Jackpine Radical Gardening

[HassleCat]

Am I a suburban cliche’?

I just bought a riding mower. For 6 years, I have mowed our one acre property with a 22 inch mower. We finally decided I am too old to push that thing around anymore, so we got a small “lawn tractor.” In no way does it resemble a real tractor, but it has a 42 inch mower and a 19 horsepower engine, and I can sit on it and let it do all the work. My question is, how far do I have to go with the suburban homeowner mystique? I feel almost obligated to dress up like Arnold Palmer and wear a MAGA hat while mowing the lawn. I’m having an existential crisis.

[NV Wino]

Cool!

Next step is the race circuit.

“As we act, let us not become the evil that we deplore.” Barbara Lee
“Politicians and pro athletes: The only people who still get paid when they lose.” William Rivers Pitt

[HassleCat]

Lawn mower racing is insane.

I have seen some of the videos. I would like to go to one in person. Those people have been inhaling WD-40 for too long.

[NV Wino]

I know. And some of them don’t even have beer.

(Of course, some of them do have beer.)

“As we act, let us not become the evil that we deplore.” Barbara Lee
“Politicians and pro athletes: The only people who still get paid when they lose.” William Rivers Pitt

[djean111]

Sounds as insane as a tractor pull.

When I lived in Illinois, I always left the county or state fair before those started, or else went to the other side of the fairgrounds.  I don’t know what is/was more insane – spending a wad of money on a tractor, just to blow the engine, or standing next to tractors with potentially exploding engines.  Guess I could not drink enough beer to do that and still be able to drive home.

America is not a country, it's just a business. (Brad Pitt, Killing Them Softly)

Everything I post is just my opinion, and, honestly, I would love to be wrong.

[HassleCat]

Tractor pulls are fun.

OK, not fun, but interesting. I like watching the old tractors, not the new ones with modified engines. Most people find the older tractors boring because they’re not really interested in tractors.

[djean111]

At the fairs, there was always a fire engine and/or an ambulance standing by.

Yes, I am a chicken.

Huge attendance, I lived in McLean County, lots of corn.  And beans, every other year.

America is not a country, it's just a business. (Brad Pitt, Killing Them Softly)

Everything I post is just my opinion, and, honestly, I would love to be wrong.

[Ohio Barbarian]

I recommend and Australian bush hat.

Keeps the sun from baking your brains and your neck from turning red.

One of my neighbors managed to add a cup-holder for his beer to his riding mower for the ultimate suburban mowing experience. You might want to consider that, or at least a clip to hold your joint.

It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.--Eugene Debs

You can jail a revolutionary, but you can't jail the revolution.--Fred Hampton

[HassleCat]

Troy Bilt knows about beer!

A cup holder comes built in to the left fender.

[Ohio Barbarian]

No shit.

American ingenuity at its best.

It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.--Eugene Debs

You can jail a revolutionary, but you can't jail the revolution.--Fred Hampton

[Jan Boehmerman]

Zen and the Art of Garden Tractor Mowing!

You simply MUST have good headphones and your Apple I-Tunes favorites playing too!

And then you are The Lawnmower Man!!!

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