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On Jun 28, 4:25*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> http://i45.tinypic.com/k4jrie.jpg

Missed a patch.

On 2012-06-28, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> http://i45.tinypic.com/k4jrie.jpg

Jes WTF is this!? The biggest pointless lawn of all time? The
largest fly-strip fer pre-teen girl soccer teams ever? A nose-thumb
to country clubs who wouldn't allow you membership? How many trees
died for this? How many tons of pesticide, fertilizer, and other
toxic chemicals go into maintaining this abomination and how much of
it runs off into local streams to pollute and kill the native fish
pops? How many gals of fuel go into mowing it?

In short, how freakin' big does yer ego need to be!!?

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On 29 Jun 2012 00:40:39 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2012-06-28, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/k4jrie.jpg
>
>Jes WTF is this!? The biggest pointless lawn of all time? The
>largest fly-strip fer pre-teen girl soccer teams ever? A nose-thumb
>to country clubs who wouldn't allow you membership? How many trees
>died for this? How many tons of pesticide, fertilizer, and other
>toxic chemicals go into maintaining this abomination and how much of
>it runs off into local streams to pollute and kill the native fish
>pops? How many gals of fuel go into mowing it?
>
>In short, how freakin' big does yer ego need to be!!?
>
>nb

And moreover, what did you harvest off of that which you can eat?

John Kuthe...

On 2012-06-29, John Kuthe > wrote:

> And moreover, what did you harvest off of that which you can eat?

An even better point. He could feed a hundred ppl off that acreage.
Could open it up to communal gardening. Might even make a few
friends. Scary, I know, but give it a shot Shel. You might like it.

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Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
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Everyone's grass is turning brown in WPA.
I love it.

Greg

On 29 Jun 2012 00:40:39 GMT, notbob wrote:

> On 2012-06-28, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/k4jrie.jpg
>
> Jes WTF is this!? The biggest pointless lawn of all time? The
> largest fly-strip fer pre-teen girl soccer teams ever?

Thats only the front lawn. He has another big, useless lawn down that
alleyway of trees just to the left of the shed. Circled in red he
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:25:50 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>http://i45.tinypic.com/k4jrie.jpg

Oh that is so beautiful Sheldon! On a farm like ours- we have stuff
all over growing to make us an income- coffee to be exact- and your
photo reminds me of a golf course. Love it! Thanks for sharing!

aloha,
Cea

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> http://i45.tinypic.com/k4jrie.jpg



Really beautiful.

Cheri

On 2012-06-29 03:50:15 +0000, Albany Devil II said:

> Thats only the front lawn. He has another big, useless lawn down that
> alleyway of trees just to the left of the shed. Circled in red he
> http://i46.tinypic.com/1zgz6e0.jpg

About how far is he from Brooklyn?

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> http://i45.tinypic.com/k4jrie.jpg

Where are the horses????

news wrote:
>
> "Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
> ...
> > http://i45.tinypic.com/k4jrie.jpg
>
> Where are the horses????

Now THAT'S what I was going to say. Sheldon's grassy area looks like a
typical horse farm. And if he live's in the Albany area (I think?) he's not
far from horse country...up in Saratoga or somewhere north of Albany. My ex
in-laws live there.

notbob wrote:
>
> John Kuthe wrote:
>
> > And moreover, what did you harvest off of that which you can eat?
>
> An even better point. He could feed a hundred ppl off that acreage.
> Could open it up to communal gardening.

LMAO! And just how many people do you know that rent out space in their
front yards so neighbors can grow vegetables? LOL!

G.

On 6/30/2012 7:23 AM, Gary wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>>
>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>
>>> And moreover, what did you harvest off of that which you can eat?
>>
>> An even better point. He could feed a hundred ppl off that acreage.
>> Could open it up to communal gardening.
>
> LMAO! And just how many people do you know that rent out space in their
> front yards so neighbors can grow vegetables? LOL!

It's a farming community, it's not as if he's got the only open
lot in a city neighborhood.

nancy

On 2012-06-30, Gary > wrote:

> LMAO! And just how many people do you know that rent out space in their
> front yards so neighbors can grow vegetables? LOL!

You can pick yer ass up, now.

I don't know what cave you live in, but it's been done --is being
done. If I had that sorta acreage, I'd consider it. I'd even
consider doing it jes for food instead of money. Maybe a little $$
for taxes 'n mgmt.

I realize many folks are loners and don't really like others. If you
wanna sit behind 5 acres of un-natural green lawn --no doubt costing
hundreds of $$ to maintain-- with a shotgun across yer knee and vid
cams and motion detectors, jes to take a some photos of a couple ducks
trying to make it to the other side, be my guest. If it was mine, I'd
be raising me some good food and having lottsa cook-ins with like
minded folks. Hell, at least plant grapes and make some wine!

http://communitygarden.org/learn/sta...ity-garden.php

nb


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On 6/30/2012 7:08 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2012-06-30, > wrote:
>
>> LMAO! And just how many people do you know that rent out space in their
>> front yards so neighbors can grow vegetables? LOL!
>
> You can pick yer ass up, now.
>
> I don't know what cave you live in, but it's been done --is being
> done. If I had that sorta acreage, I'd consider it. I'd even
> consider doing it jes for food instead of money. Maybe a little $$
> for taxes 'n mgmt.
>
> I realize many folks are loners and don't really like others. If you
> wanna sit behind 5 acres of un-natural green lawn --no doubt costing
> hundreds of $$ to maintain-- with a shotgun across yer knee and vid
> cams and motion detectors, jes to take a some photos of a couple ducks
> trying to make it to the other side, be my guest. If it was mine, I'd
> be raising me some good food and having lottsa cook-ins with like
> minded folks. Hell, at least plant grapes and make some wine!
>
> http://communitygarden.org/learn/sta...ity-garden.php


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.

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...
probably perennial rye which grows very well in cooler climates and
needs little to no maintenance other than an occasional mowing.

It looks good, is low maintenance and is easy on the environment. The
other choice would be to let the ground go fallow... or try to rent ti
to a local farmer but working only 5 acres is more of a pain in the butt
to a farmer than it is worth. You seldom see a 5 acre hay field.

Sheldon often talks about things he doesn't know about, but in this
case, I think he is doing it right.

George L

Nancy Young wrote:
>Gary wrote:
>> notbob wrote:
>>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>>
>>>> And moreover, what did you harvest off of that which you can eat?
>>>
>>> An even better point. He could feed a hundred ppl off that acreage.
>>> Could open it up to communal gardening.
>>
>> LMAO! And just how many people do you know that rent out space in their
>> front yards so neighbors can grow vegetables? LOL!
>
>It's a farming community, it's not as if he's got the only open
>lot in a city neighborhood.

Yes, plenty of farming, but mostly hay and livestock, some corn (much
never makes it to maturity), and at higher/dryer elevations fruit
orchards (the NYS apple crop failed this year - no Big Apple).

The areas I mow are primarily wetlands, not suitable for farming much
more than hay. The portions I mow are not lawn grass, it's composed
of hundreds of different plants plus the remnants of hay that is
slowly disappearing as I try not to let it go to seed... hay is
extremely invasive and strangles other plant growth necessary for
critter habitat. The only fertilizer applied comes from critters. The
soil in this section of the Hudson Valley is some of the most fertile
on the planet, only between the spring and fall rains the growing
season is too short for commercial field crop farming, most of the
fields are in hay... unfortunately with the price of diesel it doesn't
pay to harvest hay these days. And raising livestock contaminates the
water table, lakes, and streams. I practice good land management by
maintaining ideal proportions of forest, meadow, field, and water. My
main goal is to support the critters. And I do maintain a home
vegetable garden, as do most folks around here, there is no shortage
of home gardens - were I to suggest to my neighbors to grow veggies on
my land they'd ship me off to the loony bin. My kind of land use is
what helps keep the planet clean. Most of the comments I've read in
this thread are indicative of imbecile IQs and extreme avarice.
http://www.cnycentral.com/weather/story.aspx?id=761585
http://thedailynewsonline.com/news/a...9bb2963f4.html

On 2012-06-30, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> my land they'd ship me off to the loony bin.

Yer point?

> My kind of land use is what helps keep the planet clean.

Live the fantasy.

> Most of the comments I've read in
> this thread are indicative of imbecile IQs and extreme avarice.

Avarice? We're all jealous and covet yer lawn!? Puh-leeze. You
couldn't move me East of Denver at gunpoint. Specially not fer a 5
acre chrome hood ornament.

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On 30 Jun 2012 14:48:14 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2012-06-30, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> my land they'd ship me off to the loony bin.
>
>Yer point?
>
>> My kind of land use is what helps keep the planet clean.
>
>Live the fantasy.
>
>> Most of the comments I've read in
>> this thread are indicative of imbecile IQs and extreme avarice.
>
>Avarice? We're all jealous and covet yer lawn!? Puh-leeze. You
>couldn't move me East of Denver at gunpoint. Specially not fer a 5
>acre chrome hood ornament.
>
>nb

Two woids - Trailer Trash

I'm laughing because you stuffed a doublewide ass into a singlewide
trailer! LOL-LOL

On 30/06/2012 10:48 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2012-06-30, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> my land they'd ship me off to the loony bin.
>
> Yer point?
>
>> My kind of land use is what helps keep the planet clean.
>
> Live the fantasy.
>
>> Most of the comments I've read in
>> this thread are indicative of imbecile IQs and extreme avarice.
>
> Avarice? We're all jealous and covet yer lawn!? Puh-leeze. You
> couldn't move me East of Denver at gunpoint. Specially not fer a 5
> acre chrome hood ornament.
>
I have seen what Colorado looks like east of Denver. I don't blame you.

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:56:32 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>notbob > wrote:
>
>> Avarice? We're all jealous and covet yer lawn!? Puh-leeze. You
>> couldn't move me East of Denver at gunpoint. Specially not fer a 5
>> acre chrome hood ornament.
>>
>> nb
>
>Oh brother!
>
>You live on a mountain.
>
>Too bad you can't have a lawn like that, knowing fair well you wish you
>could.
>
>Not a weed in all that acreage! That's worthy of a blue ribbon.
>
>Imho.
>
>Andy

Polish up your 3 wood, in a few minutes I'm going out to groom the
back nine.

A good 300 yard whack straight down the fairway with your big momma,
you'll need your Titanium balls:
http://i45.tinypic.com/102knyc.jpg
An easy chip to the green:
http://i45.tinypic.com/2dgmi3n.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/24e5grs.jpg

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 07:38:18 -0500, George Leppla
> 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.
>
> 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...
> probably perennial rye which grows very well in cooler climates and
> needs little to no maintenance other than an occasional mowing.

Agree with all of the above.
>
> It looks good, is low maintenance and is easy on the environment. The
> other choice would be to let the ground go fallow... or try to rent ti
> to a local farmer but working only 5 acres is more of a pain in the butt
> to a farmer than it is worth. You seldom see a 5 acre hay field.

There are plenty of other things that a farmer who rents could do with
the land, but if he can afford to keep his land out of farm production
and is physically able to do the upkeep - I don't think it's anybody's
business but his own what he does with it (if what he does is legal).
>
> Sheldon often talks about things he doesn't know about, but in this
> case, I think he is doing it right.

If he wants his property to look more like a well maintained park than
farmland or forest, then more power to him.

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On 2012-06-30, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> Two woids - Trailer Trash

Said so many times.

> I'm laughing because you stuffed a doublewide ass into a singlewide
> trailer! LOL-LOL

I profess an honestly acquired single-wide ass, unlike yer
'68 I-wish-hadda-date prom picture.

nb

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Brooklyn1 wrote:
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Better you than me.

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notbob wrote:
>
> On 2012-06-30, Gary > wrote:
>
> > LMAO! And just how many people do you know that rent out space in their
> > front yards so neighbors can grow vegetables? LOL!
>
> You can pick yer ass up, now.
>
> I don't know what cave you live in, but it's been done --is being
> done. If I had that sorta acreage, I'd consider it. I'd even
> consider doing it jes for food instead of money. Maybe a little $$
> for taxes 'n mgmt.

You would "consider it" but you haven't done it, mr.save.the.earth.liberal.
Until you actually do that yourself, don't critisize others.
You don't have that acreage evidently but you DO have a front yard, right?
Have you rented it out to one or two of your neighbors to grow vegetables.
I don't think so.

Just because Sheldon has a large area, doesn't make him evil for not doing
that.

Most everyone has nice looking yards. I have yet to drive through a
neighborhood and see someones front yard planted with corn or whatever.

You telling Sheldon he should do that is just liberal class envy. You're
just jealous of his large property.

G.

On 2012-07-01, Gary > wrote:


> neighborhood and see someones front yard planted with corn or whatever.

I've yet to drive through a farming community and see a golf course.

> You telling Sheldon he should do that is just liberal class envy.

Is that what it is? I coulda swore I was jes thinking, "watta
waste".

nb

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"George Leppla" > wrote in message
...
> 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

On 1 Jul 2012 14:26:47 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2012-07-01, Gary > wrote:
>
>
>> neighborhood and see someones front yard planted with corn or whatever.
>
>I've yet to drive through a farming community and see a golf course.
>

??? Really? you suffer from a lack of driving, or a lack of farms,
or a lack of golf courses? I see them adjacent to each other all
the time.

>> You telling Sheldon he should do that is just liberal class envy.
>
>Is that what it is? I coulda swore I was jes thinking, "watta
>waste".
>

Ya'but--- It *is* his waste--- If it were my land it would either
be garden, orchard or fallow---- but it ain't. Until he asks me
to mow it, or pay the taxes on it, he can do whatever he likes with
his land and I'll consider it NOMFB.

Jim

On 2012-07-01, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:

> Ya'but--- It *is* his waste--- If it were my land it would either
> be garden, orchard or fallow---- but it ain't. Until he asks me
> to mow it, or pay the taxes on it, he can do whatever he likes with
> his land and I'll consider it NOMFB.

Yer right, of course. I guess I jes don't get anal neat-nicks.

I personally love natural flora and fauna. I jes noticed a neighbor
"weeding" (for lack of a better term) around her property. It was
outside her fenceline, between her rustic rail fence and the dirt
road. She was digging up the natural cover that grows naturally in
this rather arid area and making it look jes like the bare hard-packed
dirt road running past her house. I was dumbfounded. Sure the
natural plants are what most folks would call scrub, low growing
sparse plants. No doubt they would look like weeds on a putting
green, but this is high mountain desert. Low growing natural cover.
Even some cacti. But, the thing was, they had flowers. Though small,
like the plant itself, they were lovely little yellow blossoms. Damn
sure looked a whole lot nicer than bare dirt. But, by gawd, they
gotta go!!

Sorry, but I jes don't get it.

nb

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On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:42:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>
> You would "consider it" but you haven't done it, mr.save.the.earth.liberal.
<snip>
> You telling Sheldon he should do that is just liberal class envy.

By California standards, he's far from liberal; but he is dictatorial.
Every way should be his way. Why? Because he said so.

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On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 16:55:08 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

> ??? Really? you suffer from a lack of driving, or a lack of farms,
> or a lack of golf courses? I see them adjacent to each other all
> the time.

You live in a transitional area then. I've see them co-exist too...
until the farmland turned into subdivisions. Count your blessings
while you still have them.

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