Hot weather: mow longer or shorter?

[Anonymous]

Here in northern Illinois, we've had very little rain.

Does this affect how short I should mow the grass? Right now I'm keeping it at about 3".

[Moparholic]

You're diong fine, the longer blade helps shade the soil.

[Anonymous]

Where in Ohio? I grew up in Warren and went to school at YSU.

[Moparholic]

Medina area, rt 18 & 71.

[Timothy]

I know where those two places are.... I was born in stupidville.... ummm, I mean steubenville. I lived mostly acrossed the river in weirton wv. Small world eh.....

[Timothy]

Hahaha, would rather be weird than stupid I guess. My father, grandfather and uncles all worked for the mills. My father still works for weirton steel and an uncle works for wheeling-pit. My grandfather worked for bethany steel then back to weirton steel. I would of stayed there if there was other types of jobs than coal mining or steeling. It's a dieing industry there and the education system is just as dead. Fear there maybe little hope for the ohio valley now' days. I took my family back to ohio in 1998. We stayed for a year and the only good jobs were in pittsburg...

60 miles away. Just couldn't afford to stay.

[Moparholic]

That Pretenders tune -Where'd you go Ohio?- comes to mind. Yep, the steel industry has really taken it on the chin.

[Timothy]

Met as hung out and had a few drinks or met like the Traci Lords kind of meet? Btw, Traci Lords is from Stuebenville also....... I'd bet you that she was lieing about being from weirton and she was really from steubenville. I've met 3 people out here who have claimed to be from that area and after a little conversation with them they all admitted that they were from stuebenville. None of them wanted to claim to be from stuebenville, including myself.

[Timothy]

No Sir, don't believe that I know of this band. My only sorta claim to fame is that my uncle was a rodie for Wild Cherry..... "Play that funky music white boy.....la..la...al"

[Timothy]

Sweet! Thanks for reminding me about that song. It's great.... I've got to have it around here amongst all these cd's 80) Just give me a shout if you find the need for some music. I could ftp or.....

With the asian markets dumping the steel on the global market it's hard for any one to make a buck with steel. Weirton steel got smart about it and went to making a lot of specialty steel. That with the fact that they are the only employee owned steel mill in the world makes it attractive to buyers it seems. My dad is stil working 5 12's a week with a fat esop check at the end of the year.