I bought a new lawn mower.
I bought a new lawn mower.
It is self propelled. It took me a quarter of the time to do our lawns as it normally does, so I had time to trim the hedges...
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I remember excitedly buying a lawn mower. I had a small patch of grass. I would tend to it. It was a step up.
Fuck that. I hated it after the first time. Yardwork sucks unless you want to do it. If you enjoy gardening (my mother when I was a teen), cool. If you just need to maintain, meh.
Sigh.
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Wanting to do it is only half the battle. I want to. But every week? Twice in the spring? No way. There’s always a point where it becomes drudgery, but last summer I finally relented and hired someone
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You could hire a landscaper to mulch it and plant native ground covers and other native plants (or do it yourself). Very low maintenance. And you could have a landscaper come out again a couple times a year if you don't want to do that either.
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That's what the landlord did. I only had to mow it a few times.
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Make it a game and have fun.
How can you mow it all without crossing any spot twice?
How can you make a pretty pattern?
What's the shortest path?
What's the longest path?
Can you finish before the motor stops?
How quickly can you clean the blades?
What changes if you sharpen the blades?
Etc
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You are right but when it comes to lawn I really struggle to care.
The closest to gamifying that I get is "what is the minimum effort I can make / money I can apend while not being the worst on the street or drawing comment.
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How's it do on hills? I have one that's AWD but it still takes forever to do my whole yard. I have about a 1 acre plot that's very hilly so it takes me ~1.5 hours.
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My lawn is not that large, its just on a 30° incline, and pushing the mower up that hill in 40°C days, while brutal, was manageable.
We've had torrential rain periods for the last few months, so instead of the lawn growing 2-3cm a week, it's been growing 7-10cm a week. This meant that I've had to progressively mow it 4x to get the job done.
New lawnmower has twin blades, so it makes it through the length much more easily, and I can set the front wheels 1/2 a setting lower to help the mower get through the crazy growth.
The cross cutting and cloth bag means it doesn't clog the catcher instantly and I don't need 4x passes to return the lawn to useable.
The self propelled bit is rather magical though. It takes itself up the hill.
It does use a little more fuel that the last one, but I'm ok with that.
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