Saturday, April 09, 2005
Nice big fat rain in the gulag Thursday!
We got a nice big rain in the gulag Thursday. I was very grateful for it, we face drought and every drop of rain helps.
Some suggestions on the water situation, start the irrigation later, encourage people to let their lawns grow above three inches, this will cut down on weeding, and save fuel in addition to water. People should be cutting their grass with scythes or with non gas push mowers. I prefer my Austrian scythe on the grounds that it is far easier to sharpen up than a push mower is
1. no disassembly involved
2. easy to lift
3. easy to store in the house away from bad weather and theives.
4. intimidation value, answer the door carrying your scythe, I guarentee you get respect
5. No further need to waste money on a gym membership! Scything builds muscles without being killing labour, unless you are already sick.
Some tips, do the work early in the day, the dew on the grass eases the work, with a lawn mower dry grass is easier to cut, with a scythe wet grass is easier to cut, so early morning, early evening are your best times to do this job.
A good Austrian scythe cost me $80, once you add in the taxes, and the cost of a couple stones to sharpen it with, you need a proper whet stone.
Compare that to the cost of a lawnmower new, $150+, and the need for fuel, maintenance of the engine, sharpening which really is a miserable job, the STUPID PULL STRING STARTER? Why do they not have like an ignition key for anything but a rideing mower?
Actually lawnmowers are up there on my list of shittily designed stuff that needs to go away.
Lawn mowers are not an efficient use of fuel and they are noisy as well. I HATE being wakened at some ungodly hour, (before 7 am) by the noise. Further the allergines in grass actually don't bother me as much when cut with a scythe as opposed to a lawnmower.
The right scythe will funcion as a weedwacker and a lawnmower.
Lawnmowers aren't necessarily faster than scythes either.
Some suggestions on the water situation, start the irrigation later, encourage people to let their lawns grow above three inches, this will cut down on weeding, and save fuel in addition to water. People should be cutting their grass with scythes or with non gas push mowers. I prefer my Austrian scythe on the grounds that it is far easier to sharpen up than a push mower is
1. no disassembly involved
2. easy to lift
3. easy to store in the house away from bad weather and theives.
4. intimidation value, answer the door carrying your scythe, I guarentee you get respect
5. No further need to waste money on a gym membership! Scything builds muscles without being killing labour, unless you are already sick.
Some tips, do the work early in the day, the dew on the grass eases the work, with a lawn mower dry grass is easier to cut, with a scythe wet grass is easier to cut, so early morning, early evening are your best times to do this job.
A good Austrian scythe cost me $80, once you add in the taxes, and the cost of a couple stones to sharpen it with, you need a proper whet stone.
Compare that to the cost of a lawnmower new, $150+, and the need for fuel, maintenance of the engine, sharpening which really is a miserable job, the STUPID PULL STRING STARTER? Why do they not have like an ignition key for anything but a rideing mower?
Actually lawnmowers are up there on my list of shittily designed stuff that needs to go away.
Lawn mowers are not an efficient use of fuel and they are noisy as well. I HATE being wakened at some ungodly hour, (before 7 am) by the noise. Further the allergines in grass actually don't bother me as much when cut with a scythe as opposed to a lawnmower.
The right scythe will funcion as a weedwacker and a lawnmower.
Lawnmowers aren't necessarily faster than scythes either.
# posted by Katja R. @ 9:05 AM 
