Are cats critters, FD?

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Recommended by Lisa Jones. Bobby also endorses this brand for limited off-road travel.

Denizen Lee has poo-pooed this model because he claims it ate his loin cloth leaving him exposed in public.

If the grass gets too long at my place for my regular mower use, Dad comes around with his ride-on mower and does much of the mowing in about 15 minutes. I have a 40 x 25 metre yard. It takes me an hour to mow it properly with a regular mower. But, it is all done tidying up after Dad has knocked over the long grass for 90% of the yard.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Jun 26^th, 2023 at 10:20pm:


I might seriously think about getting/agisting a sheep once I have some colorbond fencing done.

1.5m is not high enough to keep Socks in the yard, but the main fence will be 1.5m colorbond. Pardon?

I will buy trellis from Bunnings (most likely) and put them on the fence, then fasten say 50% shadecloth to that.


If you try to block the wind like with a fence you will get strong, turbulent wind coming over the top. So the top part of my fence will slow the wind down, reduce the turbulence.

Sock’s breed means she loves being outside. Can’t have that at the moment—she could easily jump the pathetic fence on the western side of my north western block where sheep graze—and be shot by the owner of the field and sheep. This charming guy was described to me as “A cockhead with an itchy trigger finger.”

Re clippings—will compost them then in the spring when danger of frost is past spread them around my vege and herb patches. Trees will have gravel mulch—if a grass fire was to hit the orchard compost would lead the fore to my trees. No thanks. Gravel mulch around the trees, short grass in between the thing to fight frost (with other measures too of course—could I use smudge pots?

Doubt a ride on will be needed, apart from the initial slashing.

Thinking of either an electric mower or a petrol mower with an electric starter.

Two decent options, 4stroke w/electric starter or 60V electric, about $1000 each.

John Smith wrote on Jun 27^th, 2023 at 8:50pm:


Goat would eat my trees not my grass. Not enough lawn to bother getting a sheep for.

Vege patch—raised beds for when I truly am 80yo  and more. Thick layer of gravel should suppress weeds/grass and if not, apply herbicide! Patch will include my currant bushes along street frontage and the C-channel fence posts cemented into place will provide convenient anchorage for frost sheeting then bird netting. Patch runs 1.5m from garage by the western boundary. Will put cherry and peach trees there I think, again easy to attach frost sheeting and bird nets to posts holding the shadecloth.

Apple/pear/quince trees planted in 10 rows of 6 trees—1m wide strips of grass between rows. In front of that, behind the house polytunnel and blueberry/raspberry raised beds will go. In front—flower meadow.

Not that much mowing needed!

As I said, not much grass will be left to be mowed.

I will create a 167sqm vege/fruit patch like my bil’s vege patch: