I'm one of those guys that mows my lawn in a different direction each time. I alternate between vertical, diagonal, horizontal and diagonal | / - \. I also divide my lawn into 3 zones for mowing; front, back and side. This last Saturday was the day for diagonal heading to the south-west (/). I had finished the front and a quarter of the back yard when I decided that I would take advantage of the way the shade was falling and do the side yard before completing the back. As I was navigating the 19 trees in the side yard I realized that what I had mowed of the back yard I had done diagonal to the south-east (\). Now what was I going to do?
1) mow the entire back yard diagonal to the south-east
2) mow the back yard diagonal to the south-west going over what I had already mowed
3) mow the remainder of the back yard diagonal south-west
What would you have done and why?
About Me
- Monsieur Rodgers
- Granger, IN, United States
- Man of faith married to a woman of faith. Play pickleball, ride bike and hike to stay in shape. January 2024 we completed our 5 year #PickleballTheStates endeavor of playing pickleball in every state.
From 1994-2009 I was active writing, acting and directing in weekly drama at St Mark Missionary Church in Mishawaka IN.
In 2019 I retired from Bethel University where I had served as Director of Information Technology for 24 years.
6 comments:
Just finished and left it as it was. One week will make no difference. It takes weeks for a yard to get a bad pattern burned into it from not having a change in the directions.
I agree. I would have just finished mowing whatever direction I was going when I figured out the problem. Last week, Josh mowed in the pattern of our outer boundaries until he got to the center...ever tried that?
I get dizzy if I mow in circles/squares. I can't afford that at my age.
I would have finished that zone in whatever pattern I had started without going back over anything (I think that means #1).
Liked Andrea's comment about mowing in from the outside. Seems like I do that about once a summer, but get annoyed at the inefficiency by the end...
I have been mowing grass for 54 years and I no longer concern myself with leaving or eliminating a pattern. The time I now spend mowing is done in walking mindfulness of my stewardship to the earth and of all things given into my care. Of course, I must still watch for dog droppings.
Timzen,
I laughed out loud when I got to the end of your comment. You had set up a state of spiritual tranquility then quickly brought us back to reality.
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