Postage Stamp Lawns

Now if you don't know what a "Postage Stamp Lawn" is, let me enlighten you.  It's a yard the size of a postage stamp...Some of the thousands of readers of my blog are saying right now, "What is a postage stamp?"  OK, OK, I'm blogging about a very very very teensy tiny yard.

I see the most amusing things when I am out and about.  There is a guy with a huge beer belly (amusing), half-dressed (NOT amusing), mowing the lawn/yard with a RIDING MOWER!!  He can't even turn the mower around without executing a seventeen point turn!  He is very near to defying one of the principles of Quantum Physics - the Pauli exclusion principle. (clueless? - read about it here)  The only way this could get worse is.... if it is the wife doing the mowing....and I won't even go there...

My yard is small.  Not postage stamp size but definitely monarch envelope size.  I do have a belly.  Not a beer belly but may be a root beer belly.  I do not have a riding lawn mower.  This is the reason.  It is commonly referred to as the "Yard Enlargement Rate Theorem" or YERT.  It states:  "The size of the yard is in direct proportion to the size of the equipment used to mow said yard"  Hence:
Tiny yard - push mower (no engine)
Small yard - push mower (with engine)
Medium yard - conventional style rider
Large yard - Zero Turn mower
Humungous yard only a deranged person would have - A Tow-Behind Golf Fairway Mower

So...in keeping with the YERT, I have purchased a new lawn mower.  The picture below will give you some idea of the size of my yard.

It is a Sears Craftsman with 190cc OHV self-priming engine.  It has a bagger and the little green thing on the deck is a hose hookup to wash the underside after mowing.  Purty neat!

Hope you have enjoyed my rant and happy mowing!!