Cutting the Grass: Part 1

A 54" walk behind mower, not being used.  

Depending where you live, you may: "mow the lawn," "cut the grass," possibly "cut the lawn," or some other regional variation.

Regardless of the moniker, the task remains the same:  culturally-enforced drudgery.  Make the yard look pretty by keeping the grass short, while at the same time making yourself too busy to do what you'd really like to be doing.

Luna makes sure the boys are back in their paddock and
 that all is right with the world

One way around this is to shoot the moon and ignore what the neighbors might think.  String a wire and put the oxen on the lawn.  Oxen fed?  Check.  Lawn shortened?  Check.  Two birds for the price of a solitary rock.

With a fairly wet spring, things in Michigan are growing really well, but as of Memorial Day, a couple of sections of lawn haven't been touched by the mower.

Maybe the neighbors whisper behind closed doors; Maybe they don't.  Either way, the feed and fuel bills are less.