After he retired, a friend of mine said: “My hardest decision when I walk out the front door was which off which fishing pier I was going to fish”. He lived on an island at the time.
An environmental lawyer friend of mine was attacked by Dallas for having weeds in his yard – he had replaced his lawn with climax prairie. He argued that a weed was an unwanted plant, climax prairie is the same height and so looks neat, is native, uses less water, etc. He mostly won the case, but they made him enclose it in a hedge. I since noticed several of his neighbors have done the same.
Now I’m gonna go look up info on climax prairie! My better half has been battling weeds and squirrels down in the orchard for a few days. Does anyone know the best way to get rid of ground squirrels? The neighbor’s Jack Russell is always over here and we don’t want it eat anything bad!
platechick: Climax prairie takes 20-25 years to establish itself naturally. Ned scalped his lawn and brought in climax prairie soil (and grasses) that were being bulldozed for some speculative development. He had a decent yard in a couple of years and currently has the 7" short buffalo grass typical of climax prairie. It is green most of the year and a bronze in late fall and winter.,There are several National Parks, Monuments, and Grasslands where the real thing can be observed. The north side of US 82 west of Paris, TX is a private example, never plowed, but mowed for hay which Ringling Brothers would buy for its high nutrient value. I recall walking in a narrow strip at Samuel Park in Mesquite, TX (on I-30) and almost bogging down during a dry summer from the amount of water retained in it. (It is next to the RC model aircraft field – or at least was before such an aircraft on the south part of Dallas, spotted slaughterhouse waste being dumped into the Trinity River. Now these sports planes are called drones and attempts are made to keep them out of private hands. Sic semper tyrannis.)
hsawlrae almost 10 years ago
…or flipping the coin for another hour or so.
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. His wife wants him to mow whereas he wants to fish.
pathfinder almost 10 years ago
I have to mow twice a season whether i like it or not. otherwise i cant find the tractor in the tall grass.
pathfinder almost 10 years ago
’68 Ford 3400 with brush hog.
Elite1grey almost 10 years ago
fence in yard and get sheep then can fish all the time
IndyMan almost 10 years ago
After he retired, a friend of mine said: “My hardest decision when I walk out the front door was which off which fishing pier I was going to fish”. He lived on an island at the time.
dsidney49 almost 10 years ago
Coin? Coin??!! We don’t need no steeenking COIN!! We go FISHIN, BABY!!!!!
hippogriff almost 10 years ago
An environmental lawyer friend of mine was attacked by Dallas for having weeds in his yard – he had replaced his lawn with climax prairie. He argued that a weed was an unwanted plant, climax prairie is the same height and so looks neat, is native, uses less water, etc. He mostly won the case, but they made him enclose it in a hedge. I since noticed several of his neighbors have done the same.
abesnake almost 10 years ago
Hardscape the yard and go fishing all the time.(Makes it hard to dig worms, though!)
platechick almost 10 years ago
Now I’m gonna go look up info on climax prairie! My better half has been battling weeds and squirrels down in the orchard for a few days. Does anyone know the best way to get rid of ground squirrels? The neighbor’s Jack Russell is always over here and we don’t want it eat anything bad!
hippogriff almost 10 years ago
platechick: Climax prairie takes 20-25 years to establish itself naturally. Ned scalped his lawn and brought in climax prairie soil (and grasses) that were being bulldozed for some speculative development. He had a decent yard in a couple of years and currently has the 7" short buffalo grass typical of climax prairie. It is green most of the year and a bronze in late fall and winter.,There are several National Parks, Monuments, and Grasslands where the real thing can be observed. The north side of US 82 west of Paris, TX is a private example, never plowed, but mowed for hay which Ringling Brothers would buy for its high nutrient value. I recall walking in a narrow strip at Samuel Park in Mesquite, TX (on I-30) and almost bogging down during a dry summer from the amount of water retained in it. (It is next to the RC model aircraft field – or at least was before such an aircraft on the south part of Dallas, spotted slaughterhouse waste being dumped into the Trinity River. Now these sports planes are called drones and attempts are made to keep them out of private hands. Sic semper tyrannis.)