Picking the Perfect Push Mower

You won’t believe what’s nigh to happen! You all saw that nosotros welcomed a babe man child into our family lastly week, right? Well… mom is happy, in addition to busy, in addition to tired! Oh then tired… then when my hubby offered to write a invitee postal service on my blog, I jumped at the chance! (after the daze wore off of course… lol). This calendar month we’ve been tackling some of our outset Spring projects since nosotros moved to our five acre province property, in addition to my hubby is spilling all of his secrets on Picking the Perfect Push Mower for your yard!

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Hi everyone, Russel here. While Lindi is busy taking tending of our novel fiddling one, I decided to write a invitee postal service nigh choosing a novel mower. Most of yous know that lastly twelvemonth nosotros moved from town to the province (which yous may know every bit Green Acres). Bigger properties come upwards amongst the demand for novel tools – even if Lindi says I accept plenty already. When yous mean value of large properties yous assume that people would demand a large riding mower (which nosotros did!), just there’s also a lot of small-scale areas that yous demand a smaller mower to tackle. Since nosotros moved I’ve had my oculus out for a novel force mower. I wasn’t for sure just what nosotros were going to get, just here’s a few of the questions that I needed to enquire earlier buying.

Questions to reckon when choosing a force mower or riding mower:

1. Size of expanse to live mowed – produce yous demand a force mower or self propelled mower for a small-scale area? Or ride on mower for a large property? 

2. Are at that spot obstacles that yous demand to operate around? You demand to reckon whether you’re mower volition jibe closed to all of the bushes, gardens, trees, etc., on your property.

3. Are at that spot whatever particular features yous demand for your property? Do yous demand your mower to live able to mulch or produce yous desire to handbag your grass? Do yous desire the mower to accept ability in addition to live self propelled then yous don’t accept to force every bit much? Do yous demand a nurture handbag to grab the grass every bit yous mow? Is at that spot a for sure engine manufacturer/brand or engine size that yous want? What deck size produce yous desire (which determines how broad your cutting is inwards 1 pass)?

I checked out Home Depot online to produce some research. I narrowed downward my choices to a Columbia 21 inch Gas Push Mower. We already had a ride on mower that tin acquire the large opened upwards spaces in addition to closed to the gardens, just it can’t acquire into the small-scale areas. The lawn nosotros needed the mower for has some densely treed area, bumpy landscapes, in addition to numerous obstacles to mow around. My personal preference is a basic mower (not self propelled) inwards this circumstance because they are easier to plough in addition to maneuver closed to all the obstacles. I honour self propelled in addition to riding mowers meliorate for areas amongst minimal obstacles.

After picking upwards the mower from Home Depot I took it out of the box in addition to laid it up. Setup was easy. Once out of the box all I had to produce was laid in addition to secure the handle, add together petroleum in addition to add together gas. One describe of the cord in addition to it started correct up!

Above is an illustration of some of the treed expanse on our lawn that the riding mower can’t access. Since the mower was unpacked I evidently had to endeavour it out right away closed to some of the treed areas I had been ignoring amongst our ride on mower. 

The Columbia 21 inch Gas Push Mower worked perfectly! Even getting into some pretty narrow spaces.

You tin come across how much nicer the lawn looks amongst that tall grass removed (below). I tin finally invite my friends over without feeling ashamed of my lawn, lol.

Let me know if yous accept whatever questions nigh choosing a mower! Hope yous enjoyed the post!

If yous desire to larn to a greater extent than nigh our novel province property, yous tin read all nigh Green Acres here.

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