So we get some cat grass yesterday, the seeds and the planter are together in one convenient set up, getting it that way and you can make it quickly.. The mistake I made and I won't ever do this again, I got it out and started to put it together, but we have a dish set just for this and I make a fatal flaw, I let the cat help set it up.. That sounds innocent enough and for most people it might be a good thing to let the pet help. Our cat isn't as much the pet as she is the owner of us.. So when I start the grass I set it up and she is right there to make sure I am doing it right.. Yep, a nod here and there and you swear you can understand her goofy ass catness.. Yep, got the soil in there, the seeds next, yes very good .. I know if I don't watch you set this up you will screw up.. So I get it all set, get the seed watered and then set the bowl on the fridge and cover it with the lid and now.. it's gonna be two weeks.. Maybe.. Wake up this morning to a cat looking at the grass bowl.. Looking quite intent to have the grass today.. I tell her it won't be ready for a week (Lying to her, hoping she will understand.. it will be closer to two weeks) And she is just like a little kid.. "Can we open our presents today?" ...
I sent my older brother an email with the four models of lawn mowers I've whittled it down to, four of the five or six I am looking at, but to be fair the other two are refurbished and might not be in true contention for that reason.. Refurbished can mean as simple as a model being returned in an unopened box to one that was opened but upon closer inspection found that electric wasn't manly enough.. There's just some guys who love the smell of gasoline and the fumes they produce.. Where I started using an electric mower when my dad got the first one back when I was in grade school.. I really didn't like the very first one, it looked very foreign to be a mower.. But after pulling the draw rope on the last gas mower we had and having my shoulder pop out of the socket, I decided an electric mower where you pull a lever back and it starts, that's a lot better and very easy on my arms by the time I had switched my thinking my left arm had popped out of the socket as well.. The mowers I had whittled it down to, three had grass catchers which weren't an option when I got the last one.. But that model, the Black and Decker mean green machine lasted 8 maybe even 9 years.. It went toes up this past fall during the first of what would have been three final mow mulching sessions, the third might have been a week before Thanksgiving if you can believe I would have gone that late.. But it went out and never came back.. So I needed a new mower, but not immediately because the season was essentially over.. Anyway the grass catcher was never even thought of since the mowers have a mulching blade on them.. And these that I am looking at all do as well.. So why have a grass catcher?? Mulching the grass clippings is better for the lawn, isn't it?? Well leaving the clippings on the grass is better for the lawn, but having the ability to get the clippings is good for a few things.. One as a weed block in the garden.. Second as a good way to make compost in a compost heap, or in my case a compost tumbler... Also having a grass catcher at the end of the season for the mulched leaves/grass combo just sounds like a really good idea.. So that is the way to go.. Which did he pick?? He was smart and just said they all look good, and liked the grass catcher as well.. Thanks for nothing I guess but it didn't matter, i told him all the models have been at the top of my list at different times so, they might be a rotation again before i make the fatal decision..
Badge Henry
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