I had big dreams of getting a lawn mower and taking care of business this weekend. It came through just as well as my last Lotto ticket. I found an used mower for sale ($80) but the guy had to tune it up and sharpen the blades. So I get it today.
Instead of mowing, I started edging the lawn with the help of my mom. I used her edger which is pretty much like a flat shovel that you stand on and you take out 5 inches of lawn at a time. As I was hopping up and down on the edger, one of my neighbors came out and said "Thank god! I'm so happy you're finally doing that!"
I started to explain myself, telling my dumb story about being busy and not able to get a used mower cos I'm plain lazy. I didn't really care about my story, and I don't think she did either.
"Are you going to trim the bushes in the back too?"
Yes, eventually I will.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
My lawn is a bit scary, but it's not that bad. I should leave some lawn clippings on her step as a message.
We ended up filling 2 1/2 lawn refuse bags from just the edgings. I'm a little aprehensive about how much crap I'm going to have when I do the actual mowings.
Posted by Sam at May 24, 2004 09:57 AMThat's why you want a mulching mower.
You might very well be able to get
a mulching blade for the lawnmower,
and have everything work.
With the mulcher, you don't have to rake,
unless it's really tall, in which case you'll
have little bits of stuff sitting around, but
it's a lot easier than filling several bags
of yard debris...