On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 06:05:55 GMT, "Travis"
wrote:


If you did your own yard work you might have a better idea of what is
going on. What fun is it to have a yard if someone else does all the
work.

Cutting grass is fun?

Bourne Identity wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 06:05:55 GMT, "Travis"
wrote:


If you did your own yard work you might have a better idea of
what is going on. What fun is it to have a yard if someone else
does all the work.

Cutting grass is fun?

Cutting the grass is just a small part of it.

--

Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:56:23 GMT, "Travis"
wrote:

Bourne Identity wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 06:05:55 GMT, "Travis"
wrote:


If you did your own yard work you might have a better idea of
what is going on. What fun is it to have a yard if someone else
does all the work.

Cutting grass is fun?

Cutting the grass is just a small part of it.

We don't have a service because I have removed 75% of the turf from
our property. It only exists in small areas on our half acre. If we
had a large lawn I'd hire someone. Now, actually doing the gardening
is the fun part. However, this year will make it the sixth year since
we bought this house and I need to do less and less. I don't need
another plant. The fun part also is watching the wildlife we've
attracted. There is a bunny who loves the horseherb and keeps that
mowed nicely. He/she also really likes the ruellia.

Anyway, I like to garden, but mowing...nah.

Victoria

Bourne Identity wrote:
We don't have a service because I have removed 75% of the turf from
our property. It only exists in small areas on our half acre. If we
had a large lawn I'd hire someone. Now, actually doing the gardening
is the fun part. However, this year will make it the sixth year since
we bought this house and I need to do less and less. I don't need
another plant. The fun part also is watching the wildlife we've
attracted. There is a bunny who loves the horseherb and keeps that
mowed nicely. He/she also really likes the ruellia.

Anyway, I like to garden, but mowing...nah.


I wouldn't exactly call mowing "fun". It's about as much fun as playing
Solitaire.

"Whoopee! I went clockwise instead of counter-clockwise, and it's blowing my
mind!"

I suppose it's more like fishing. You can get away from everything (no one
tries to engage you in mindless chatter over the roar of the engine), and
you can pretend it's an athletic activity. But on the other hand, I've also
reduced the size of my lawn, so this sports getaway (of sorts) doesn't last
nearly long enough to matter. And if it did, I don't think that would make
it more "fun".

Even though I apparently don't have as much fun as Travis has mowing the
lawn, I would be very concerned if it were too much work for me. A walk
around the yard behind the mower is still easier than the so many other
necessary parts of gardening that require bending or digging. I suspect that
mowing my lawn will be the last part of maintaining my landscape that I'll
give-up.

The real fun part is sitting on the bench in front of my pond, with my cat
on my lap, and both of us looking around at the tranquil landscaping
punctuated with splashes of color, and contrasts of texture and foliage. And
if I'm munching on something I grew myself, that's a fun bonus.

But that'll have to wait. I need to mow the lawn now.

--
Warren H.

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