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Monday, July 7, 2025

A-grrrr-essive Plants


I finally got the pieces together (and the weather contributed its piece by not being too hot) to start mowing. Discovered that in just the time I've been gone that a grapevine decided it should own the lawnmower.
lawnmower with grapevine


Don't think it was content with that one little tendril. Oh, no! It was already getting serious about tying down the entire engine.
grapevine trying to grow on a lawnmower


Here's one of the reasons I need to get cracking on the mowing. I like the big bluestem grass in the back field, but if it gets a foothold in the lawn that will be a problem because it grows in big coarse clumps.
clumps of big bluestem starting to grow


The grapevine is funny. The autumn olive is not. I managed to mow five swaths and realized that a front tire on the mower was completely flat and trying to come off the wheel. At least it turned out to be fairly easy to remove the wheel. That little aggressive plant cost me $45.00. One of the thorns had punctured the tire.

Also, it took time to get it fixed. So I managed to mow two lawn sections after it was repaired. Other than that, I edited and did errands and a bit of computer stuff.

Hopefullly, more mowing tomorrow.

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