This picture was taken in July, when we let our lawn turn to a field of lovely clovers, daisies and other random wildflowers. Can you find Dora, our sprinkler? She's nearly hidden because the "grass" was that high! Clearly, we were not planning on letting our yard turn into a field...The story...
We bought a gas powered mower last summer after our electric one died. Our shed, now living on as the floor of our new bedroom in the addition, had lost the ability to open its doors (shifting, erroding soil from the hill moving in front of the doors...), one of the sure signs that its end was near. So, our lawn mower wintered under the deck. It didn't like it. Lawn mowers rarely go on sale in the spring. Go figure! So, I noticed the lawn mower of our friends. It was a very eco-friendly, get-a-good-work-out, people-powered reel mower. They gave it a "thumbs-up" so I bought it for Jon for Father's day. Their lawn has grass... ours... not so much. Reel mowers are far too friendly to weeds and gently push them over instead of hacking them off, no matter how persuasive we tried to be. We decided after a few tries that we were losing the battle. Our lawn looked hideous (okay, better than the "field", but still pretty awful). Scissors were not an option although we did half consider a goat :) I think we may have a city by-law prohibiting such types of lawn-care however.
We took back the reel mower and waited... and waited... and waited for a lawn mower to go on sale. We could've bought one full price, but that would just be silly! Our lawn grew, as did flowers, small thorn bushes and other very large weeds. We did get a lawn mower, not on sale, but a very nice refurbished one that was sitting all by its lonesome at Home Depot. It was the same price as the reel-mower :)
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