| | I'm sorry, I'll get it mowed soonMay 26, 2011 - Kevin SweeneyI’m sorry. I know my front yard looks like a punk-rocker’s bad haircut, and when you live on Broadway it is necessary to keep your grass mowed nice and neat to impress the tourists. Let me explain. It has been a tough spring for me to get to the lawn. On days when the weather is good, I’ve been too busy with work. On days I’m not busy, it has been raining. With this cool, wet weather the grass has been growing like gangbusters, too, especially the mutant crabgrass strain which is the only form of vegetation that will grow on my salt-encrusted boulevard. I got to it once so far this spring, then I was out of town a week or so ago for my son Mike’s wedding in Indiana. By the time I got back the grass was ankle high and rising, but again I never got a chance to mow until this Tuesday after work. I buzzed the boulevard, not bothering to bag as I raced a storm front that was moving in. I started on the front yard itself, but after the first pass by the front sidewalk I was startled by a small brown streak that hopped away. I thought it might be a chipmunk, but closer inspection showed I was just about to hit a nest of baby rabbits who were hiding in the long grass. A couple of them up and ran, but the smallest two just huddled there instinctively, expecting their protective coloration to protect them from the lawnmower blades. I didn’t want to make rabbit hash, so I mowed the one side of the yard that was unoccupied, leaving the side with the rabbits to grow until they were old enough to fend for themselves. I hope by this weekend they will be moving around some and I can get to the grass. In the meantime, I’m afraid visitors to New Ulm will be saying, as they drive down Broadway, “My, what a beautiful town. Look at these yards, so nice and ti ... OH MY GOD!” Article Comments(8)notsonutsJul-13-11 4:35 PM The issues is not dandelions, but sparing baby bunnies. Would YOU run over baby bunnies with a lawnmower, concernmom? WOULD YOU? ZenrfanklibJul-12-11 2:21 PM It is my opinion that those who work hard to have a beautiful lawn or beautiful body must do so in order to cover up what an ugly person they are on the inside. And if the most unsightly thing you see in your day while jogging is some dandelions, consider yourself blessed. tjfrommJun-13-11 4:10 PM thats what wrong with the world... too many people care too much about what goes on in everyone elses life... personally i prefer the pre 1900 landscape with the prairie grass beauty so hey let it grow... middleclassworkerJun-09-11 6:49 PM Hire someone? That wouldn't be very Republican of him. toooldJun-09-11 9:40 AM You have left yourself open to more critisim--thought you received enough of that . One solution--hire a student to mow. These summer jobs for our young people are hard to find. concernmomJun-08-11 3:59 PM Me thinks you protest too much... everyone is busy, my husband and I both work full time, have 5 children that are very active espeically in the summer but we still have our lawn mowed and we don't live on a busy steet/hwy. When I go running, I run on broadway and to me there is nothing worst than a overgrown lawn espeically one with dandelions and what not. It is very unsightly not just to tourists but to the rest of us as well middleclassworkerMay-27-11 8:48 PM ...and yet SOME people are just plain lazy. How do you tell the difference? The lazy ones usually have more dandelions than grass. tillyveeMay-26-11 10:22 PM Yes the lawn police are out in force and heaven forbid if you have been ill or injured and don't have help with your lawn care or are unable to have to pay dearly to have it done. There may be more than rabbits hiding in your lawn. You may inadvertantly bring down the property value... Post a Comment | in: News, Blogs & Events Web |
