On Sun, 02 Jun 2013 17:41:49 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Joe Gandalf fired this volley in
:

we are looking into getting a ZTR to replace the Horse

I've got a Scagg 61", and wouldn't trade it for cash, unless it was
enough cash to buy a brand new one!

I mow 6 acres each week, and it takes only 3 gallons of fuel, and about
four hours. 'Looks like a golf course when it's done.

I'll never understand why otherwise sane people want so much farkin',
blasted grass. Wasting good time, money, gasoline, fertilizer, and
ungodly amounts of water on something which maked their allergies
flare up and their noses run is beyond me.

Some books for those people:

Beautiful No-Mow Yards: 50 Amazing Lawn Alternatives by Hadden, Evelyn
The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-Less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful,
Bountiful Garden by Soler, Ivette

Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for
Your Yard by Penick, Pam

The New American Front Yard: Kiss Your Grass Goodbye by Sarah Sutton
(My sister edited this for her friend Sarah.)

Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your
Neighborhood into a Community by Flores, Heather

Cheers!

--
They must find it difficult,
those who have taken authority as truth,
rather than truth as authority.
-- Gerald Massey, Egyptologist