tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post7467077259955820413..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Mr. Mows All the Time is Mowing Brown GrassBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-92087646904034796622011-03-19T22:01:21.475-05:002011-03-19T22:01:21.475-05:00Thanks for popping over, Julie. I would love to ri...Thanks for popping over, Julie. I would love to rip up my lawn, I hate mowing. Of couse, I'd have to replace the lawn with costlier things. As for basketball, it's a boring tourney this year--but I'd rather be in the garden anyway, or writing.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-76386907477281353042011-03-19T19:45:33.737-05:002011-03-19T19:45:33.737-05:00It's so mysterious this business of men and th...It's so mysterious this business of men and their lawns. A garden filled with ground cover, grasses and flowers with no lawn to mow would be heavenly to me. But, I live with a man who loves to mow his lawn. At least he has the good sense to wait until it is a tall lush green before the first mowing.<br /><br />I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog and a sampling of your poetry.<br />Julie Pishnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985522263083630717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-43830746800926503312011-03-19T18:24:41.889-05:002011-03-19T18:24:41.889-05:00I think he is listening to voices and trying to dr...I think he is listening to voices and trying to drown them out. Maybe the blower quiets one voice, but another voice says use the mower. I just hope those half dozen bags of lawn clippings out front won't be going to the landfill (read an article today showing that 70% of the local landfill is organic material!).Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-80520471908882719582011-03-19T18:06:57.102-05:002011-03-19T18:06:57.102-05:00Only one thing comes to mind. WTH is wrong with th...Only one thing comes to mind. WTH is wrong with that guy? <br /><br />Does he mow to drown out the voices in his head or is he listening to them?wiseacrehttp://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-84025509168630307052011-03-18T13:46:02.382-05:002011-03-18T13:46:02.382-05:00Mowing already? noooooooooooo.Mowing already? noooooooooooo.IlonaGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035401683506659646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-5501655327742916002011-03-18T09:12:49.578-05:002011-03-18T09:12:49.578-05:00Sue, I once had someone come out from the UNL arbo...Sue, I once had someone come out from the UNL arboretum and they didn't charge me to look at an american elm (yes I said that right) that's on my lot that the development graders almost destroyed digging up roots. I think I've saved it. Anyway, I'm sorry I don't know anyone. Sometimes I feel like saying with trees "anything to save them," but sometimes not, esp Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-44417085791699485402011-03-17T21:14:15.031-05:002011-03-17T21:14:15.031-05:00I should have said, "put" them on my com...I should have said, "put" them on my compost pile.Corner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-23345803214364247552011-03-17T21:12:35.433-05:002011-03-17T21:12:35.433-05:00My husband has been known to vacuum leaves and the...My husband has been known to vacuum leaves and then putting them on my compost pile. I think he has realized it's just as easy to use a rake.<br /><br />I recently did a post about the silver maple tree in our front yard. Lincoln Landscaping is coming over next week to inspect the tree for safety, and then prune it so it doesn't grow into the house. The arborist said there may be borersCorner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-29879583434879510762011-03-17T18:59:16.177-05:002011-03-17T18:59:16.177-05:00I love the idea of a ghost lawn. Caught in a place...I love the idea of a ghost lawn. Caught in a place where it cannot be alive but can't be composted!compost in my shoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572258657523962702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-18059725172572706262011-03-17T07:26:48.656-05:002011-03-17T07:26:48.656-05:00Check this out: Earl Pitts and Stupid people
...Check this out: Earl Pitts and Stupid people<br /> <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OumOayYHrGw&feature=player_detailpage<br /><br />#9 Ask your wife if the grass is green and ready to mow when your colored blind. lolgreggohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490422976382424491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-36019947270597575472011-03-16T21:44:53.869-05:002011-03-16T21:44:53.869-05:00Sandy--I will take wine, though.
Randy--Are we nei...Sandy--I will take wine, though.<br />Randy--Are we neighbors? Can you see me in my window naked right now? Sorry. I don't scissor my grass, but I've been known to scissor grasshoppers. Clouds of them.<br />Susan--The other day a guy was powerwashing his golf cart. We live at least a mile or two from the nearest one. Whatever.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-17686711327545440882011-03-16T21:28:10.717-05:002011-03-16T21:28:10.717-05:00I've heard mowers out too? What gives?I've heard mowers out too? What gives?Susan in the Pink Hathttp://inkandpenstemon.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-32026592500973710712011-03-16T20:17:23.592-05:002011-03-16T20:17:23.592-05:00Benjamin,
We must be neighbors as that guy lives n...Benjamin,<br />We must be neighbors as that guy lives next door to us. Small world isn't it. I knew a lady that would spend hours with scissors trimming the edge of her sidewalk and driveway.Randy Emmitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292186655869617897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-14090937853528643662011-03-16T18:34:25.017-05:002011-03-16T18:34:25.017-05:00Note to self: do not offer B.V. anything artificia...Note to self: do not offer B.V. anything artificially grape flavored should we ever meet in person.<br /><br />Thanks for the chopstick image...still laughing.Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-31251397719864834322011-03-16T18:31:13.745-05:002011-03-16T18:31:13.745-05:00Vacuumer, Sandy? Wow. Next step would be using cho...Vacuumer, Sandy? Wow. Next step would be using chopsticks. As for grape, it is nasty. Grape pop, grape icees, grape gum. Bleh. Even the smell is bad.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-77224205982681959832011-03-16T18:08:36.474-05:002011-03-16T18:08:36.474-05:00I once knew a couple who vacuumed their driveway a...I once knew a couple who vacuumed their driveway after mowing (with a shop-vac). Seriously misguided, in my opinion.<br /><br />What have you got against grape sno-cones?Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-67639483795151942011-03-16T15:01:34.613-05:002011-03-16T15:01:34.613-05:00I was just reading her piece--it was very interest...I was just reading her piece--it was very interesting....Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-79665151119229156912011-03-16T14:49:09.457-05:002011-03-16T14:49:09.457-05:00perhaps his wife sends him out to play in the gard...perhaps his wife sends him out to play in the garden? Or does he just love his ride-on mower? <br />Ecological gardening has a post up, about polyculture lawns she found in medieval French paintings.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.com