--- description: And he just posted an Instagram video to prove it title: Speaker Boehner: I Love Green Grass image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Speaker Boehner Loves Green Grass by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 6:29 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 6:29 PM CUT Spring hasn’t quite sprung for much of the country yet, but House Speaker John Boehner is ready for the season and the tedious yard work that comes with it. In fact, the Republican from Ohio told Jay Leno during a recent _Tonight Show_ appearance that he actually _likes_ doing his own outdoor chores, proven on Friday when his office posted a short video to his Instagram. “I love green grass,” Boehner says at the end of the clip, which features him revving up his mower and getting to work at his home in West Chester. On the _Tonight Show_, Boehner mentioned likes golf, mowing the lawn, red wine and cigarettes too much to consider a run for the presidency. Maybe next week he’ll post a picture with a glass of red a la Olivia Pope. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/41932/speaker-boehner-loves-green-grass/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/41932/speaker-boehner-loves-green-grass/"},"headline":"Speaker Boehner Loves Green Grass","datePublished":"2014-03-28T18:29:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:01:39.557Z","description":"And he just posted an Instagram video to prove it","url":"https://time.com/41932/speaker-boehner-loves-green-grass/","keywords":["republicans","John Boehner"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/41932/speaker-boehner-loves-green-grass/","name":"Speaker Boehner Loves Green Grass"}}]}] ```