wngsprd
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He was a very special person.
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toppop52
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Sad indeed. Very honest and upfront.
lennyzx11
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Mowed about 8 of the 10 acres today. Whew! Grass was about 18" tall. Slow going with a LP 60" finish mower on back.
A lot of grass cuttings / clumps laying in the yard now. My wife ran the 42" pull behind lawn sweeper but there has to be a better way. There are about 50 little piles of grass about hay bale size now where she dumped the rake when it was full.
Do I need a rake, bagger, or a vacuum?
I bought this place with the intent of having a nice manicured lawn for one time in my life.
I have a L3301 Kubota and a John Deere 240 garden tractor to work with.
Suggestions are welcome. My first thought is to use a landscape rake and windrow the grass and then try to scoop it with the bucket.
Hopefully, once it's back down to lawn height, the extra won't be such an issue.
Lenny
A lot of grass cuttings / clumps laying in the yard now. My wife ran the 42" pull behind lawn sweeper but there has to be a better way. There are about 50 little piles of grass about hay bale size now where she dumped the rake when it was full.
Do I need a rake, bagger, or a vacuum?
I bought this place with the intent of having a nice manicured lawn for one time in my life.
I have a L3301 Kubota and a John Deere 240 garden tractor to work with.
Suggestions are welcome. My first thought is to use a landscape rake and windrow the grass and then try to scoop it with the bucket.
Hopefully, once it's back down to lawn height, the extra won't be such an issue.
Lenny
Kyle_in_Tex
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Need a cow, horse, or shredder.
Glad to hear your move has gone safely so far, and that you are close to your loved ones.
LS Tractor Owner
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Goats would make quick work of it but you probably wouldn't have and landscape eithero
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buckeyefarmer
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Lenny, if you want it to look like a yard, you have to mow it constantly like a yard. I mow my field about every 3-4 weeks with rear finish mower. I lift the front higher if grass is higher. It doesnt get mowed as low as the yard, but it looks good when mowed and not a lot of heavy cut grass on top.
Tonight i mowed along creek and the hill with rider, first time with it back there since i broke the axle.
No issues, except grass was real tall.
Saw young deer across the creek. Need to take rfm and mow across the creek.
Tonight i mowed along creek and the hill with rider, first time with it back there since i broke the axle.
No issues, except grass was real tall.
Saw young deer across the creek. Need to take rfm and mow across the creek.
lostcreekranch
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I’d let it lay and after a rain or two it decomposes and will add lots of nutrients back to your soil.
mostly_gas
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Good evening all. 75F this morning. Partly cloudy skies, near calm wind and .4 in the rain gauge. High temp of 97F, moderate wind and sky remained mostly clear. Wife and I worked on bush trimmer this morning, followed by leaf pick up on front porch, went to stepdaughter's to water plants, but soil still very moist today. Then pick up quilting magazines from a friend of wife, and while there she gave us the grand tour, nice house on the lake. nap this afternoon
Don very inviting boat ramp
Prayers for all.
Don very inviting boat ramp
Prayers for all.
farmer2009
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Lenny.
Instead of dumping the piles where the sweep gets full we always pulled the sweep to a specific place and made one big pile. Of course we have cattle so we made our pile in the pasture and the cows took care of the rest.
Remember whenever you sweep the lawn you are removing nutrients from the soil. So over time you have to replace them. If you keep the lawn mowed regularly then the clippings fall through the grass, eventually starting to breakdown. This will return the nutrients to the grass making it grow better and eliminating the need for fertilizer. Unless you are a huge fan of mowing.
Instead of dumping the piles where the sweep gets full we always pulled the sweep to a specific place and made one big pile. Of course we have cattle so we made our pile in the pasture and the cows took care of the rest.
Remember whenever you sweep the lawn you are removing nutrients from the soil. So over time you have to replace them. If you keep the lawn mowed regularly then the clippings fall through the grass, eventually starting to breakdown. This will return the nutrients to the grass making it grow better and eliminating the need for fertilizer. Unless you are a huge fan of mowing.
sodamo
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So true. Really miss his insightful commentary, whether we agreed or not.