Great article, Lolly! I highly recommend electric mowers as well as other battery-operated lawn equipment. Even chainsaws have come a long, long way, but the mowing... I can't say enough. Lightweight, quiet and no exhaust. Perfect! I haven't watered a lawn for decades. The only reason to set up a sprinkler is to play in (and then turn off)! From the Eastern Shore of MD to Charlottesville and then to Maine, my unwatered grass never looked horrible. Not perfect- or even good, but not bad either, and frankly I don't care. But then, I never lived in a toney neighborhood where haut lawns-n-looks were de rigueur. Look up The History Guy on YT for a couple excellent and informative vids on the history of lawns (and mowing!). Here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=095t1w6Iuno&pp=ygUkdGhlIGhpc3Rvcnkgb2YgbGF3bnMgdGhlIGhpc3RvcnkgZ3V5
Good pointer on keeping grass tall!
Great article, Lolly! I highly recommend electric mowers as well as other battery-operated lawn equipment. Even chainsaws have come a long, long way, but the mowing... I can't say enough. Lightweight, quiet and no exhaust. Perfect! I haven't watered a lawn for decades. The only reason to set up a sprinkler is to play in (and then turn off)! From the Eastern Shore of MD to Charlottesville and then to Maine, my unwatered grass never looked horrible. Not perfect- or even good, but not bad either, and frankly I don't care. But then, I never lived in a toney neighborhood where haut lawns-n-looks were de rigueur. Look up The History Guy on YT for a couple excellent and informative vids on the history of lawns (and mowing!). Here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=095t1w6Iuno&pp=ygUkdGhlIGhpc3Rvcnkgb2YgbGF3bnMgdGhlIGhpc3RvcnkgZ3V5