"George Leppla" > wrote in message
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> On 6/30/2012 7:08 AM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2012-06-30, > wrote:
>>
> FWIW... I have to back Sheldon up on this one. The area where he lives is
> mostly farm or forest. There are no nearby urban areas where people would
> be looking for a place to have a community garden. He could offer land use
> for free and still have no takers.
>
Absolutely. It's a farming community so there's no reason for him to try to
rent out space for other people to garden. Everyone has their own land, why
would they rent his? He also does always have a nice family garden every
year.

> As far as lawn goes... the ground in that part of NY is so fertile that
> you could plant a stick of firewood and watch it sprout. I seriously doubt
> that Sheldon fertilizes that lawn at all... doesn't need it. It is a
> short growing season there so he probably mows it once every 3 to 4 weeks
> between June and September.... and he mows it with a field mower, not a
> lawn mower because it is more field grass than a groomed lawn
>
> George L

Looks fine to me. And I agree, he's doing it right.

Jill