Ahhh...memories. My Mom grew up on a farm, so we always had a huge veggie garden. Weeding was the kids' job. Gawd I *hated* doing that on Saturday mornings when the rest of my friends were out playing. What was fun was shooting critters that tried to steal from us with my Dad as dusk....
I only use containers to garden now. Weeding sucks a$$. Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > well, not exactly, we had a garden that spanned the back of the property > about 25 feet deep. I just had to weed that :) It was split into 5 > sections so I only had to do one section a day :) > > > > On 4/18/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So wait - you had to mow an acre with an *18"* deck? >> >> THAT sucks. Didn't even know they made them that small. >> >> Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: >> >>> back in the 80's we used to have an 18 inch electric cordless >>> >> mower. The >> >>> battery died pretty quick on it, so my dad replaced it with a deep cycle >>> marine battery. We had an acre of land and it would mow half the acre >>> >> on a >> >>> charge. My dad thought it was great because I could mow at 6:00am >>> >> without >> >>> waking anyone up. Yeah, real great. :) >>> >>> >>> On 4/18/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Lawnmowing: >>>> >>>> Push mowers (rotating horizontal blades) work well regardless of >>>> length of grass IF KEPT SHARP. HAve the baldes sharpened twice a >>>> season. Costs about 15 bucks each time, but well worth it. Anyone who >>>> sharpens axe blades or saw blades will do it. Since they leave the >>>> clippings in place, long grass needs to be raked up (short grass can >>>> be left to mulch) >>>> >>>> Electric mowers work well. Some have cords, some have limited non-cord >>>> batteries. The corded versions are better. They work great if kept >>>> clean underneath. Before plugging it in each time, turn it over and >>>> clean it off (regular screwdriver works well to dig crusted grass >>>> free). Do this before putting it away as well (but always when >>>> unplugged). These work especially well for older people, or people >>>> with limited upper body strength. They are much lighter and easier to >>>> manouver than gas versions. They will get damaged easy by gravel and >>>> rocky yards. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 4/18/06, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Not completely sworn off them. Just looking at options. If it turns >>>>> >> out >> >>>> it's >>>> >>>> >>>>> a super hassle to go electric, we'll probably wind up with gas again. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> But, >>>> >>>> >>>>> I'm definitely interested in researching the electric option. The more >>>>> expensive ones are cordless. Which would definitely be nice. But, I'm >>>>> >>>>> >>>> not >>>> >>>> >>>>> sure I want to spend that kind of money on a lawn mower. Bah. >>>>> >>>>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204467 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
