Re: rec tech mower

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:19:42 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On today's ride I passed a guy using a riding mower in a subdivision, on
a lot that had to be less than 1/4 acre. I've been told that some people
actively enjoy using riding mowers, even on tiny lots. Seems odd to me.

I wasn't thrilled when using a riding mower, particularly
when I turned the wheel as far as it would go and the mower
kept bounding straight ahead.  But I didn't mind mowing; it
needed doing and I did it.  Could have used a back on the
seat so that I didn't have to pull on the steering wheel
while pushing on the pedals.

It was tedious on one strip of the back point four nine,
where a previous tenant had foolishly laid down a streak of
high-nitrogen fertilizer, and I had to cut three-inch
swaths.  I collecte the trimmings from that strip and put
them on the garden -- grass clippings turn into fine hay
that makes good mulch if you put them on in thin layers --
and eventually removed the fertilizer.

Egad, we've been in our retirement home almost as long as we
were in New York.

My spouse really enjoyed using his zero-turn mower on our
one-acre lawn, but now we hire a lawn mower who uses a
stand-up riding mower, and the zero-turn is used as a
mobility scooter.  He did grind up some raked leaves a while
back.  In the fall, we leave leaf-grinding to Abe.  He
charges extra for that; it's a lot of work.


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