Sherrieflower's Blog

Some thoughts on a labyrinth/crazy mowing
May 3, 2008 | 8:34 AM PST
Tags: crazy mowing , labyrinth

     Another cold front, strong winds and thunderstorms passing through.  Couldn't leave my plants out yesterday to harden off coz I didn't want them to get whipped to shreds.  I had the thought of creating a labyrinth out in my east pasture and was thinking about doing a 7 course design but by the time we got to figuring my 60" mowdeck width - it was going to be a little too large and too complicated so I decided to just find the middle of the pasture and mow in a spiral.  

Personally, I don't have the time or patience [or physical stamina] to walk around in circles that large. Perhaps if I made a smaller one it wouldn't seem so daunting.   Then too, if I'd done the 7 course design it would be even longer and farther to walk so . . .I don't know.  I get plenty of meditation just walking about my property appreciating all the different areas so I guess I just don't really "get" the whole labyrinth thing.

In building one here, the paths have to be as wide as my mowdeck on my grasshopper coz I can't operate the push mower. 

One year I mowed my east pasture in blocks, criss crossing paths and leaving unmown squares.  Last year I pretty much left the whole thing go wild.  I did meet someone who said my crazy mowing patterns had caught her attention. :)  I need to get a better sign made to attract people in to the gift shop I am trying to get going in my garage to sell my dried flowers.  Speaking of which - hubby is supposed to work on the doors for my shelves today.

I have a question.  How does one post photos to a blog?