Sellout!

[alexpgp]

After mowing the lawn with a push mower for most of the summer, I have concluded that not only must one stick to a strict mowing schedule to stay abreast of the task at hand(and even accelerate it, should rain be more prevalent than not), but also, that push mowers are simply not made for the St. Augustine type grass that grows in most lawns around here (typically, one "pass" over a given patch of grass just isn't enough).

So when a lawn mower with a Briggs & Stratton engine and only one minor flaw I could identify (screwed up starter cord) fell across my path for a reasonable price yesterday, I bought the thing. It rained for most of the day, so I didn't get to try it out until today.

Replacing the cord was pretty straightforward, and I was out there cutting grass (with a bag attachment, I might add) in no time. FWIW, the task is not particularly easier, for whatever energy I no longer have to exert to drive the cutting blades of the push mower is now exerted in pushing a heavier mower (that grows only heavier as more grass accumulates in the bag).

Cheers...

Comments

[saintswife.livejournal.com]

We like the ones with the self propelled addition. That said, I saw a mower in Home Depot that had a suction attachment to vacuum up the leaves and I was envious.

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

The way I see it, once you go self-propelled, you may as well go the extra step and make it a riding mower.

A suction attachment for leaves would make me drool if I lived in a "leafy" environment. Down here in Houston, the leaves really don't fall all at once, the way I remember it happening in New York, and so it's easy to pick up the leaves with the grass clippings.

Cheers...