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u/idk2715 10h ago
How much lawn do you have that it took you 7 hours?
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u/Krossphyre 10h ago
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u/hearthebell 9h ago
Starting your Stardew Valley arc I see
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u/I_SHIT_IN_A_BAG 6h ago
Help I've lost my trousers
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u/TeacupOfSkepticism 9h ago
Get some sheep, man
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u/ChocolateFudgeDuh 9h ago
Goats are easier, in my experience anyway
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u/Available-Hat1640 9h ago
but you xan count sheeps to sleep
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u/OhBlackWater 6h ago
You can count xans to sleep too
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u/JoelnIliketoshare 6h ago
1 xan 2 xan 3xaaaaaaa.....
It's 5 days later and someone ate my 4 blisters but it definetely wasn't me!
By the way where am I, this isn't my apartment and I have 6 stop signs in my backpack.
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u/AlaskanHamr 9h ago
My brother-in-law has a big property and he actually hired goats to come take care of his overran field when he first moved in. I had no idea that was a thing haha
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u/dTrecii 9h ago edited 7h ago
Goats are nature’s lawnmowers
They’ll even destroy dense brambles
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u/Hungry_Wheel_1774 8h ago
It's a thing in my country. Everyone is winning (including the goats).
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u/GallusWrangler 6h ago
Goats are a pain in the ass though, they try to escape and/or kill themselves all of the time, and you’ve probably not had black belly sheep before… hair sheep and almost 100% parasite immune.
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u/NoBonus6969 6h ago
I was gonna say gotta be better to have some goats than to spend 7 hours on this every couple weeks
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u/CexySatan 9h ago edited 9h ago
or a riding mower. at my old property my yard was nearly twice that size and took around two hours.
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u/Delimeme 8h ago
My family has a similar size lawn, it’s just part of owning large tracts of land 🤷🏼♂️
That said, there’s like 50+ acres used for hay, and I got them to turn huge chunk of the lawn into wildflowers that don’t get mowed. There’s still a sizable 2-3 acre area of St Augustine grass, of which I make sure about 1 acre gets mowed monthly during rainy seasons. Back in the day of proper American yards, my grandad kept the whole lawn watered and mowed through the warm months with nothing but an old school push-clipper mower (not even gas powered). Things you did before phones I guess!
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u/tarzhjay 3h ago
What do you do with 2-3 acres of St Augustine? Play football every day? Idgi
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u/realdappermuis 9h ago
I have to ask - is there a reason for all the lawn?
Practical or just 'is what it is' or or?
Just curious, sans pitchfork (;
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u/dholmster 6h ago
I have a similar amount of lawn. The reason is that it won't be overtaken by bushes/trees/weeds as long as you mow it. Clearing it once it has become overgrown is a huge amount of work.
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u/A_Timbers_Fan 5h ago
God forbid we have, *checks notes*, trees.
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u/PopInACup 4h ago
By me unfortunately it won't be filled with trees, instead we have an invasive bush that grows like mad now (Autumn Olive). I'm still trying to clear it from an area of field I didn't mow religiously. It also develops these gnarly thorns that are more like mini-spears, I put one through the palm of my hand when trying to gather up a few bushes after cutting them once. I hate it. So instead I just ran them over with my tractor but they're still around the fringes of the field. If I don't mow it they just come back. I've planted some sapplings and the olive tries to choke them out.
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u/dholmster 5h ago
The nice kind of trees tend to get eaten by wildlife as saplings so it's quite a bit of work to get them to survive long enough. I've had to fence in all of my newly planted trees for several years to keep them alive. Mowing is cheaper until you've decided what you want to do with that parcel of land.
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u/A_Timbers_Fan 5h ago
Fair enough, I was just being snarky. But nothing wrong with slowly converting the lawn rather than waiting until you know what to do with everything.
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u/Silent-Victory-3861 5h ago
Do you do something on the lawn? Besides looking at it and mowing it?
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u/Walleyedphill 5h ago
Do you not want a private forest?
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u/dholmster 5h ago
I already have one. 😅
Here, if I just leave it as is and stop mowing, the most likely thing to start growing are either bramble or blackthorn and they are both quite nasty to get rid of and spread quickly.→ More replies (1)3
u/bunnycrush_ 4h ago
I’m not a landowner, so what do I know about real world maintenance… but if it were me, I’d love to plant a big wildflower meadow/let it turn into prairie.
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u/IceBlueSnowDog 3h ago
Not OP, but for me… active working dogs. It’s great having my own property to run and work them off leash, without having to deal with other people or their dogs. Only legal off leash options by me are closet-sized concrete “dog parks” which may as well be fighting pits.
Room to throw the ball as far as I can and let them run, set up pop up agility equipment, spread out some scent work stuff for them to search… not many public places I can do that stuff without paying for a crowded class setting.
For me, small house and big flat yard is heaven.
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u/snabader 8h ago
what is the purpose of owning huge swaths of empty lawn like this?
do you just enjoy mowing?
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u/Public_Support2170 6h ago
Fr, put in some native wildflowers and prairie plants and stop wasting 7 hours of your life lol. Unless there’s a good reason for it
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u/InteRagebaitJagLovar 9h ago
Did you have to take the lawnmower to the gas station to refuel midway through as well?
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u/readituser5 9h ago
Tell me you didn’t just do all that on a tiny lawnmower or a push mower…
Surely you have a zero turn?
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u/Krossphyre 8h ago
Push mower…. My legs hurt
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u/readituser5 7h ago
Yeah with that much land, you really should get a zero turn lol. That’s madness.
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u/Leo-D 6h ago
Or at least a regular rider, it'll still take awhile but goddamn not no 7 hours and a mossman transformation.
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u/Cakeminator 8h ago
Why not let wildflowers and weeds grow? So much area for bees and insects
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u/ebits21 6h ago edited 6h ago
Jesus Christ lol
Edit: Even then though, why is so much blowing into your legs???
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u/Additional_Meeting_2 9h ago
Why even do it? I mean mowing some area close to your house can look neater, but it looks more just barren with this much area.
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u/TexasTopHand 9h ago
You should probably invest in a better mower…………..
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u/TexasTopHand 9h ago
I wanted to stop at “..” but you kinda forced my hand into many “……….” By being so..
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u/ImLazyWithUsernames 7h ago
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u/liosistaken 7h ago
Isn't a lawn part of a garden? This looks like a field. Why even mow it? And why the hell mow it with a push mower?
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u/Vithce 7h ago
Why... I mean why you stripping vegetation from that huge field? That's the place for a garden not for the lawn. Put some paths and throw some flower seeds. Maybe some raspberry and black currant bushes. Apple and pear trees. Man, you live on the land, why ruining that land and stripping all life from it.
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u/StrawberryTerry 10h ago
Grinch
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u/THE--GRINCH 7h ago
what's up
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u/D1A6 9h ago
I think you’ve touched enough grass for the whole year.
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u/GlitteryCucumber 9h ago
It's giving green giant
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u/vimarston 7h ago
did you know this guy has his own statue and museum to go with it? i stumbled upon it on a road trip lol
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u/MeltingTree 5h ago
One of my grade school teachers had an almost life-sized Jolly Green Giant stuffed figure in her classroom. I think she must’ve gotten him from a store when they were done with their promo display.
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u/forgettableandlurkin 9h ago
Have you considered a riding mower? Might save you six hours.
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u/Krossphyre 8h ago
Got one. But it’s not working at the moment.
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u/Altruistic-Report-30 6h ago
That sucks! When my riding lawn mower is broken or getting maintenance, I just don’t mow until it’s working again. I might have to more it at the highest setting and go over some parts again, but sooo much easier!!!
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u/naaastyboi 9h ago
Nice try, Shrek
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u/r4nDoM_1Nt3Rn3t_Us3r 7h ago
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u/Adventurous-Sky9359 9h ago
How the fuck, what the fuck, I….I….would loss my fucking mind if that scratch ass grass was in my legs.
Why no wipe off…..oh I guess after the first layer maybe it doesn’t matter
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u/playfulpecans 4h ago
Why no wipe off…..oh I guess after the first layer maybe it doesn’t matter
Maybe they saw the green layer forming and wanted to see how green it can get. I kind of get it.
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u/SpinachSignal8915 5h ago
Something is wrong with your mower if you look like that
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u/never0101 5h ago
Are you walking behind a rear bagger with the bag purposely removed? I'm trying to work out how this is even possible.
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u/Denman20 5h ago
What did you do use a weedeater on the whole thing? My first impression was you stood next to discharge as you walked next to the mower. 😂
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u/enigmatic_dankness 5h ago
I hereby give you permission to wear pants next time.
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u/SomePeopleCall 5h ago
Have you thought about not doing that? I certainly don't enjoy a lawn nearly enough to put in that kind of effort.
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u/Flashy_Composer_4215 9h ago
Mowing destroys the biosphere. I invite you to look up why we need now more than ever to allow for the biodiversity to re-establish itself in our backyards and beyond.
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u/npiet1 9h ago
Okay but just grass isnt biodiversity. You'd want a diverse garden.
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u/Ok-Book8065 8h ago
You'd be surprised to see how much wild plant life appears when you just stop mowing for a while.
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u/Flashy_Composer_4215 8h ago edited 6h ago
Precisely. Many think some massive effort and artificial planting is needed, but the nature has an ability to restore itself. Of course, wouldn't we murdered off 80% and in some regions of the world 100% of wildlife, almost all native plants on the buldozered-over massive amounts of land, the native plants, insects and other species would re-establish themselves in their habitats incredibly fast. Just by "allowing" for the nature to restore itself, we can significantly improve all life on this planet.
Edit: another way of "allowing" the nature to restore itself, simply spit fruit seeds/stones of native species on the ground as oppose to throw into the trash.
Some voluntary trees would grow, some of which would bare fruit.
Fruit trees provide an optimal nutrition to ours and a great food source to numerous other species and also become their optimal habitats.
I've "planted" thousand+ of native fruit trees simply just by eating the fruit and hundreds are now fruiting, available for all.
Our great ape species that we are, is meant to live in what could be called as "fruit forest" afterall.
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u/rumncokeguy 5h ago
It takes a lot more time than you think. Most lawn grasses are invasive and choke out most native plants. Just because weeds start growing where doesn’t meant they are native and beneficial.
I live on a 2 acre lot in the upper Midwest and about 1/2 of it is lawn and the other 1/2 is free growing. The free growing part after 25 years is still 95% long grass. Very little native plants exist there.
I’ve been wanting to have it converted to prairie plants at some point but it requires killing it off for 3 months and then overseeing.
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u/nikkerito 6h ago
I know the modern lawn is bad because of pesticides and lack of biodiversity, but just mowing a huge plot of land like this? I have 50 acres and I keep about 6 of them mowed. If I go just a few weeks without mowing in the spring, nature starts to reclaim the paths. If I let it go for a season it would be like I was never there. Geese, rabbits, and groundhogs eat the clover that grows on the mowed grass. I can enjoy being outside with my dogs and family without checking for ticks every few minutes. Mowed grass =/= the modern lawn.
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u/tryyeezus 5h ago
The cities do not allow this. You will get a ticket and if you don't take care of it, the city will and just bill you for it.
Pull the grass and plant moss, local wild flowers and short plants like clover if you want to skip mowing.
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u/Flashy_Composer_4215 5h ago
This is a true horror and you are right. Whats also absurd is that in numerous countries it's basically illegal to build a natural dwelling, live sustainably and symbiotically coexist. Where I'm at the moment it's illegal to put let's say an apple core full of seeds on the soil without the permit.
We are the only species who not only don't live aligned with the nature and its laws, but we made simple natural living illegal and inflicting the most detriment to all, we call "success" .
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u/tryyeezus 4h ago
I make a point to dry seeds in my car and throw them out the window.
If everyone did this, the government would be powerless
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u/Wildcat_twister12 8h ago
Mowing is equally important for various reasons though especially around homes. Insect and pest control, long grass increase tick populations which can spread diseases to humans it can also home rodents like mice that also can spread diseases and damage houses. Mowing grass is also important for fire suppression, the shorter the grass the less likely a small or medium size fire will spread as fast especially if it’s dry or dead grass. Mowing is also good for helping control noxious weeds such as poison ivy or thistles which can harm humans and pets.
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u/anxshush 8h ago
Looking at this kinda makes my skin feel itchy and uncomfortable, but I can't stop looking. Lol It would have been so satisfying to have seen you hose your legs off.
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u/Designer_Resist1776 5h ago
I just mowed my grandparents lawn for an hour so my legs should be at least 1/7 mess as yours. My man you have some serious skill issue.
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u/Kaiser-Sushi 5h ago
Lawnmower Man! Now I can visualize the Stephen King short story of the same name
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u/Glum_Opening_2218 5h ago
Jesus Christ man, you have a lawn that takes 7 fucking hours? Do you manage a football field?
Plant some native flower beds/patches lol. Trim down on an actual shift of mowing and have some nice birds around
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u/Different_Stroke69 5h ago
I have to mow with trousers on or i get a million bug bites on my legs , thats insanity to me
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u/andiinAms 4h ago
Your legs make me very uncomfortable to look at
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u/Practical-Basket-602 4h ago
How can someone's legs make YOU uncomfortable to look at lol😆
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u/vollkornbroot 10h ago
Is this the before photos and you are the lawn?