*Grumble*

[Quickening]

I hate introductions. I never know what to say! I have a wide range of interests and passions. At the moment I'm a web designer, birthkeeper, artist, writer and crazy mower residing in Australia. The grass where I live grows like crazy so I have to mow like crazy to keep it down. Keeping grass short is supposed to contribute to keeping the place snake un-friendly which is important given 2 kids and close proximity to canefields!

I look forward to meeting more people and learning from each one of you in this community!

[deesalie]

Oh I hear you about the grass atm! We could graze a couple of small cows on our suburban block!

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

Just think about the compost you could make with it though... cow poo and grass, weeds leaves and next thing your vege garden is loving you.

[Quickening]

That is why it takes me so long to mow as well - I use a catcher so I can save the grass and take it to my grass pile to save for later compost!

[Mommy0406]

All I can say is Ewww, snakes. I still remember running off and yelling at my mom that I'd seen a rattle snake after seeing a garter one at a campground as a kid. Imagine my embarassment when the park warden even came to check it out.

So, yeah, I'd be mowing the grass like mad too. :D

(And I hate intro's too, which is why I'm replying to your's before doing my own. :p)

[3monkeys]

Dont know to much about grass and snakes but got home from my run today (yes I am trying very hard to get fit) to find a rat on my BBQ and bird poo inside my house..... hahaha. feral aye.

Anyway on that note I think I may go to bed

Nice to meet you quickening.

[Quickening]

Lol poo in the house. Sounds like you had a fly by crapping :LMAO:We left the window screens open once at our old house and a bird flew in and around, shat a few times then flew out the other window. It was so hilarious!

I think I saw a rat under the house last night. :mad: I've been at the real estate agency to remove the debris from under the house. I dont want a home for spiders, snakes and rats under the house. Arrrg.

[Lioness]

Yea i have that two day grass growth here too, i hate it :)

[Seaweed]

I don't like doing intros either. Pleased to meet you :D I don't have much grass. My lawn mowers are very enviromentally friendly. One is little, fat, spotty & tends towards being bad tempered & the other is bigger & white ( or grey as the horsey people would call him ) & as old as the hills. He is a total sweetheart. Don't get snakes here but I came home today to find a bird in the house. The cat literally became airborne in one quick leap & it was in his mouth. Thankfully it was not a native bird. He can be very feral for a fancy cat. Do you get cane toads if you are near a cane field?

[Karamea]

Hehe, we have a horse for a lawnmower at our place. She does a good job of eating the grass, not the veges or herbs!

May I ask, Quickening, what is a "birthkeeper"? :)

[Quickening]

Its a doula - a support person for birth. Although I don't really like the term doula as many doulas won't support women REGARDLESS of what choices she makes ie if she homebirths or freebirths. I say its not up to doulas or any certifying body to make that choice for women, its up to the women, and as support I will be there for them.

I'm actually surprised by the LACK of canetoads around here. We had more when I was living in the nightmare of suburbaria. We have a few hop by at night but nothing like the colony that was living in my backyard at my previous place!

[deesalie]

I love the term birthkeeper :)

[Karamea]

I love the concept birthkeeper.

Luckily my midwife was one of those. My birth could have been very different other wise.

The social/physiological processes around birth in the Western world in the 21st century absolutely fascinate me (and horrify sometimes!)

[Janet]

Another birthkeeper here. :)

Hello lovely one. The forums are blessed to have you and I should know!

Go mow! BWAHAHAHA.

[Quickening]

You just had to say that! I'll pour fast-grow powder all over your grass when I visit you! :mad:

:LMAO:

[Cobluegirl]

Hello... we have snow here..no grass... and I hate intros too...(mine that is..) I never know what to say either.

[Seaweed]

Where have all the cane toads gone to I wonder? A birthkeeper sounds wonderful. I could have done with one instead of my midwives.

Karamea my horsey lawnmowers only shortfall is they sometimes tread on plants I want. Oh & occasionally itch themselves on fruit trees & break them. Plus the odd excursion into the vege patch to eat the peas. But by & large, they definitely earn their keep :D

[Ayla]

Hey you ;)

[Mama_Kaz]

I know you :p *waves*