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Originally Posted by jmitchell
Since our lot is small (but beautiful  ) my plan is to buy an "old fashion and quiet push mower and edger. Am I out of my mind? If not, does anyone know of a good brand?
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we've used those for years and they are great
even replaced the fork of a bicycle with one as a novelty
probably will not work on the stuff that grows here, unless you raise the blade height and keep it sharp
We p[refer high grass to the 'golf green' 'carpet' height we see too often anyway
I worked in a mower shop and sharpening a reel mower is an art
each blade has to be the same height all the way across, and there are five blades on average
best place to get one is eBay/craig's,
Ocala4Sale, etc
the older the better Ball bearings, steel wheels with serrated 'tires'
Manual edgers are fine- they will cut pollutionas will what we have these days for our cottage home lawn:
a cordless electric
This is amazing, got it at Lowes (we prefer Ace and Lowes over 'the other place'
one charge does a lawn and a half
Again, we run the height up almost all the way
Yes it's SELF PROPELLED
YOU propel it yourSELF
remember, small mowers pollute worse than the cars in a typical Villages block
http://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com...nvironment.htm
we do the lawn in place of a bicycle ride and make an exercise out of it
L and L