In need of a boat, or maybe a goat
- Laura Moore: Housebroken
- May 28, 2020
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This has been an extremely wet spring. Our grass has loved it, growing thick and lush and very fast. I am aware cutting wet grass isn’t recommended, but what choice have you when you take your dogs outside to take care of business and they disappear into an overgrown lawn? That grass jungle has to be cut.
We finally had a rain-free day, and though our lawn was boggy, we set the mower as high as possible and attacked that grass. Some got cut, but lots of grass just flattened itself out and pretended to be mowed. By the next day, that flattened grass had dried enough to stand upright and mock our mowing efforts. Very frustrating but at least now we could find our dogs.
By afternoon the rain had returned, covering our lawn with enough water to qualify as a shallow lake. The grass loved it and grew at least 2 inches overnight. What to do? We could mow grass but not water. I gave thought to adopting a goat, but our neighborhood frowns on such pets. Though that’s not a bad idea: A goat would eat and fertilize the grass, is relatively quiet, and never needs anyone to wheel it around.
There are other options to grass such as pea gravel. It doesn’t grow, never has to be mowed and will not spread itself around. It is not, however, inexpensive. It can be rough on bare feet, and you might find it a bit uncomfortable to spread a towel on it for a sunbath.
Then an even better idea popped up: Find a bored teenager, out of school, social distanced from friends and in dire need of something to do. Brilliant idea! We have one of those!