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#lawnmowers — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. I was talking to my supervisor about the quietness of the snow day -- blissfully without #Snowblowers! I commented on how the same people were the ones with #Lawnmowers and #Leafblowers. My supervisor replied, "But everyone has those. At least where I live."
    I replied, "We don't! We have a snow pusher and a couple of shovels, we leave the leaves alone, and when we do mow, it's either using a grass whip or a push-mower. No noise, lots of exercise!"

    And yes, I hope to get our yard to the point where the grass whip is all we might need occasionally. I want to redo most of our *lawn* with native grasses and wildflowers.

    #SolarPunkSunday #PushMowers #NoisePollution #LeaveTheLeaves

  2. Any experience with wire-free robotic mowers, any recommendations? It's a fairly new area. We had a wire-based mower, but it was a valley of tears, so we'd like to change.

    #Husquarna seems good, but expensive. #Segway has some good reviews, as does #Mammotion. #Gardena Sileno Free appeals to me because it has an extra cutting disc for trimming edges, but it's completely new on the market, so no independent reviews.

    #gardening #lawnmower #lawnmowers

  3. I don't understand Settlers' relationship with their lawns.

    Our neighbours did their lawn on Thursday (I remember because the noise stopped me from writing..), and then the other neighbour did their lawn yesterday (I remember because the noise stopped me from writing..). And now the first neighbour is doing their lawn again today (..you guessed it, the noise has stopped me from writing.)

    Like, I get that it grows faster when we've had rain followed by sun, but really? Really??

    #Bathurst #BathurstNSW #RegionalAustralia #Australia #LawnMowers #LawnCare #audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse

  4. Ventura County: $$$ available to replace your old, gas powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers!

    Starting October 1, 2024, Ventura County residents, commercial landscaping businesses, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, public schools, and school districts are eligible to apply for a voucher towards new electric lawn and garden equipment in exchange for surrendering their old, gas-powered models. Funding is limited, with $1 million in total funding available. There is $500,000 each for the residential and commercial programs. Take advantage of the limited vouchers now!

    toaks.gov/index.php?section=pr

    #leafblowers #lawnmowers #VenturaCounty

  5. "The fact is that more and more municipalities across the country are effectively banning #internal #combustion [#ICE] lawn equipment from #lawnmowers to edgers to leaf blowers – and the ones that aren’t outright banning small engines are banning them indirectly with increasingly stringent #noise #regulations. Translation: if you plan on making a living in #landscaping, you’re going to need to pony up for an #electric mower rather sooner than later."

    electrek.co/2024/05/16/39199-b

  6. Blue Texas doing its darnedest in Red Texas

    Dallas moving forward with plan to entice residents to switch from gas-powered lawn tools 🏡🍃 🥕

    "Proposal [to outlaw gas-powered mowers & blowers] was scrapped after state legislators passed a law last year that blocks cities from restricting the use, sale or lease of an engine based on its fuel source."

    🆓🔗 archive.is/bBcfB

    dallasnews.com/news/politics/2

    #EvertonBailey @dallasnews #LeafBlowers #LawnMowers #Sustainability #ClimateChange #Lawncare

  7. What if nature, plants and bugs in particular, are developing defenses against #lawnmowers? This backyard brush which survived a pass with a ztr riding mower (and took 3 more to cut down to grass length), for example, must have a particular combination of toughness and flexibility, not to mention aggressive growth (though in fairness I don't mow often, as you can probably tell).

    Nature finds a way, and it learns, especially when we give it such consistent lessons.

  8. Out of curiosity, I asked Siri if the people who make Roombas also make #lawnmowers.
    And what do you know, they do!
    @sgtgary
    cnet.com/home/smart-home/irobo

  9. Spotted on the road today: a lawnmower on a trailer...which in turn is on a much bigger trailer, the whole rig being pulled by a big pickup truck. 👀 Any possible utilitarian reason, or is it a "because I can!" sort of setup? Not that I blame him if it was: it's kinda cool. 😀

    #self #life #thoughts #vehicles #road #lawnmowers #trailers #trucks

  10. I always get some weird enjoyment out of companies that make two absurdly different products successfully... the classic example is Yamaha; "hey, would you like to buy a motorbike? no? well how about.... a piano!?!".

    As such, I was delighted to realise the same company that makes the batteries for my new lawnmower also makes..... my table ice-hockey! So random. Love it.

    Any other good examples? The more disparate the better.

    #BoardGames #RodHockey #Gardening #LawnMowers #RandomProductCombos