I had to cut my lawn early yesterday while it was still wet from all
the recent rain. The grass was too heavy to use the mulching (no
discharge chute) feature on my self-propelled mower, so I put on the
discharge chute. Over and over again, the discharge chute would
partially clog and then finally clear, leaving large clumps of cut
grass all over the yard. I had resigned myself to having to rake the
clumps out today. After about 0.6 inches of heavy downpours last
night, I woke up to see that virtually all of the clumps had been
broken apart by the heavy rain, and I have no more than a half dozen
clumps that need attention There are some rewards in this workl after
all.

replying to , passerby wrote:
hrhofmann wrote:

After about 0.6 inches of heavy downpours last
night, I woke up to see that virtually all of the clumps had been
broken apart by the heavy rain, and I have no more than a half dozen
clumps that need attention

Just a happy coincidence I guess. Usually, no matter how heavy the rain,
it just soaks the clumps, and they start to rot and damage the grass
underneath. I always end up with yellow patches of dead grass under those,
more so after any kind of rain.

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On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:20:23 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

After about 0.6 inches of heavy downpours last
night, I woke up to see that virtually all of the clumps had been
broken apart by the heavy rain, and I have no more than a half dozen
clumps that need attention There are some rewards in this workl after
all.

Water is a corrosive.

On 6/13/2013 2:12 PM, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:20:23 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

After about 0.6 inches of heavy downpours last
night, I woke up to see that virtually all of the clumps had been
broken apart by the heavy rain, and I have no more than a half dozen
clumps that need attention There are some rewards in this workl after
all.

Water is a corrosive.

also erosive

" wrote in news:70f01a43-
:

I had to cut my lawn early yesterday while it was still wet from all
the recent rain. The grass was too heavy to use the mulching (no
discharge chute) feature on my self-propelled mower, so I put on the
discharge chute. Over and over again, the discharge chute would
partially clog and then finally clear, leaving large clumps of cut
grass all over the yard. I had resigned myself to having to rake the
clumps out today. After about 0.6 inches of heavy downpours last
night, I woke up to see that virtually all of the clumps had been
broken apart by the heavy rain, and I have no more than a half dozen
clumps that need attention There are some rewards in this workl after
all.

Can't believe nobody ever does this. Been doing it for years. Walk around
the yard with a leaf blower. Really doesn't take more than 10-15 min unless
you have some huge yard.

In fairness, never tried it when grass was soaked.

On Jun 13, 5:18*pm, Red Green wrote:
" wrote in news:70f01a43-
:

I had to cut my lawn early yesterday while it was still wet from all
the recent rain. * The grass was too heavy to use the mulching (no
discharge chute) feature on my self-propelled mower, so I put on the
discharge chute. *Over and over again, the discharge chute would
partially clog and then finally clear, leaving large clumps of cut
grass all over the yard. *I had resigned myself to having to rake the
clumps out today. *After about 0.6 inches of heavy downpours last
night, I woke up to see that virtually all of the clumps had been
broken apart by the heavy rain, and I have no more than a half dozen
clumps that need attention *There are some rewards in this workl after
all.

Can't believe nobody ever does this. Been doing it for years. Walk around
the yard with a leaf blower. Really doesn't take more than 10-15 min unless
you have some huge yard.

In fairness, never tried it when grass was soaked.

I walked the yard with a regular lawn rake, and using the backside of
the rake went sideways thru any clumps that I saw breaking them into
tiny clumps that won't do any damage. Took me about 5 minues to do a
100' x 200' lot, minus house and driveway.

On 6/13/2013 6:45 PM, wrote:
On Jun 13, 5:18 pm, Red Green wrote:
" wrote in news:70f01a43-
:

I had to cut my lawn early yesterday while it was still wet from all
the recent rain. The grass was too heavy to use the mulching (no
discharge chute) feature on my self-propelled mower, so I put on the
discharge chute. Over and over again, the discharge chute would
partially clog and then finally clear, leaving large clumps of cut
grass all over the yard. I had resigned myself to having to rake the
clumps out today. After about 0.6 inches of heavy downpours last
night, I woke up to see that virtually all of the clumps had been
broken apart by the heavy rain, and I have no more than a half dozen
clumps that need attention There are some rewards in this workl after
all.

Can't believe nobody ever does this. Been doing it for years. Walk around
the yard with a leaf blower. Really doesn't take more than 10-15 min unless
you have some huge yard.

In fairness, never tried it when grass was soaked.

I walked the yard with a regular lawn rake, and using the backside of
the rake went sideways thru any clumps that I saw breaking them into
tiny clumps that won't do any damage. Took me about 5 minues to do a
100' x 200' lot, minus house and driveway.

This is reason number 4 that I moved from your area ... we have no grass
to cut! Everything is natural, so to speak.

On Jun 14, 10:07*am, Art Todesco wrote:
On 6/13/2013 6:45 PM, wrote:



On Jun 13, 5:18 pm, Red Green wrote:
" wrote in news:70f01a43-
:

I had to cut my lawn early yesterday while it was still wet from all
the recent rain. * The grass was too heavy to use the mulching (no
discharge chute) feature on my self-propelled mower, so I put on the
discharge chute. *Over and over again, the discharge chute would
partially clog and then finally clear, leaving large clumps of cut
grass all over the yard. *I had resigned myself to having to rake the
clumps out today. *After about 0.6 inches of heavy downpours last
night, I woke up to see that virtually all of the clumps had been
broken apart by the heavy rain, and I have no more than a half dozen
clumps that need attention *There are some rewards in this workl after
all.

Can't believe nobody ever does this. Been doing it for years. Walk around
the yard with a leaf blower. Really doesn't take more than 10-15 min unless
you have some huge yard.

In fairness, never tried it when grass was soaked.

I walked the yard with a regular lawn rake, and using the backside of
the rake went sideways thru any clumps that I saw breaking them into
tiny clumps that won't do any damage. *Took me about 5 minues to do a
100' x 200' lot, minus house and driveway.

This is reason number 4 that I moved from your area ... we have no grass
to cut! *Everything is natural, so to speak.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And it is much easier to hide stills in tall grass than in a manicured
lawng.

On 6/15/2013 6:27 PM, wrote:
On Jun 14, 10:07 am, Art Todesco wrote:
On 6/13/2013 6:45 PM, wrote:



On Jun 13, 5:18 pm, Red Green wrote:
" wrote in news:70f01a43-
:

I had to cut my lawn early yesterday while it was still wet from all
the recent rain. The grass was too heavy to use the mulching (no
discharge chute) feature on my self-propelled mower, so I put on the
discharge chute. Over and over again, the discharge chute would
partially clog and then finally clear, leaving large clumps of cut
grass all over the yard. I had resigned myself to having to rake the
clumps out today. After about 0.6 inches of heavy downpours last
night, I woke up to see that virtually all of the clumps had been
broken apart by the heavy rain, and I have no more than a half dozen
clumps that need attention There are some rewards in this workl after
all.

Can't believe nobody ever does this. Been doing it for years. Walk around
the yard with a leaf blower. Really doesn't take more than 10-15 min unless
you have some huge yard.

In fairness, never tried it when grass was soaked.

I walked the yard with a regular lawn rake, and using the backside of
the rake went sideways thru any clumps that I saw breaking them into
tiny clumps that won't do any damage. Took me about 5 minues to do a
100' x 200' lot, minus house and driveway.

This is reason number 4 that I moved from your area ... we have no grass
to cut! Everything is natural, so to speak.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And it is much easier to hide stills in tall grass than in a manicured
lawng.

I have to carry on the family business. My dad was a bootlegger
(delivery guy) during prohibition. Before and after, he ran a legal bar
business.