What could go wrong

Well as I have mentioned here that last fall the lawn mower crapped out on me and we'll have to get a new one sometime around April.. Our grass is already green it's March 30th and ... THE GRASS IS ALREADY GREEN.. The leaves are out on the hedge, the trees are leafing out.. Last year we had the same thing happen and everything got zapped by a cold snap, likely the same thing might happen again this year.. But what grass that didn't get reseeded last year is getting green, and what that tells me is I should have reseeded the entire lawn.. But.. I've never mowed the lawn in March although I have an uncle that does, he starts mowing around the end of February and the first of March.. He lives in a warm area of the country where he could mow almost year round..  So I've been looking at lawn mowers for the last few weeks (months) And  over the last few days have found .. maybe the ultimate futuristic mowers.. The dare to dream versions of mowers.. Fist the ones that make you think, but how does that work?? 

I will only consider an electric mower, as I get older pulling the start rope of gas mowers becomes more and more of a nightmare thing to do.. I've had both of my shoulders pop out of the socket, although they didn't stay there, I didn't want to see  how long it would take to have that happen.. Electric is for me in other reasons as well.. My dad started getting electric way back in the early seventies, and the brand he bought was Black and Decker.. The video above shows a style of mower (if style is the right way to describe it) that glides across the lawn, there are no wheels on it..  That would be nice to have..

The robotic lawn mower.. This is the ultimate in mowing.. ultimately it would need to be set the track for the mower to follow, or boundary for the mower to stay within.. Sure sounds like a good idea but in a realistic lawn setup with hills, walls and dead body here and there (mostly from the great white hunter Skootr)..

Ultimately I want a lawn mower that mows.. Mostly that is what I am after.. This year unlike nine or however many years ago I got the last mower, they have mostly models (styles as it were) that have grass catchers on them..  And the more expensive one doesn't have a grass catcher.. I was not after one with a grass catcher, I really don't care for grass catchers they seem more hassle than they are worth.. But then I got to thinking about the three times last season where I mowed one of the sections of the lawn short for the grass clippings for the mulch pit thing.. and thought a grass catcher could be used once a month for either the garden or the compost tumbler thing and thought yeah, that would work..

This model above uses the weed whacker (weed eater) as the mower.. My overall feeling about this is it would work for small yards.. Think a ten by twenty maybe area.. Flat yard, with nearly nothing to get in the way such as trees, or shrubs.. 

The sun Jo Mow Jo model is nice, compact and really fairly eager to go at it.. My biggest problem with this is it is a name I haven't heard of before.. And they are  fairly new on the job market but that isn't a bad thing.  The string mower above this is Black and Decker, and that is a very good name but they even admit that that mower idea is for very small yards..  The sun Jo mower is as well for small yards.. When they show the grass catchers on mowers like this they are saying that the size yard should fill this bag.. And only need dumping at the end of the project.. So that tells me they are serious about what size they want your mower to cut..

This was the winner of the contest.. I fell absolutely in like with this mower.. Everything about this screams taking me home and use me.. Black and Decker with edge max.. Yes baby hop in the car lets go mow a lawn.. The grass catcher is a tricky plastic model where you have to line up the holes just right, snap them in place and away you go.. Now in the case of these mowers with bigger catchers like this they are assuming you will be doing multiple grass catcher dumps through the project.. My idea is to use the catcher for the entire yard maybe once a month or up to five to seven times per season.. The last two or three at the end of the season with the leaves being done maybe three times in a row.. But the using the mower as a mulcher.. A mulch mower  this ISN'T... That bummed me out.. Reading the reviews on this mower I found it isn't designed to be a mulch mower, other mowers of this kind have a three in one mower system, the crass catcher, side discharge or a mulch plug placed in the grass catcher chute.. That set me back a bit and made me think so what would be so bad about using a grass catcher all season.. Well because I really want to use grass clippings as a way to feed the lawn.. It's worked for the past thirty or more years, why stop now..

The Green works mower above is the ultimate machine then, three in one discharge .. this would be perfect and became my number one mower for .. A little while.. Actually with all the reviews I've read and this (or a mower very much like this one) gets the number one seller on Amazon and it is with that knowledge that it was number one on my want list.. Number one A.. Or a very close second to ....:

The Black and Decker mower shown here.. The grass catcher (mulcher) is the right size for the mower.. Unlike the B&D mower shown above this one is able to be a mulch mower.. It has a plug that goes on the grass catcher chute.. Although any mower can mulch if it is forced to with getting the grass thrower chute clogged, but I wouldn't recommend it.. This mower gets my vote as the one to get, the price was slashed and hopefully it will be the one we get in the next few days.. 

But there was one more model I would really like to get..

Fully self propelled, and more reliable than the robotic mower.. But the biggest drawback is.. Well.. I can't really see one.. It would mow and fertilize at the same time.. What could go wrong..

Badge  Henry