Correspondingly, when we needed a mower, we never even considered a gas mower, even though we have a great deal of grass. (currently, we hope to remove that) The only other options for lawns (besides sheep, goats, other ruminants) are push mowers and electric mowers. Electric mowers are both costly, and powered, so noise. So a push mower is the way to go for us.
Here is the result of this impulse:
It is a Scott 18" reel mower, with a catch basket, bought from Home Despot [sic], just like most of our home items. The whole thing came in a kit, which was sort of a pain to put together, since the handle came in several segments, and had to be assembled. The various nuts are "tool-less" nuts, which are much looser than a wrench cranked version. we might replace them, since they get loose during use.
In comparison to my father's reel mower, this one is much smoother in action, but harder to turn due to the multi segmented handle. Saturday I mowed the whole of the lawn (10 baskets of grass), which took around two hours. Good times! (let's get on removing some of that lawn!)
Next up, the Rumpas room floor...
We love our push reel! No basket, we just let the grass mulch, and the way the push reel cuts the grass, it disappears quickly. If the stuff is too tall, we rake afterwards. But remember, too, that because the push reel snips the grass, you are supposed to let it grow a little taller than when mangled by electric or gas mowers.
ReplyDeleteyeah, I hate to rake, so mostly will be catching and tossing the grass. with nearly 1/5th of an acre of just grass there is a ton!
ReplyDeleteSome will go into the compost pile though.
We don't rake about 95% of it. No need. The grass is tall enough, and the clippings clean-cut enough that they just fall into the yard. Seriously.
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