Lawn Care

Lets play with metaphors!  If you think this is going to be about how to take care of your yard and if you should mow during the winter, you have another thing coming.

A while back in one of those times when I was indesposed I was thinking about the phrase "The grass is always greener on the other side."  This phrase bugged me.  I mean whatever happened to being content?  Its not a bad thing to have goals, but to always want what someone else has?  If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, well, whats a fence for?  Usually means its someone elses property, so you want what they got.  You know "keeping up with the Jones's."  Anyway, after being bugged a bit and the brain gears starting to smoke, another thought popped in my head:

"If the grass is greener on the other side, get up off your butt and fertilize your lawn!"  Knucklehead.  I just added that.  I think its my new favorite, old word.

So lets look at a few points:

1.  Neighbor man Jones might be driving around a flashy beemer, but he could be moving it to a new location so the repo man doesn't get it.  Oh and his 4,000 sqft house is being foreclosed.  Now, that may not be the case, but the fact of the matter is, if you go"He must have a great life!" There is a good chance you ain't gotta clue what life they really have, and he may rather want yours.

2.  If you don't actually take care of the lawn and you just keep jumping fences, its a pretty good chance that sucky yard is going to follow you.  Yup, hop that fence, plop down on a barka, enjoy the sun and suck down some ice tea with a lemon.  Guess what buddy your grass started goin brown right now.  Now you don't have to be a workaholic, my point is you can't just be a bum.

3. Know your soil.  Now if you are digging, fertalizing, airating, moisturizing and so on and nothing is growing, you might want to move.  Case in point, I just left a job I had for ten years for a new one.  I busted my butt there, and it was a decent place to work, but I just wasn't going anywhere and most likely wouldn't for a long time.  I was trying to grow grass in clay and rock, time to find some topsoil.  Its not a decision to take lightly, and I would suggest alot of prayer and seeking to get the ok of the landLord.  He knows whats up and what you should do.

So, the bottom line is, be content with what you have, be patient and work at it.  I'm betting the dude that hacked away at Mt. Rushmore didn't start on one big rock, then bolted to another one upstate cause part of it looked a bit more like Teddy from the get out and bolted to another downwind cause his buddy thinks it has more of a resemblance to Geo and Abe.  Nah, he kept working at the rock he picked until it was done and SHAZAAM, National Monument baby!!!

Before you know it you'll have something to be proud of.  Your family will be stronger. The clunker in your drive will turn into what ever rig you really want (I could put a list of cars and trucks here.  Hello Eleanor!).  Your weed infested, cat box of a lawn will be something that Better Homes and Gardens will feature.  Your house will be your home, same address or not.  You can look back and say, "I've accomplished that!"

Enjoy your day!

This is Eleanor