Posted on 05/03/2023 8:00:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Whitetail are already back for the season, cropping down on the compound’s short grass.
Got an electric lawn mower so I’m way ahead of them.
If we didn’t own lawns we would be happy
Or something like that
Chomping down on the long grass [not mowed for decades] would be a much better target for mitigation of wildfire risk.
Our deer friends are fun to have about [certainly for The Dog], but could do more to assist in the maintenance of our mutual cohabitation.
Anybody tired of socialism/communism yet?
You will use goats or a push reel mower and eat your bugs.
The main employer of illegal aliens is lawnmowers.
Mine isn’t a lawnmower. It’s my harvester. I use it to harvest my lawn clippings that I use to garnish my “almost meat” plant burgers.
That’s rassist. They also are quite proficient on the Mexican bagpipes. Ban those as well.
My current estate is slightly over an acre. I ain’t push mowing it behind a whirlybird thingy.
Nah, we need lots more. This is a joy.
Anybody else here old enough to remember when everything in the country worked, we built stuff, store shelves were full, the government and “activists” weren’t in BAN BAN BAN BAN full throttle mode, we could freely buy anything powered by fossil fuels, men were men and women were women, we disciplined our kids and they turned into fine men and women, schools taught real academics, and the nation was not full of America-hating extremists?
We need more cattle to mow the lawns then. :)
I’m glad I got a new Honda mower last year. I did consider buying an electric mower, but they say the batteries need to be replaced after about 5 years and can cost $400 or more. I can buy a lot of gas & oil for that kind of money. A gasoline powered mower will easily last 15 years or more if you take care of it.
All of the battery powered mowers seem to be made out of cheap plastic.
Don’t eff with my lawnmower and please get off my lawn.
I hate leaf blower but it has nothing to do with CO2 and the environment. They are too noisy and often overkill.
Raking is good exercise anyways and I see m any people with leaf blowers and postage stamp sized lawns that could be raked or mulched with a mulching lawn mower.
Leave lawn mowers alone.
Me. I miss those days.
I had an Ego mower and for the small suburban lawn, I never had any complaints.
After being a near invalid last year for a while, I hired a landscape and lawn crowd since and I’ve kept them. They always made the lawn look a lot better than I ever did.
I gave an aunt my Ego trimmer and edger. Both great systems.
Back in the 80s I used a Craftsman weedeater that had the motor in a chainsaw type housing and was easy to use. The modern kind with the motor or battery pack on the end of the pole I never liked.
My newest neighbor of not quite a year did the reel mower thing for a few weeks and for whatever reason went to a small gas powered.
I used one for a while myself in the new pad for half of a summer. The front yard grass, not much of a problem.
The back yard grass if it grew any was like trying cut hay. Thick stuff. Figure 90-100 degree summer heat, and I gave up myself.
Back when producing stock footage was worth doing and me kind of giving up the idea of the old timey mower.
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-11045114-antique-lawnmower-on-green-grass-tilted-back
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