My Yard Hero

We are renting a place on 5 acres of Hawaiian Rain Forest. It rains here about 150” per year and the daily temp is 78 degrees. That means that EVERYTHING grows, A LOT.

I was apprehensive when we went to sign the lease. I am not a lawn mower/weed whacker. I’ve hooked up with a tech guy with baby soft hands (they are really very nice). Anyway, I was worried about all of the lawn maintenence, but J assured me that it would be no problem.

Well, 4 weeks went by with no lawn mowing. He hired a guy to mow and whack and he worked at it for 3 hours, just doing the basic stuff. He wasn’t very meticulous and J wasn’t as happy with his results as he had hoped to be.

Two weeks went by and lots of talk about mowing and I suddenly heard the sound of a gas powered engine! Yes, he was out mowing!!! He came in and said that was quite a job and that he really would rather work an hour and pay someone to do it. That just takes too long, how long was I out there anyway? “One hour.” One hour! That’s it? All that time and it was only one hour?! “Yes dear, that is great meditation time.”

That was 3 or 4 weeks ago…no sound of a gas powered engine except from around the neighborhood. People wonder about our neighbors. Across the street they’re on 20 – 25 acres and each family member is building a “house”. Next door there are 4 family members on 6 acres, each with their own home. They are our closest neighbors. Behind us is a Guava grove and someone has a home there for painting (from what I can tell, they’re never there). For the most part our home is very private – you’d have to WANT to see us to see us, if that makes sense. Our bathroom is outside, so it is good that our property is pretty hidden. Now if you have binoculars…enjoy the show! J