Going Green...Getting Some Exercise...Resolved Small Car Issue

I recently canceled my landscape contract, not because they were doing a bad job, on the contrary, they were doing an excellent job...but the grass wasn't growing enough to need mowing and I'm trying to save valuable resources, namely "green backs."  As I said, the grass hasn't been growing anyway, I don't water really, it has rained here enough I haven't had to used the sprinkler system...and there is a leak in the pipe I need to fix. (By "I" I mean someone else...but that costs money so I am just not using the sprinkler system.)

So far the lawn looks ok. I noticed the other day there were a few weeds in the section between the sidewalk and the street that were growing a little to much to look acceptable. My first thought was I would just take my hand hedge clipper thingies and clip off the parts that were growing too tall. That sounded easy and not too time consuming and it hadn't rained and I haven't been watering so the rest of the yard really looked "ok".

Until today. Today it rained and I know that means the yard will think it received some illegal drug and it will go wild this week and shoot up out of the ground as an excited expression of joy. Just what I need, excited grass that decides to grow 2 inches this week...and me without a landscaper.

I had been toying around with getting a lawnmower but there are a few things that have prevented me from doing so; I am a little scared of gas powered lawn mowers as I have never owned one and gas in general scares me, I also have a small car so getting one home is a concern.

My car holds like two bags of groceries, it is a two seater with a trunk that seriously doesn't hold more than one carry-on piece of luggage, so getting a lawnmower it is seems like an annoying challenge. I did decide to look online at Lowes, I got a no interest deal in the mail from them. Sounded good until I thought of myself buying the mower, rolling it down the two miles to my house and walking back to get the car. (I sent this post in a scaled down format to my familyearlier and my mom wrote back that walking the lawn mower back seemed difficult as I would need to assemble it first. What I thought?! They don't come ASSEMBLED?!)

I checked amazon to see if the Lowes prices were good and found a nice push mower with a grass catcher, almost identical to the one at Lowes, for not too much and a small trimmer for what dinner might cost somewhere. The mower is just a simple push mower, no gas or electricity needed and it comes with a great grass catcher attachment so I can dump the clippings in the compost. The trimmer is electric, so no need for me to worry about blowing something up with the gas. I now only have to worry about shredding the electric cord when I an working in the yard.

And the good news? For just a little more than a months worth of landscaper contract, I have found myself a mower and a trimmer...and they are being mailed to me for free! (love Amazon Prime!) I probably have to assemble the mower still but at least I don't have to assemble, then roll it back to my house, all the while having people driving by wonder what the heck is wrong with me, rolling a lawn mower down the sidewalk....for two miles.

Here are the two items I purchased. I got these mostly based on the Amazon comments and price.

Push mower

Gilmour RM30 20-Inch Reel Mower with Grass Catcher

Electric trimmer

Black & Decker ST1000 9-Inch 1.8-AMP Electric Grass Trimmer

(BTW, my yard hasn't been mowed in several weeks and it looks practically the same as it did two weeks ago. the jasime is creeping out a bit, I was planning on just going around with the clippers I use to trim the bushes and snip the jasmine. Now I will wait for the trimmer. And my compost bin will be so happy with the clippings!)

Do you own one of these? Do you have another push mower or trimmer you like? Feel free to add your comments!

I'll post later about how I like these things after I've used them.