Bruce's Journal

[Mike CHS]

Fred you guys have been running 10 degrees warmer than us all season. I prefer our hills.

 

[Bruce]

And spring continues in NW Vermont, 3"-4" of snow yesterday and last night. I had no planned to blow or shovel since they were predicting about 1/2 that.

 

[NH homesteader]

Yeah we got 5" and we weren't even supposed to get snow. Ugh!!

 

[CntryBoy777]

What a bummer, y'all don't deserve such rude treatment. We are borderline heading to summer already, just have to get thru this rainy period. I have to get started on cutting grass before I get behind.

 

[Mike CHS]

I don't envy you folks with all that white stuff. We have a cool season grass that I have been cutting since November.

 

[Latestarter]

I spent the last 2 days mowing... I finished 1/2 the back pasture and today finished the front. I feel like I've been run over by a truck.

 

[Bruce]

I won't have to mow until mid May

 

[CntryBoy777]

I won't have to mow until mid May

Seems to me that have been burnin' much more gas on running over all the Sn** ya been getting. Do ya use more gas in winter or summer?

 

[Bruce]

No, it seems to be about 1 gallon/hour regardless and though we do get snow here and there through the winter, the grass grows from May through Sept/Oct. I think I've blown snow only 4 or 5 (5 or 6??) times this year. I should really mow every 5 days minimum in the spring, I swear you can see it grow from one morning to the next. PRESUMABLY I'll be mowing less this year with the Alpacas here to eat it down. I had 3 areas to mow. Takes about 2 hours to do it all:

1. The part around the house where the Alpacas can't go.
2. The "riding ring" and solar panel area
3. The area behind the barn.

Of course unless I restrict the boys, I'll probably have to mow some of the second 2 areas anyway, 2 alpacas won't keep up with 3/4+ acre when it is growing fast. Even the people across the road with 2 alpacas and 3 horse on ~2 acres of pasture mow now and then. There are some things none of their animals eat so they have to mow to keep those weeds from seeding the pasture.

 

[NH homesteader]

Oh mowing. I'm not allowed to mow. My husband used to do landscaping, here and in CT for some large businesses, and he has OCD about his grass. Why does my backyard that no one ever sees need to be striped? Dude can drive a zero turn like nobody's business.