Before you begin, please make sure you have read:
The World’s Best Lawnmower Part 1.
Otherwise, this post will seem confusing and ridiculous. Actually, it may seem that way even if you have, so I guess the choice is yours.
A few weeks ago I was convinced I had found The World’s Best Lawn Mower. I was wrong. Sure, it seemed to have all of the features you want in a lawn mower:
- Easy to Use (I pushed, it mowed. Check!)
- Good Performance (Mulched it in the front, bagged it in the rear!)
- Affordable (Didn’t pay a dime for it!)
But it lacked the most important feature that you really need in a lawn mower: Accessibility.
See, a free lawn mower is worthless if it’s locked in your neighbor’s garage.
It seems that about a week after we decided to share custody of his mower, my neighbor Barry took off for a week in Vegas, followed immediately by a week in St. Augustine. The neighborhood “Fourth of July” parade was right around the corner and all residents were urged to make their properties looks as well-groomed as possible. My grass had grown like weeds and my weeds had grown even faster, so I had to mow the lawn pronto. But Barry was bustin’ loose in Sin City. I was stressed for two very good reasons:
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Last month we lay new sod in the front yard.
Pretty, right?
Well, here’s the dirty truth about my beautiful new lawn. It costs a lot more than the landscaping company quoted me. A LOT MORE!
See, once the sod is in in place you are given very specific instructions by just about everyone you meet: “WATER THE HECK OUT OF IT.”
Now “THE HECK” is a very vague term that is open to interpretation.
The owner of the company told me 40 minutes a day twice a day for three to four weeks. My neighbor told me he watered his new sod for about 45 minutes twice a day for a month. The dude who came to fix my sprinklers after the sod guys stepped all over them told me to water it for ONE FULL HOUR twice a day for 4 weeks.
Well, I live in Florida. It was June. We were in the middle of a drought. So I took the sprinkler guys advice.
The good news is my lawn looks great!
The bad news is, the JEA bill came today:
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I found the World’s BEST lawn mower!!!
It cuts beautifully! (See above.)
It starts on the first pull!
It’s easy to push!
It doesn’t take up too much space!
It doesn’t reek of gasoline!
And…it cost me nothing!!!
Sounds impossible right? Where did I find such an incredible lawn mower?
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