Well, I was too, but I fired the blasted mower (actually, declined to
have it repaired ONCE AGAIN!) and now use the scythe...quieter, more
pleasant exercise, doesn't chew up my toads and only takes about 20%
longer than mowing did. Plus which I can do it early in the
morning, dew or no, which is when I really prefer to work outside in
'grass season'.
I used it for the 'big yard', about a half acre,
the kids have moved around the world, I mow less and less area--not
much call for a volleyball court anymore, or ball-playing areas, etc,
so now I only mow an area that if put all together would likely
measure about 100' each way, square, plus paths to the garden (200'
or so by one swath-width), the outhouse, and the root cellar (another
100' or so, one swat wide). Whole thing takes little time: not even
worth getting out and fighting with a mower, not to mention the
maintenance on the bloomin' thing; the scythe requires nothing I
can't do myself, on the spot. Plus which with the scythe I trim as I
go...and that's what really ate up the time before. Counting trim
time, I don't spend as long doing with the scythe as I did with the
mower, by a long shot.
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