oosik
Super Star Member
I mow two acres with my riding mower. I'm able to walk my lawns - level the pocket gopher mounds - remove the large rocks. VERY glad I don't have 30 acres or more to mow. I would be VERY upset if my new rotary mower looked like the OP's. I would work towards some type of solution. Either rake them up or mow higher.
The property to my north has MILES of short rock walls. This represents a whole lot of effort by the original homesteader and his five sons. They had, at least, two mule teams and several rock sleds. That was over 100 years ago and the fields are still, basically, rock free.
History tell us - they never planted anything here nor mowed any of these fields. The best answer - cows don't eat rocks. Also - less injury to livestock when the fields are clean. AND - there had to be something for five sons to do in any spare time they might have had.
Whatever - this is a common sight on most all the original homesteads around these parts.
The property to my north has MILES of short rock walls. This represents a whole lot of effort by the original homesteader and his five sons. They had, at least, two mule teams and several rock sleds. That was over 100 years ago and the fields are still, basically, rock free.
History tell us - they never planted anything here nor mowed any of these fields. The best answer - cows don't eat rocks. Also - less injury to livestock when the fields are clean. AND - there had to be something for five sons to do in any spare time they might have had.
Whatever - this is a common sight on most all the original homesteads around these parts.
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