I'm trying to get some green mulch down on the recently planted beds to reduce watering requirements, add organic matter back into the soil, and get some nutrients to the plants that are being grown in those beds.
This is why I am pushing a leeeetle bitty lawnmower in a really big pasture, dumping the clippings into the metal box on the front of the tractor and driving that box to the field with the crops in it and spreading the clippings as mulch. Normal people/farmers employ 4-legged grass-mowers (cattle, goats, sheep etc...) and get the added benefits of manure to add to soil and compost piles and tasty treats when the animals get big enough. I do not. I am trying to 'adapt and overcome' with the 'tools I have, not the tools I wish I had.' And that is why I must look like a psychopath to any neighbors as I push a lil' Torro Lawnmower around a 10-acre field emptying the bag on every pass. Good times.
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Some day, you too will laugh at this. Til then...it is what it is (fodder to tickle our funnybone).
Aunt Pat
OMG. I always thought the entire purpose of having a lot of land was so you could buy a riding lawnmower. I've always wanted one of those.