29 February, 2012
Yes, I was out mowing the grass today and, no, it didn’t feel right. Not because I have a fractured wrist and should be ‘taking it easy’.
No, it didn’t feel right because it’s February and we never mow the grass in February. Or March. And sometimes not even in April. Snow, ice and low soil temperatures mean we normally leave mowing until mid-April or even early May.
Actually, it’s the third time we’ve had the mower out in the past week: we mowed the grass behind the house first, then cut a mountain bike track for the boys and today we did grass in front of the house.
It’s hardly surprising that the grass is growing as daytime temperatures have stayed above 10ºC for almost a fortnight and the overnight temperature hasn’t dipped below freezing since the evening I broke my wrist.
In fact, on Tuesday it was 12.9ºC at 6am, which is downright peculiar for February.
Still, the warm temperatures gave the boys and I plenty to do.
(Thanks to the Wee ‘Un for the photos.)
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Shouldn’t be mowing in February Stoney? Well here in “sunny” NSW when we should be mowing we have had continual rain and storms for weeks; so no mowing as the grass gets longer and wetter.
Actually where we are it’s not to bad as much of the southern parts of the state are flooded and major dams are full for the first time in many years. So much for the climate change “experts” who have been saying that the rains will not come and the dams will not fill again.
Imagine up to 10 metres of water rushing through towns and you will get the picture that all is not well with much of the countryside.
So my mower sits idle in the shed these days.