PUZZLING
So just when do the do their yardwork?  In Ireland, I mean.  Along with Scotland and England for that matter.

When we used to travel overseas, I wondered where the people were. No one seemed at home.  All the ball fields were vacant, just like in the US, but they had more soccer fields, naturally. (Yet when I returned and was walking through an airport in Chicago, I believe, all I could see on the tvs was soccer and skateboarding--give me my country back!)  But this trip made me wonder how do their lawns and gardens look so immaculate when no one ever works outside.

As I posted yesterday, we were all over Northern Ireland and Ireland on buses and when I could keep my lids from falling, my eyes never witnessed anyone working on their yards.  That's not quite true: I saw one mowing by hand his yard and another mowing on a rider.  That was it.

My wife suggested they must do that work at 8:00 or 9:00 PM when there is still plenty of Summer daylight left.  But I think by that time, they've headed to the pubs.

With over 200 days of rain per year and over 100 inches of rain, Ireland et.al., surely require a ton of lawn maintenance, but when they do it still puzzles me.  And I never saw weed one in any of the gardens.