Spent about 4.5 hours #mowing thick weeds with my little John Deere ride on mulching lawnmower. I'm still not ready for autumn, but it was nice to have a couple days in the 70s before the next #HeatDome starting Saturday. The mowing acts like a light fertilizer, which will hopefully help the grass grow in a little better, seeing as we just got 1.6 inches of rain a couple days ago. Saw a pair of #swallows, but the rest of the flock is strangely missing. Hopefully they are hunting nearby! #KsWx

A change from my usual "doom & gloom" posts -- DIY #Mosstodon! We have a patch growing in our yard, and it's such a treat to walk barefoot on.

Why and How to Grow Your Own #Moss #Garden

If you’ve never laid down on a bed of moss, you’re missing out.

by Ellen Airhart

"If you’re tired of #mowing your grass and live in an area with access to plenty of water, a moss garden might be for you. Moss needs no fertilizer and filters out air pollution three to 51 times more efficiently than other plants, depending on species and what pollutant you’re measuring. There’s also a less quantifiable advantage to a moss garden: tranquility. 'The spiritual aspects of mosses are intangible, and they’re hard to convey to other people,' says Annie Martin, aka Mossin’ Annie, founder of Mountain Moss Enterprises and author of the book The Magical World of Moss Gardening. 'It can be a very personal experience.'

"Whether you want to build a relaxing space that helps the planet or are attempting to recreate the true Twilight setting with your very own moss garden, you absolutely should not rob the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. Moss grows nearly everywhere, and it’s more prudent to pick species suited to your area.

"The best place to look? Roadsides and parking lots, Martin says. 'I have an agreement with a neighborhood—several different ones—where I come in and I literally peel the mosses off the pavement,' says Martin. She emphasizes, however, that you can’t just go stealing moss from neighbors’ properties and you’ll need to wear proper safety gear if you’re working on the road (Martin owns a reflective vest). She saves mosses from construction sites and unwanted moss from people’s roofs."

As for re-planting it, "Breaking up or shredding the mosses is a solid principle, since mosses reproduce asexually as well as sexually (through spores).

Also, "Mosses will fill in the gaps at different speeds depending on the species, but Martin has two catchwords on how to help them grow faster: water and walking. Walking on the moss helps it adhere to the soil, since they have small rhizomes instead of roots. And as evidenced by Forks, mosses love water. Even hardy, drought-tolerant moss grows faster with extra water. Martin recommends watering a couple times a day, for three to 10 minutes, more briefly than you would douse vascular plants like grass. If there’s not enough water, the moss will shrivel, and can stay in that desiccated state for a long time. 'There’s mosses that can go for years, like five years, with no water, and then when there’s water they return to their normal functioning,' says Cruz de Carvalho. There are even mosses that grow (slowly) in the desert, where not many plants can survive."

Full article:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-and-how-to-grow-your-own-moss-garden?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#LawnAlternatives #Gardening

People get jailed in the #USA for not #mowing their #lawn|s?

Anyone who thinks the #USA is a "Land of #Freedom" really should seek professional deradicalization and political education!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEJ9Q3sUg3Q&t=40s

Hope you are having an ok day

Three good things from my morning

1. Excavated a good batch of compost from the digester bin (Green Johanna)

2. Planted some spare squash plants in the flower border (with compost)

3. Mowed the grass before it rained - just the path down the middle

It is raining now! 🌧️ ⛈️

#3GoodThings
#compost
#SquashPlants
#Mowing
#Rain

https://mas.to/@philcolbourn/110695130426995165

Poem, "Morning Walk"

#poem #poetry #walk #grass #mowing

#lawns #grass #mowing #smoking #weeding #weed

Next door neighbor was out back in the shed and I asked him what he was about to do. He said he was going to do the weed eating, so I told him I'd mow since I needed to mow all four yards any way. Especially ours since I have family coming over for July 4th.

Wife helped and it only took us just over an hour or so to do all 4 yards, weed eat, trimming and blowing everything off.

#Landscape #Mow #Mowing #YardWork #WeedEat #Grass

A Canal & River Trust crew of grass mowers just went by, toward the Bosley flight of locks, trimming the towpath edges and hedges. They skipped the lengths of our boat and another that's tied up here, so the flying crushed rock doesn't chip our paint. They understand that paint chips today = rust tomorrow.

Today we make our way back to Congleton.

#CanalLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #CRT #mowing #towpath #steel #rust #paint #locks #Cheshire #UK

Fresh cut grass! #pets #bassethound #bassethounddog #hound #shortsfeed #mowing https://www.wacoca.com/pets/160117/

#basset #Copper #country #dog #doggy #Fresh #germanShepard #Grass #happy #hound #Inu #Lawn #Mowing #pet #pets #ビーグル

I'm totally exhausted. Just got done mowing five yards. Normally it's only four, but the neighbor across the road asked me to mow his as he still can't do it because of his stroke a month or so ago. So I agreed to do it to help him of course.

Two and a half hours to mow five yards, weed eat, trim and blow all the trimmings off.

#Landscape #Landscaping #Mowing #Mow #GrassMowing #LawnMower

Decades of growth – part 7. Plus sneak peak into the front yard 😁 https://www.allforgardening.com/498212/decades-of-growth-part-7-plus-sneak-peak-into-the-front-yard-%f0%9f%98%81/

#frontyardgarden #FrontYardLandscape #FrontYardLandscapes #frontyardlandscapingideas #frontyard? #garden #gardening #grass #grasscutting #lawn #Lawnmowing #longgrass #Makeover #Mowing #overgrown #satisfying #tallgrass

No Mow May: not very useful for the best pollinator health https://www.honeybeesuite.com/no-mow-may-not-very-useful-for-the-best-pollinator-health/ #pollinatorhabitat #beeforage #NomowMay #mowing

Neighbors came together this past weekend to scythe the field on a beautiful Northern California evening. We ate a glorious pot of chili as the sun set. #Mowing #Evening #Gardening #SonomaCounty #Petaluma

Well this morning was an adventure. Plan was to get more mowing done before yet more rain. Less than 10 minutes in, slide sideways 2m and against the cow fence. Tried to pull it out with the CanAm but even 4WD with diff-lock spun out. Final solution: 2 tow straps and the Land Rover. Not going to mow today. I’m done.

#mowing #RuralLife #TooMuchRain

Era un po' che cercavo qualcosa del genere e mi chiedevo come mai non esistesse. E INFATTI ESISTE! Io vi avviso: qui mi parte la scimmia di brutto! Purtroppo sono una pippa con l'elettronica ma questa cosa mi farebbe risparmiare un casino di soldi!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSF04i3zNGw

#OpenMower #OSS #Robot #Mowing #Grass #raspberrypi #DIY

I mowed a little more on the riding mower. Not completely comfortable on it yet but getting there. The weed whacker motor is shot so I had to get a new one . . .

#Mowing

Rain and trees and mud
Grass and branches sticks and stones -
Spring mowing begins.

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #Grass #Mowing #Spring #Outside

First picture is my front yard and the neighbors front yard to the left of me, as you're looking at my house from the road.

The second picture is my backyard and the same neighbors backyard.

Not pictured is the neighbors to the right and behind me, simply because I didn't think to take one.

Took me just over 1 1/2 hours to mow, weed eat, edge and blow all 4 yards.

#Landscape #Lawn #Mowing #Mower #Grass #Yard #WinstonSalemNC #NC #WinstonSalem

RT @chozas_sergio
#ophrysapifera growing in a lawn with low levels of #mowing and no watering at @FC_UL campus #rescuingbotany https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-023-00011-9

First haircut of the season. 🤣
#Spring #Mowing #BluebirdDay