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A great yard in Taos, New Mexico

No Lawnmower Required

by JHF on November 12, 2010 · 2 comments

in Taos

A yard in Taos…rather typical, if a particularly nice example, of how to live in the high desert!

david culbertson November 12, 2010 at 6:42 pm

that is one thing I don’t miss at all.mowing yards lol

JHF November 12, 2010 at 6:58 pm

In MD we had 2.5 acres in a long skinny parcel with a hedge row along one side and woods in the back. Maybe 1.5 acres to mow out of that. It was quite a kingdom, and I did enjoy getting it all clipped and beautiful.

But that was sometimes also the worst task in the world. My old John Deere riding mower would break down and need fixing. The multi-flora rose thorns would shred my flesh. I’d be constantly assaulted by deerflies. It could be horrendously hot and humid. Etc., etc. The worst part was that the work was never, ever done. Wait a few days and do it all over again, or else have the place look like hell.

It WAS pretty, and I miss that. I was proud of owning it, too, which I definitely miss. But you know, it wasn’t natural…

All the rocks, cacti, wild-ass weeds and stuff around here, at least it all belongs. It can do what it wants. It’s real. And I don’t have to do a damn thing with it. 🙂

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