Yard Work

The guy across the street has a nice green lawn. I wouldn’t call it manicured, but it is basically weed free and he mows it regularly. If it was a haircut style I would call his lawn “high and tight.”

Last weekend he recruited some of his guy friends to come over and help him run some extra equipment. He rented or borrowed a thatcher and ran that over the lawn. Then three of them criss crossed the yard pushing seed spreaders. I’m sure there was some type of weed killer applied, too. At the end of the day he ran and edger along the curbs and sidewalk. That’s a lot of work for grass. I prefer the more natural look. My grass has a huge patch of wild violets that pool near the mailbox so its not just grass. There is also an area off to the side that I let the tree seedlings grow and create a thin underbrush. I cut my grass every 10 days or so rather than every 7 and cut it high. This year the dandelions are everywhere, so I guess I will have to get aggressive about killing them off, sure wouldn’t want the dandelion seeds blowing across the street and ruining that guy’s high and tight. And then theres the garden in the back. Now that’s a lot of work but it produces food not just grass.