"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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>
, >> > kitchen is decent but nothing fancy. The stove works fine, it's
>> > >> >
>> > Front:
>> > http://tinypic.com/k3qhxz.jpg
>> >
>> > Back view, can see a small bit of my house for perspective:
>> > http://tinypic.com/k3qikj.jpg
>>
>> Real nice piece of real estate. Looks like you work hard keeping it
>> in shape....Sharon
>
> Thanks.
>
> That's only a small piece of it, just the portion around the rental
> house. But I really don't kill myself maintaining it. With the right
> equipment most of the labor is minimal, mostly just my time. All
> together I mow about ten acres worth, once a week... and some portions
> every two weeks... of course a lot depends on weather, can't mow very
> well when it's been raining, the ground gets soft and the tractors sink
> in. On average I can mow everything in an eight hour day, and that
> includes all the close in push mower work and string trimming. With my
> 54" mower I do all the perimeters and around the trees, etc. And with
> my 84" mower I can make quick work of mowing one acre after another.
> And then there are all my shrubs and flower beds to work on, and my
> vegetable garden. This year I decided to donate some of that fenced in
> space for a bunch of blueberry bushes, I don't really need so muhc
> space for veggies, I can't possibly use them all. At first I thought
> 18 but now I've decided on 24 blueberry bushes, eight each of three
> different types. Each type matures at a different time so with having
> them staggered I will have blueberries all summer, and hopefully enough
> to freeze so I can have some in the winter too. Now I'm wondering how
> long it will take to harvest those berries, and if I'll have to
> outsmart the birds.
>
> My mower blade maintenence set up:
> http://tinypic.com/k4cqhz.jpg
> http://tinypic.com/k4cqwp.jpg
>
> Been working on putting in natualizing plantings by my little creek:
> http://tinypic.com/k4csow.jpg
>
> Had to sneak up on this gal munching in my wildflower meadow:
> http://tinypic.com/k4ctts.jpg
>
> Sometimes those trollops become brazen:
> http://tinypic.com/k4cua0.jpg
>
> Sheldon
>

Sheldon,

Those pictures are great! Can I ask...where do you live, what state? I'm
guessing down south? It reminds me of the northeast, but of course, it's
too green for the northeast right now.

Elisa