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t my place, I am slowly trying to phase out lawns by planting flax and other natives in the spaces we would usually have to mow. But that still leaves some flat areas which the two people I live with (my dad and my husband, Paul) like to keep as lawn. Dad used to love getting on his ride-on to mow the lawns, but at 88 that’s not happening any more, so Paul has been using his trusty mower to do most of the work. But I like mowing lawns

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