The grass was on the warpath, stalks up to a foot high. Ancient hand mower just wasn't cutting it. Mowing had become a chore to be dreaded. I thought about just turning the whole job over to Ken King, my friendly local lawn care guy. But I have been cutting this little lawn,with a hand mower, for forty years. Going with lawncare is like admitting I'm getting too old to mow.
So, I set off to buy a new mower. Checked Sears, Home Depot and Lowe's. Come home with a brand new Husqvarna hand mower. $149. It fit in the trunk of the Mercury, lid closed. Got it home, read the instruction booklet, (solid boiler plate to repel liability lawyers) put it together and tried it out.
Outstanding. Cuts it level, gets every stalk. It's feather light (lotta plastic). Before I knew it, the side lawn was all cut. Pressed on to the front lawn. That cut like lightning too. They did something good with the gearing so the reel spins faster than the old style mowers. They replaced the roller with real back wheels so the grass stays upright to be cut, rather than lying down flat and escaping its proper fate. Puts the honest self satisfaction of seeing a flat level mowed path slicing thru the shagginess back into the chore.
I could have gotten a power mower for only $30 more. The guy at Lowes assured me that it would start next spring if I put some miracle additive into the gas tank. But this baby is so light and pushes so easily and it makes me feel so environmentally sensitive, that its more satisfactory than a power job.
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