Mtn-Biking Man has been picking up lessons learned from others on how to gracefully gain more time for riding and spend far less – yes, much, much less time mowing and picking weeds. Here are tips worth considering:> Shrink grass as much as possible!
> Surround grass with bark or rock (see great picture)!
> Pour a “Sport Court.” Don’t have room for a full size? No issue, just cement it and call it a “half court” or better yet . . . call it a large / extended “socializing patio” [wife bound to like this, especially with a couple of chairs and potted flowers added]!!
> Rock your front yard! (see other great picture)!
> Throw a fountain, a bench and some stepping stones out instead of grass!
> Get a dog -- “sorry can’t mow today – too much *!#&$ in the grass and the boy has yet to ‘pick-up-the-poop’ (PUTS).”
> Ask your neighbor if you can borrow his goats. Goats eat grass (and everything else). No goat? No problem! Ask neighbor is they’ll let their kids play on your lawn. They’re sure to trample the grass, weeds, and flowers down (after all they’re kids, the next best thing to goats). Viola! Grass trampled down and nothing to mow! Poop has mysteriously disappeared too (or got mushed in, who cares)! No flowers! No weeds! No poop!
You’ve worked hard orchestrating all of this, so go take a well-deserved bike ride!
We’re all pulling for ya!
2 comments:
As a professional horticulturalist I must put in my 2 cents. Grass is Very easy to care for. believe it or not grass will outcompete about 99% of all weeds and with proper care (mow it high and let it lay) requires almost no water or fertilizer. Want to mow less? don't water. want a greener lawn? try allowing the clover to grow amongst the grass (natural fertilizer). want to spend your life pulling non-native weeds and spreading heavy stones each spring? then i suggest graveling your yard. Sure pavement will be low mainanence, but it's also pavement. I say plant some shade trees, build a small wooden deck, and leave your kids a little grass to play on. Chances are there's enough pavement in your driveway already to play a half-court game of b-ball. Sorry to be contradictory, just my 2 cents.
-christian iverson
Christian raises good points and some good cents. Mtn-Biking Man's comments were meant to be "tongue in cheek" yet they may have ended up as "foot in mouth." Your comments are appreciated. Thanks for expressing yourself Christian and having courage to do so!
Best regards
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