractor. I have a seven foot rear finishing mower on my larger
tractor and a five foot belly mower on my smaller tractor. I mow a
little more than ten acres... I never timed myself as I mow in sections
and how long it takes depends a lot on the weather, wet ground takes
longer as I need to go slower and when it rains often the grass keeps
growing but I can't mow, and tall grass takes a lot longer to mow, often
I need to mow the same section twice at different heights... once the hot
dry summer weather arrives I find it much easier to keep up, but spring
is always a guessing game. Oh, post pictures.




This has photos plus some misc.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37909035@N03/3531805187/


Your property looks well cared for, lovely trees. Where is your vegetable
garden?





Thanks you,
All I have are tomatoes and they are in with the Nellies.

--
Sheila
http://swdalton.com