While you were in discussions here at myLot I was mowing myLawn
@lookatdesktop (27156)
Dallas, Texas
March 16, 2016 6:41pm CST
I finally had the chance to finish up with the lawn. I mowed mine and both of my neighbor's lawns. I didn't do all this in one day. I did it across a four day period.
It can get tiresome to cut grass. If you haven't done this all winter long and all of a sudden the warm weather hits the lawn becomes more of a dense forest or swamp.
Also, the mosquitosphere is dense today. I have seen all kinds of bugs, from the ones that lie just below the dirt in the garden, to the flying ones. Nature doesn't have a problem with global frying, I mean warming.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
17 Mar 16
good gor you its turned out hot this afternoon here in G arden Grov e Calif 80 F ahrenheit Im sitting here sweating as I hate to turn on the noisy air conditioner yet glad i do not pay the light bill here in the retirement center lol used to be the air conditioners in apts just drived our eletric bikks llp so high. we never see mosquitoes here as the ciounty sprays all the time wonder what that spray does to u s mere mortals. lll
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
17 Mar 16
I would have to research that and get back with you later on it.
I'm back with a link for you to look at: It is very on point and scary actually.
Eight Reasons Why Spraying Pesticides is Not the Solution to West Nile Virus by Rebecca Watson UPdate Spring 2003 How much of a risk is West Nile Virus (WNV)? To some extent, only time will tell. But public health experts stress that there is no cause
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
17 Mar 16
@lookatdesktop thanks I will read that and see what she says ilts odd we nevedr see any warning ahead of the sprayig just read about it after the fact.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
17 Mar 16
@Hatley I read it and it is scary to read and makes me wonder why they do this in spite of all the negative effects of the chemicals on the insects and people who have low immune responses.
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
17 Mar 16
@lookatdesktop I keep trying to convince the missus that we should raise goats, especially with the rising price of goat meat due to the growing Hispanic community around here. So far, she won't go for it.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
17 Mar 16
@lookatdesktop I've actually done the ear buds under the ear protectors thing. It helped the time go by much more quickly. Now with my hip I can only do so much before she makes me stop and she takes over.
@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
17 Mar 16
You mean you don't have a billy goat?
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@jstory07 (148771)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Mar 16
@lookatdesktop Than that is nice of you to mow their lawns.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
17 Mar 16
One pays me a little sometimes, the other don't pay me. He is retired and alone. He is also kind of old. He cuts his lawn when he feels well but often he seems to stay indoors a lot. He only gets out to go to church on Sundays and shop at the store. Both my neighbors are relatives.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
17 Mar 16
@jstory07 As long as my health and lawnmower stay tip top. I'm okay.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Mar 16
Mozzies need water. You have much stagnant water about?
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
17 Mar 16
No one of my neighbor's does though and one of the reasons I like to mow both sides of us, is to make darn sure there is no stagnant water about at least on either side of our house and get in some good exercise. We do live a few blocks from a creek and it is always full. so the mosquitoes can migrate. I think a neighbor somewhere near us has a few bird baths and keeps water out for her dog. It's hard to tell. I know that leaving old tires about will catch rainfall and breed the nasty critters.
