Comments on: Top Eleven Reasons To Buy A Cordless Electric Lawn Mower Like Mine

By: Alison Kerr

Alison Kerr — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:33:23 +0000

Kathy, do come back and let us all know what you decide. Thanks for stopping by.

By: Alison Kerr

Alison Kerr — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:32:34 +0000

Electric lawn mowers were (maybe are) standard gardening equipment in Scotland. With just a small lawn, the chord was never a problem, but here in Eastern Kansas an electric chord was just a pain (I used to have one). That’s why Lisa’s mower sounds really great. Of course you have to remember to charge it!

By: Alison Kerr

Alison Kerr — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:28:24 +0000

Thanks Staircase Witch for the referral to an alternative mower and for sharing your experiences. I’d love to have a reel mower, but it would never do for my current lawn, which is just too large and too steep. Someday…

By: Alison Kerr

Alison Kerr — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:25:18 +0000

Lisa, you are SO welcome. I really enjoyed learning about your mower. I even got some green garden envy!

By: LPC

LPC — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:24:37 +0000

Gourmetmom – I have mini-lawns at my California ranch. But they say it mows 1/3 acre with one charge. And it’s fast when charged.
Abbie – I didn’t even think of it as school colors, in truth:). But now I see what you mean and it’s an extra benefit…
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By: Gourmetmom

Gourmetmom — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:01:49 +0000

You almost make me want to get rid of my gardener, ahem, lawn service, but I’m terrified of the responsibility – that grass grows so fast! Can I keep up? How long, precisely, does it take you to mow the lawn? And what kind of acreage are we talking about here?

By: Abbie

Abbie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:10:01 +0000

Nice to see that you are faithful to your school colors.

By: LPC

LPC — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:50:45 +0000

Alison, thank you so much for letting me write about my beloved lawn mower:). And to everyone who stopped by and commented, thank you very much.

Lisa
LPC´s last blog ..LPC is at Loving Natures Garden Today

By: ADG

ADG — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:47:21 +0000

I no longer need to take care of my lawn. When I did though, I loved it. And because I think LPC is one of the coolest people on earth, I wanted to leave a comment here.

ADG

By: Staircase Witch

Staircase Witch — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:41:47 +0000

For the past several years my husband has been known on the block as the mad scientist who mows his entire property with a reel mower and has had a following among small boys in the neighborhood whose fathers wouldn’t let them push their gas mowers (or don’t even own a mower–the yard service comes in and does it). It would take him two hours, and while he enjoyed the time in the sun and the upper-body exercise, he wasn’t all that pleased with the look–the reel blades just don’t catch everything, no matter how many passes one makes. If he were away for a few weeks, as he often is in the summertime, I would borrow a neighbor’s gas mower, because I have better things to do with two hours than mow the lawn.

About a month ago, after mulling it over, he gave in and bought an Earthwise 20-inch cordless mower. (They also get very good reviews while being somewhat cheaper than the Black and Deckers ($240-$260), although harder to come by–we found ours at our local farm supply store.) It does just as good a job as the gas mowers and isn’t any heavier to push around. It is definitely quieter, and the strange thing I’ve noticed, if I stand close to the mower as he goes by with it, is that the air that comes out of the clippings chute is actually cool, rather than hot. There are no fumes.

So we’re slightly less earth-friendly now…but the grass looks better and can go for slightly longer between mowings. And I no longer wince when comparing our organically fertilized, no-pesticide front yard with the neighbors’ lush, neatly manicured, perfectly landscaped lawns that have been pumped full of chemicals.