tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post6897137654428678825..comments2024-03-12T14:02:09.820-04:00Comments on Riverdaze…: FUTURE FEATHERED LAWNMOWER?Grizz…………http://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-79407250572680275842009-03-31T23:02:00.000-04:002009-03-31T23:02:00.000-04:00Nina…It would certainly solve some problems—hand o...Nina…<BR/><BR/>It would certainly solve some problems—hand over the care and feeding of nature to…nature. Brilliant! And I'm all for allowing nature to take care of me. <BR/><BR/>Now if I can just get my geese to trim around the roses and not eat my daffodils!Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-80504599595923005382009-03-31T22:43:00.000-04:002009-03-31T22:43:00.000-04:00A wonderful solution to your problem. And, not nee...A wonderful solution to your problem. And, not needing to walk behind as you follow a mower back and forth, maybe those after-deposits won't matter.<BR/>Wouldn't it be great if nature could take of itself?<BR/>Or if we could modify our expectations to accept the care nature offers.nina at Nature Remains.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07888238636692649668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-85580687263381363682009-03-31T20:32:00.000-04:002009-03-31T20:32:00.000-04:00Raph…I'll bet my geese would love your snails!And ...Raph…<BR/><BR/>I'll bet my geese would love your snails!<BR/><BR/>And you're sure right—a clattering mower isn't all that interesting. I'd rather watch geese, or snails…or giraffes.Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-16709782719578689462009-03-31T20:01:00.000-04:002009-03-31T20:01:00.000-04:00Wonderful! Geese would be much more fun than a mec...Wonderful! Geese would be much more fun than a mechanical mower!<BR/><BR/>The lawns are so sloping here that I had to get a tiny lightweight mower that wouldn't skid heavily down to the bottom of the slope. Looking out of the window at night after mowing I always see hordes of snails munching their way across the grass. If it is the grass they are chewing and not just the weeds, maybe they could be trained to do this before mowing!Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-20205855189527896352009-03-31T18:09:00.000-04:002009-03-31T18:09:00.000-04:00Jenn…Humm-m? You know, I'd never thought of clover...Jenn…<BR/><BR/>Humm-m? You know, I'd never thought of clover…<BR/><BR/>My plan is to plant beds and beds of flowers and herbs, English Cottage Garden style, and have only minimal grass in what I think of as my "back" yard. This would be above the septic tank and leach bed, though I actually have yards on either side of the cottage, with a stone patio to the rear (I'm installing that this spring) plus a parking area and decks to the front and side, overlooking the river. The grass area where the goose is foraging would be flowers and stepping stone or graveled paths. But I could maybe substitute clover for some sections and in the back yard and forget a mower entirely.<BR/><BR/>I take it Guinevere is the dragon?Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-39450058981419971042009-03-31T17:21:00.000-04:002009-03-31T17:21:00.000-04:00I love the post. We had given up an electric mower...I love the post. We had given up an electric mower for a mechanical one. Then, we moved to My <A HREF="http://mymuskoka.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Muskoka</A>. Then, I replaced the grass (I swear my parents put down sod all those years ago) with clover. We have all sorts of critters that like it. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.jilks.com/photos/guinevere/guinevere-Pages/Image12.html" REL="nofollow">Guinevere </A>watches over it all.Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-71008807210297300952009-03-31T17:18:00.000-04:002009-03-31T17:18:00.000-04:00Giggles…I am! It really isn't a problem until flip...Giggles…<BR/><BR/>I am! It really isn't a problem until flip-flop weather, when one might then step inadvertently upon such offerings, slip as if on ice, and fall on one's…bum. Which might be immediately followed by certain loud language.<BR/><BR/>But I've lived around geese before—and I know to be wary.Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-69769296436485649412009-03-31T17:11:00.000-04:002009-03-31T17:11:00.000-04:00Rowan…Goats! They'd eat my daffodils! And roses. A...Rowan…<BR/><BR/>Goats! They'd eat my daffodils! And roses. And who knows what else before I ate them.<BR/><BR/>Right now, it's homemaking season for the Canadas hereabouts. They're paired up or off in gangs of rowdy juveniles or geese too ugly/old/mean to find mates. Not much chance of adding to the current flock.<BR/><BR/>Nope, gotta stick with my couple and hope for the best. And hey, you're wrong about missing that old mower—the little one now rusting in the dump, not the big one driving my neighbor to a drinking problem; the suicidal mower did its job but was never particularly efficient. In order for it to be sold cheaply in the first place, the manufactures left off every component possible. This included things such as a spark-plug shield, which meant every time a blade of grass, flower, or leaf touched the plug's unshielded tip, the motor stalled. The motor was too small, underpowered, which meant I had to keep the blade razor sharp in order to cut my grass—otherwise I just bruised it a bit. I could go on. But…and here's the point…much as I hate to admit it, I put up with all this because the thing ran and more or less did the job, plus it had been free—and I was simply too cheap to buy a new one as long as this one got me by. <BR/><BR/>But if the geese don't work out, I assure you I'll move on to a new lawnmower without a single regret—except maybe the occasional twitch from my wallet.Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-9869430658603473302009-03-31T16:51:00.000-04:002009-03-31T16:51:00.000-04:00Are you ready for the "fertilizer" to follow???!!!...Are you ready for the "fertilizer" to follow???!!!giggleshttp://witsandwiggles.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-87024583948258850252009-03-31T16:33:00.000-04:002009-03-31T16:33:00.000-04:00I really like your new lawnmowers - very stylish. ...I really like your new lawnmowers - very stylish. You could always get a couple of goats to help them out as well. Or put a Canada decoy on the river and try to recruit further members for your lawnmower gang:) I get the feeling that you were rather fond of your old mower and secretly miss it - it certainly doesn't owe you anything by the sound of it, hardworking and considerate too.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.com