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Process Essay

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A Process Essay
Raking My Three Acre Yard

I raked up Mount Grassmore, a mountain of grass clippings that will be decomposing in my backyard for the next twenty years. In the beginning of summer, our lawnmower broke, so my husband took it to the repair shop to be repaired. But, by the time the mower was fixed the grass had grown out of control, like a jungle. The chore of raking up all the mow clippings seemed almost impossible for one person. Raking a three acre yard is a repetitious and strenuous process. But, it had to be done I did not want my grass to turn brown and hard. First, I created a plan to collect the grass and made a list of the necessary supplies for raking a large yard. My plan was to first rake each mowed …show more content…

By the end of the day there must have been at least a hundred of the smaller grass piles all waiting for me to come pick them up tomorrow. The next day came and it was time to put all the grass into the compost pile. So I started at the furthest point from the compost pile and started loading big clumps of grass into the wheelbarrow using the end of the rake with the claws, and my arm to keep the grass on the rake. This part of the process was not too bad, just repetitive back and forth with the wheelbarrow gathering up the piles and dumping them. Getting all the grass into the pile took a long time due to the wheelbarrow only holding about two piles per load. I just had to be persistent and determined to get this accomplished and every time I went back for another load I began to walk shorter and shorter distances. Finally, I was down to my last two piles and the impossible chore was accomplished. Raking my three acre backyard was a difficult, continuous chore for me. It took me about two days of sweaty, hard work to clear the whole yard of the grass clippings. But, all the raking and hauling of the grass was worth the use of our yard. Our lawn is green, soft, and beautiful for our children to run and play in, and hopefully the huge compost pile I made will fertilize many plants in the future. I have made a promise to myself for my lawn to never again get that

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