The Joys of Summer in the Country

[Evil Dave]

Yeah, right.

I have a 5 acre yard that I just got finished mowing. Now the mowing isn\'t so bad, but what kills me is the weed eating.

It\'s 84 F with 74% humidity feels like 92 F, in other words it SUCKS.:|~

It almost makes me want to move to the city find an apartment so I never have to weed eat again.

 

[Fizl]

I think weed eating may mean somethng different over there...

Are you talking about pulling up weeds from the garden, or something slightly more illicit?

Shaz

 

[tooshy]

Ha! Silly man......

...you\'re.....you\'re....gardening ??? lol

Tooshy looks to her right, out of the window at the garden below.... she can just see the tips of something fluffy and ginger and brown in the long, tall (very tall) grass. Oh...! It\'s the cats....honary members of the \"Fucarweh\" tribe. The cats pause, raise themselves up on their hind legs and think \"where the f**k are we...???\"

I haven\'t mown the grass for a while

 

[Evil Dave]

A weed eater is a hand held machine, that is gas powered, that spins a plastic \"string\" around very fast, allowing you to trim grass and weeds around the bases of trees.

Weedeater

The problem is I have a LARGE yard with many trees, so that it takes me 3 hours just to weed eat. Imagine sweating profusely, your hands going numb and developing blisters from the vibration, and being covered from head to toe in grass.

Grass... who knows how long that\'s been on the ground, who know where it\'s been. :|~

 

[Fizl]

Aaah, get you now, its a strimmer!

I\'m sure you\'ll be finding grass for days

Shaz

 

[wiccanpony]

weed eating?? new diet

goats are all the rage here in Calif.

I have a yard service mow the lawn and the kids do any weeding, and watering. I tell them it builds character and they roll their eyes and mutter death threats .....ah teenagers

 

[Evil Dave]

I think the term came up down here because Weedeater is the best known brand of line trimmer, so naturally if you are using a Weedeater you are Weed eating.

 

[mickc22]

Rather you than me...

.. well actually, I wouldn\'t be able to do it I\'m allergic to grass I have enough trouble with my back yard & the mowable grass is about 4m X 3m
.....5 acres.....brrrr *chill down spine*
I wouldn\'t be able to see for a week if I did that (wouldn\'t mind the 84F tho lol)

 

[Smoth]

I thought about buying up some agent orange when I get older. I am here in la with ya\' mate I know what you mean.

 

[finn17]

LOL

Originally posted by Evil Dave
I have a 5 acre yard that I just got finished mowing.

Only in America could 5 acres be called a \'yard\'. Here in the UK, Estate Agents would call 5 acres a country estate. A yard is generally not bigger than 10ft square and fully paved or concreted.

 

[Smoth]

we have small yards to. You have to remember louisiana is one giant fetid swamp.

There are towns that take less then 5 minutes to go through. You might be driving 30 mph.

 

[praetorian0_1]

Originally posted by wiccanpony
goats are all the rage here in Calif.




That\'s a good idea wic, but where these ol\' boys are talking the gators, the bugs or the swamp would get them. lol

 

[Evil Dave]

Well, actually we own about 35 acres of prairie land that borders a main highway, we just fenced off 5 acres and called it our yard.
My family was big into banking and real estate and used to own well over 3000 acres but that has dwindled through the years.

 

[Evil Dave]

Originally posted by Smoth
we have small yards to. You have to remember louisiana is one giant fetid swamp.

There are towns that take less then 5 minutes to go through. You might be driving 30 mph.

Like...Albany?lol

 

[Nelson]

Ehh, my dad has 10 acres, and we just kinda let the wilderness manage itself, ie. no watering, mowing, etc. quite a pleasant situation, really, as it requires no effort at all. Of course, it means cedar trees and waist high grass run rampant, and most common house plants either go feral or die after a couple of weeks, but hey, that\'s nature. Whadda you gonna do?

 

[mickc22]

I\'m with you

Ehh, my dad has 10 acres, and we just kinda let the wilderness manage itself, ie. no watering, mowing, etc. quite a pleasant situation, really, as it requires no effort at all. Of course, it means cedar trees and waist high grass run rampant, and most common house plants either go feral or die after a couple of weeks, but hey, that\'s nature. Whadda you gonna do?

......now that\'s my idea of gardening lol lol

 

[wiccanpony]

LOL

Originally posted by praetorian0_1

Originally posted by wiccanpony
goats are all the rage here in Calif.




That\'s a good idea wic, but where these ol\' boys are talking the gators, the bugs or the swamp would get them. lol

lol..that or the neighbors will..BBQ anyone?

 

[Evil Dave]

Now that you mention it...

My girlfriend lives out in the boonies...I mean her neighbors are right out of \"Deliverance\".
I expect to see Sasquatch in her backyard.
Anyway, one of the neighbors had a pig that would wander around the neighborhood, digging into peoples garbage, rooting up the yards, and so on.
Another neighbor get sick of this and one night when the pig is digging in his yard, shoots the pig and has a pig roast the next day.
This erupts into a feud, in which animals belonging to either family are shot on a regular basis.
I try not to go over without my Walther P-99. (40 cal. Pistol)

Now, I could care less if these people shoot each other, It would prove Darwin right, but I\'m not gonna stand by and let some jerk kill a puppy because it stuck a toe on his property.

 

[t_haye2]

The joys of summer in the country in the UK:

Rainraintrainrain...windwind...clouds...rainrain HOTHOT(no sun) rainrainrainrainrain

mostly rain....and since we only have 4 square meters of grass....and the boys do that...i\'m free of all nasty jobbies

 

[mickc22]

...so basically what you\'re saying ED is, don\'t go over there without a good strong hunting bow, plenty of arrows & a damn good guitar player lol