Originally Posted by Narrow Gap
Originally Posted by AU7MM08
Why bother with keeping it as lawn if you’re not a paid lawn service doing what a client pays for and get a farmer to cut it for free for hay a few times a year????

This just seems like a total waste of time and money.

Agreed but my FIL has done it this way for 40 years to keep it looking good around our place. I have suggested goat but nobody want to deal with goats around my house so awe choose to keep cutting the grass. A lot of time and gas but it is what it is.

The “we’ve always done it this way” mindset is largely lost on me especially when we’re talking about a ton of time and money.

Wild that a hay field that doesn’t cost a dime or any amount of time is not the choice he chooses to do VS spending $20,000+ on a new mower, fuel/upkeep and multiple hours every month for 40 years.
Would sure hate to know how many hours/dollars have been wasted on this 16acres