|
It is unfortunate stupidity on the part of a few has caused so much regulation. My mom said that when she was a kid in the late 30s and early 40s her dad would just burn off the lawn in the spring. All the dead grass is gone and it fertilizes the yard. It grows back quickly, but there are a few weeks of stinky black yards. It is the fast easy way but I am kinda glad that is frowned upon now. Especially in this part of the world where so many folks have wooden stockade fences.
My grandparents house was a new suburb in the 1930s. The back yards were all just chain link fences. The people behind my grandparents had a Shetland pony that we rode around on when I was a kid. My grandparents raised chickens until their kids moved away from home. Without the free labor it was too much work to keep it clean. Grandpa made it into a playhouse for the grandkids.
The lots were 170 feet deep and only 50 feet wide.
__________________
Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
|