Doesn't everyone mow their lawn like this?

[DJ in WA]

I get stares when people drive by. Makes me wonder if there's some other way to mow?

[AngieM2]

That's some fine looking lawnmowers you have there. Are they tied to a stake, or is the lawn fenced in well enough?

(and you get some fertilizer to go along with it, a complete lawn care system)

Angei

[ErinP]

Originally Posted by DJ in WA

I get stares when people drive by.

you do??


No one would bat an eye in my part of the world.

[Truckinguy]

It behooves me to tell you that I think it is a big misteak to use lawnmooers like that, it's udderly rediculous and your neighbors are going to have a beef with you.

[ladycat]

Originally Posted by ErinP

you do??


No one would bat an eye in my part of the world.

Same here. LOL there are cattle everywhere you look. Not to mention donkeys, horses, and the occasional camel herd.

[sterlingfarms]

they look a little tired of mowing the lawn...do they want to come to my house for dinner??

[DJ in WA]

No stakes - would have to keep moving them. I put a chain around trees with a rope clipped between. Loops knotted in the rope every 5 feet. Lead chain attached to halters then clipped onto rope to slide between knots. Or can hook chain to loop. This photo had cow with a lead rope, but chains work better being heavier so don't get tangled as much.

As for bringing them for dinner, I hope to have the steer for dinner soon.

As for other animals, there are plenty around here too, but not many go to the trouble to use them on their lawn. Not too hard once you get a good system - rotating around taking the top off the tall grass, then, I confess, using one of those newfangled gas-burning things to make it pretty - feed the clippings to them also.

Have discovered this new grass is making too much milk - need to dry the cow up soon.

[Murray in ME]

I like it. Mowing and fertilizing at the same time. People that stare must be jealous that you're more efficient than they are.

[Shrek]

If you want folks to stop staring, stop trying to make milkshakes like that Hardees commercial while the mowers are running

[woodsman]

Lawn is just another word for "wasted, useless pasture" - so technically you're not mowing a "lawn"

[cowboy joe]

Originally Posted by DJ in WA

I get stares when people drive by.

Most guys secretly covet their neighbor's lawn mower...

[geo in mi]

I am sandwiched in between a farm and a millionaire's lake home, so I would get frowns from one, at least. Mainly because I didn't use copious quantities of commercial weed 'n feed to get rid of those god-awful dandelions......... 'You should be ashamed for letting those grow'....... He wouldn't know what a cow looks like.

[aprilcain]

I use a similar model but instead of being dinner later she crosses as a babysitter

[Kathy in MD]

Originally Posted by Truckinguy

It behooves me to tell you that I think it is a big misteak to use lawnmooers like that, it's udderly rediculous and your neighbors are going to have a beef with you.

very original...I like your sense of humor...lol

[Chickadeedee]

You have a beautiful place there! It's great that you don't have to buy gas. I'm sure you make up for it in cattle food.

[ChristyACB]

Oh, how I wish someone had goats nearby that wanted to lunch on some vines at my place. ::sigh::

[fordy]

................You can't be , entirely....Green , until you capture the Methane produced from your lawn mowers ! , lol , fordy

[Beaners]

Originally Posted by DJ in WA

As for other animals, there are plenty around here too, but not many go to the trouble to use them on their lawn. Not too hard once you get a good system - rotating around taking the top off the tall grass, then, I confess, using one of those newfangled gas-burning things to make it pretty - feed the clippings to them also.

Whenever we mow our lawn (like today) I gather up the grass after it dries and save it for the rabbits. My neighbors couldn't figure out why on earth I was putting everything I raked out the yard into the shed. Now that they know why I still think I fall under the "eccentric" category.

Kayleigh

[gone-a-milkin]

Here is how we do it at our place.



This is an old pic, from back before the lawn filled in.

[Janis Sauncy]

I just open the gate between the goat pasture and the yard and let them do what they want. No tethers, chains, tangled ropes.

I've learned to just fence around the stuff I don't want them to eat. They're so trained to the electric fence, I can just run a three-strand dummy wire around things like my new blueberry plants and raised strawberry beds and they don't even test it.

Plenty of browse they can get to so they're not too tempted to test to see if the fence is really hot or not, I guess.

I do have to chase them off the front porch now and again, though!

I'm thinking it's time to put them in the chicken pen. It's getting pretty overgrown and there's some blackberry vines in there they'd be happy to take care of.

Janis