Bright, clear day but cool. Arose 7:45 A.M. Breakfast. Read paper etc. Sorted & sprouted potatoes, cut wood etc. Dinner. Dug up and seeded lawns. Supper. Typewrote letter to H.H. To Post Office. To bed 10:45 P.M.
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Interesting that lawns had to be dug up and reseeded every year. Or maybe this was the first time in a while. It is the first time I've read about such an activity in Stanford's diaries, at any rate.
Well, he was the one who did the lawn care, that's for sure. I wonder what sort of mower they had? Here is a 1922 ad for mowers made in Lansing, Michigan:
Interesting that the Ideal Power Lawn Mower Co is owned by Mr. Olds--of the Oldsmobile, perhaps?
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Interesting that lawns had to be dug up and reseeded every year. Or maybe this was the first time in a while. It is the first time I've read about such an activity in Stanford's diaries, at any rate.
Well, he was the one who did the lawn care, that's for sure. I wonder what sort of mower they had? Here is a 1922 ad for mowers made in Lansing, Michigan:
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