Lawn Mower Questions Answered
Along with the beautiful sun and musical birds, springtime also brings lots of rain, which, in turn, transforms your lawn into a jungle of weeds and grass. This means that you’ll need to spend lots of time mowing. It also means that you may need a new lawn mower to handle your mowing needs. But which one will be the best?
To begin with, a lawn mower is a machine with rotating blades. These blades are sharpened so they can cut grass and weeds into the same height. Since the invention of the lawn mower in 1830, there have been various types of lawn mowers manufactured. Each mower possesses an axis that turns the blades. A vertical axis makes it a rotary mower, while a horizontal axis operates a cylinder or reel mower.
If you’re on a budget, and can make a standard push mower work for your situation, you can buy a mower for around $100. These can be found in any store that sells gardening or home improvement items. From there, the price goes up depending on the make, model and extras. Riding mowers cost anywhere from $400 to well over $1,000. Commercial lawn mowers tend to start at over $1,000 and move up. If you need a specialty lawn mower, you’ll need to visit a dealer directly.
Something a bit newer on the scene is robotic lawn mowers. Basically, it’s a robot that mows your lawn for you. They are quite handy if you don’t have a lot of time to devote to lawn maintenance, but don’t want to hire someone to mow your yard, either. However, you should keep in mind that they’re quite costly.
The way that these mowers work is by you setting up a border. This border is what alerts the robotic mower when it needs to stop mowing. They are quite sophisticated and have charging docks that they know to return to. These types of mowers can nicely maintain up to 5 acres of grass.
Once you are finished mowing, the best thing to do with any leftover clippings of grass is start a compost pile. These make amazing fertilizer when they’ve decomposed. A lot of mowers have bag attachments that catch the grass.
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