I hate grass.

[brucey]

I hate grass.

That might be too strong of a statement actually. I'm neutral on grass. I dont think its pretty. I dont understand the fascination some people have with making their yards in their suburban homes resemble the hanging gardens of Babylon. That's their thing. Whatever. But I DO hate cutting it.

It's a chore. My yard isn't close to flat so the mower is either running away from me or having to be forced uphill. It smells something awful, always needs work. The weedeater is even worse. The smell, the noise, and the vibration is vulgar. I go through about 2 gallons overall a month just cutting grass. At least last summer thats what I was averaging.

This summer my mower/weedeater wound up missing. Which turned out to be more of a blessing in disguise. I checked around on craigslist for a used mower and happened upon on an electric one. "A battery powered electric reel mower?" It's the oddest contraption, but didnt cost hardly any money. So I figured I'd give it a shot.



It's no longer a chore to cut my grass, the mower cuts fine, it doesen't weigh anything, it doesent make any noise. I can push it uphill now with one hand and point and laugh at the neighbors cutting their grass with those nasty gas ones with the other. I can cut grass before I leave for work in the morning and not disturb the neighborhood. I can cut in the evening so the sun isn't beating on me and making my red neck even more red. It's gone from a major chore that I dreaded to something akin to just something I'll do for fun almost.

Why haven't I done this sooner? Other than I've never heard of such a thing I honestly have no idea. I guess I thought having a 'weak' mower would make it even more of a chore? I can't answer that myself.

I went ahead and got an electric (corded) weedeater off amazon for 20$ since I still haven't weeded this year. If its half as good as the mower I'll be more than happy with it.

I don't mind grass.

[JasonG]

That's the reason I don't have any.
Trees and leaves.

[bgd73]

the thud of a manhole cover heard outside rumbled the house.. tires on the pavement, people talking while thier walking....
skateboards, rain, the sun is hot...no scnery, the blinds stay shut, no oxygen, the windows stay shut, no shade, the a/c runs all summer... a step outside, past the manhole cover, I am the one walking making thenoise...to get in the car and sit in the coolpark with trees and grass and other pro life things..

how much do you hate grass?

[luvit]

i love grass. i love it mowed or not mowed.
i don't mind mowing it, but i don't like shoes to turn green.
i wanted to use a real mower, but tiny bumps in my ground would cause the reals to hit bottom.
an electric reel looks like a lot of fun too.
we now have aminals that eat the grass. then i will eat the aminals.

[Piwoslaw]

We don't have grass, we have a small lot and a big strong dog. The weeds grow just fine, though

OK, we do have a few blades here and there, where the dog runs less. Dad-in-law would borrow a gas mower from next door (family), so last year I bought him an electric. Ever since I've been doing most of the mowing, since it's so fun (and I promised never to touch the gasser).

[luvit]

my dog eats grass.
he;s always nervous and kinda gay.

[Gas-x]

I have a honda powered husky push mower which is pretty new and a reel mower bought at the local flea market for 7 dollars. I use the reel mower most of the time.I added some schwinn bike handle grips and adjusted the bed knife. Works perfectly and my neighbor hates it. offers me gas all the time like i'm commiting a crime or that he thinks i'm looking for attention....! ? I love it!

[jason1973tl]

I like mine. It plugs in and has a cord.

[Ecobalt]

The grass dries up the lawn through transpiration. If it were not for that, I would have ground water coming into my basement.

[NeilBlanchard]

I have a push reel mower for when I can keep up, and a grass whip for the long stems. I now have a corded electric mower for when it gets ahead of me. BTW, I put a Kill-A-Watt meter on the electric mower, and it uses 0.38kWh in an hour, so that is equivalent to 12/1000nds of a gallon of gasoline per hour of use.