My environmental rant for the day.

With summer fully in swing I thought I would write a bit about one of the worlds great inventions for your lawn. As many of you have experienced when trying to mow ones yard there is a lot that can go wrong with a lawn mower, not being able to get it started, running out of gas, wondering if it is too late/early to wake up the neighbors, or the sound of that rock that you ran over wiping past your ankles as you remember that you crocks don’t have steel toes (or ankles).
Well why not try using a Reel Mower, quite, starts every time, and best of all kids can use it, once tall enough to reach the handle (ok, so they can use it but getting them to use it maybe another issue).

By the way, as a reel mower owner, they are not the same as your grandfather’s mowers. The new designs are light weight and roll across you lawn as easily or maybe easier then a heavy power mower (you can also get electric version that are even easier to push).

For those of you who want that perfect looking lawn, keep in mind that the golf course use reel mowers because they are much gentler on the grass and result in a much nicer/heather lawn.
The final and my person biggest reason for using a Reel Mower is that they are much more environmentally safe, not only do they not use gas and omit toxic gases, but they produce a much healthier lawn so you don’t need to use fertilizer or weed killer (not that you should be using them any way)

As a final note about your gas powered mower, think about this:
In 1hr of cutting your grass with a gas push mower you will produce the equivalent smog as driving your car for over 560km, and the smog gasses sit right in your back yard. A ride on mower is even worse some time as much as 5-10 times worse, it may actually be more environmentally friendly to drive you Winnebago across the country then to cut you lawn for the summer.(not that I am suggesting anyone drive a Winnebago across the country)
According to a CNN report, in a single day Southern California's lawn tools spew out more pollution than all the aircraft in the Los Angeles area.