That's a Lot of Mud!
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21744)
Canada
May 13, 2017 7:53pm CST
With all the rain we've had, we knew it would not dry up quickly.
The grass kept growing longer so on Friday my husband climbed on the mower and began the chore of cutting the overly long grass. How would cut anywhere that the ground would support the mower.
He was just doing the finishing pass on one side when he felt the ground soften. He attempted to turn to higher ground....without success.
Next he attempted to reverse back to solid ground.....again, without success.
The forward momentum kept him moving....okay, he would try to drive through to higher ground....again, without success.
Now the mower was well and truly buried in the mud.
We used bricks, pieces of wood, rubber car floor mats, more bricks and a lot of hard work.
It took us almost an hour to get the mower out of the mud. I was covered from head to toe. (They say mud baths are good for you
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Hopefully this mess will be fixable when it finally dries.
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Hopefully this mess will be fixable when it finally dries.17 people like this
17 responses
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 May 17
My husband and I have often joked about how a video of some of our adventures and escapades would be hilarious. He was having a lot of trouble keeping his sense of humour intact while we struggled to get the mower out of the mud.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
15 May 17
@josie_ the problem is we don't have the video. We'd need to recreate the events. The episode with the post hole auger would be a winner for sure. Even at the time, I literally fell to the ground laughing.
@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
14 May 17
@Morleyhunt _Why not? A video of your "misadventures" might go viral in YouTube.
@ElusiveButterfly (45942)
• United States
15 May 17
That looks like the kind of mud where the tires could have been sucked right off the mower!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45942)
• United States
15 May 17
@Morleyhunt Our backyard looks like a mud bog as well. We thought the landlord would drag out the deep ruts where our truck sunk in the mid in our driveway, but we were wrong. I guess I'll have to request it to happen.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
15 May 17
It was a lot of hard work getting that mower out. The option of pulling it out simply wasn't there. The mower was about 200 feet from terra firma.
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@rebelann (113425)
• El Paso, Texas
16 May 17
I won't even walk on my lot IF we were to get that much rain because some of the areas are just like that and I'd get stuck in the mud.
Of course I do wish it would rain but I wouldn't want as much as you've gotten.
Does the forecast hold any good news about sunshine and a dry spell for you?
@rebelann (113425)
• El Paso, Texas
19 May 17
Well maybe the coming week will bring you more sunshine @Morleyhunt
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
19 May 17
We've had a week with minimal rain (a brief shower or two) and a lot if welcome sunshine.
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@LadyDuck (472496)
• Switzerland
14 May 17
@Morleyhunt Our forecast for sun has been changed in thunderstorm from 4 p.p., it's about 3 p.m. now and I have heard the first thunder.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 May 17
The forecasted rain for today has been minimized. Now it should be less than a mm. The rest of the week is supposed to be sunny. Hopefully things will dry up a little. (In a month we'll probably be praying for rain.)
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@JudyEv (348123)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 May 17
Getting bogged in mud happens so easily doesn't it? I'm glad you were able to get it out.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 May 17
It took muscle, perseverance and a lot of ingenuity. We were too far from solid ground to be able to pull it out. The fence also posed a problem.
When the new house was built next door to us, they raised up the area around their house. Now all the water drains to this lis spot.
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@JudyEv (348123)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 May 17
@Morleyhunt Sometimes we have torn small branches from trees and used all sorts of things to provide some traction to get us out of bogs.
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@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
16 May 17
So very sorry to hear of your woes @Morleyhunt I can imagine you both getting deeper into the mud. My cousin who lives in British Columbia, Canad has problems in snow. I guess currently the weather would have improved.
Wonder which part of Canada do you live?
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
19 May 17
I live in Ontario. I'm a short drive (25 minutes) from Buffalo, NY.
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@prashu228 (37520)
• India
14 May 17
Is it black mud? it will be very sticky when its wet ..this kind of mud is found in our country side. In the urban side where i live its red sandy mud. I like the black mud.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 May 17
It is a dark clay. If the soil was sandy the water would drain away, but the clay over rock keeps a lot of water sitting around.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
15 May 17
hope the mower survives it unexpected quicksand experience
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
19 May 17
The mower was fine....just very dirty. Hubby has since cleaned it.
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@jstory07 (142495)
• Roseburg, Oregon
16 May 17
Mud baths are good for you You should have rolled in the mud.
@Marilynda1225 (83985)
• United States
15 May 17
At least you were able to get the mower out of the mud and it wasn't like quicksand. Of course it's not something that you wanted to spend precious time doing. Hope the mower is okay and works next time without any problems
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
15 May 17
Hubby cleaned up the mower with the pressure washer this morning. This afternoon he gets back on and starts back to cutting grass.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
19 May 17
It's dried up enough that we can at least cut most of the grass.
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@andriaperry (118472)
• Anniston, Alabama
14 May 17
That is a lot of mud, I would not have drove in that.....Glad you got the mower back from the mud monster.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 May 17
My husband didn't intend to drive into it, but once it sucked him in it was almost impossible to get out again. We managed with great difficulty and a lot of hard work.
@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
15 May 17
It will dry out, but it will be a lot of work once it does. Good luck.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
19 May 17
It's dried up enough that 95% of the grass has been cut. Some of it could almost have been hayed.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 May 17
We use a lawn mower (tractor) to cut the grass. My husband cuts about 10 acres altogether. If he used a small push mower it would take days and it was still too wet. I sank into the mud to my ankles.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
14 May 17
Very interesting to know about it. So you had a mud bath. there is a country where a festival is celebrated.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 May 17
I don't think I would enjoy a mud festival. I couldn't wash the mud off quickly enough when we had the mower free of the mud.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 May 17
I prefer water and like to feel clean. The mud made the skin on my hands very dry.
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