Comments on: Get a push lawn mower http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2007/12/get-a-push-lawn-mower.html Financial independence, frugality, self-sufficiency, ecology, capitalism, and voluntary simplicity Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:16:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Farmwife http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2007/12/get-a-push-lawn-mower.html#comment-68 Farmwife Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:17:25 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2007/12/get-a-push-lawn-mower.html#comment-68 For what it's worth, goats don't really eat much grass :) They would however, love to trim back all your bushes and trees -- especially roses! You'd need a sheep or cow :) If I lived in town, I would convert as much of my yard to vegetable garden as I could. Since I don't live in town, I use my steers and lambs on the yard with movable electric netting. Once they eat down an area, they are moved to another. Works like a champ! For what it’s worth, goats don’t really eat much grass :) They would however, love to trim back all your bushes and trees — especially roses! You’d need a sheep or cow :)

If I lived in town, I would convert as much of my yard to vegetable garden as I could. Since I don’t live in town, I use my steers and lambs on the yard with movable electric netting. Once they eat down an area, they are moved to another. Works like a champ!

]]> By: m http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2007/12/get-a-push-lawn-mower.html#comment-64 m Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:33:52 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2007/12/get-a-push-lawn-mower.html#comment-64 We had one at our old place, where for the first time we had a lawn to mow, and esp. since it was a rental, we knew the money spent on a power mower would be too much for the short amount of time we'd prob. need the mower. Plus the environmental component, the lack of noise, the easier storage (smaller), easy maintenance and use, etc. all made it a good decision for us. Granted, we did not have a massive lawn, but it was definitely a good choice for us at the time. However, since it wasn't loud, all the neighborhood kids loved to follow my husband while he mowed and beg to push the mower and generally drove him crazy (in a cute, kid way), but I think he wished for a loud mower at times so he could have some peace from the posse of kids that swarmed around him every time he mowed the lawn! Anyway great post, I think both the push mower and the suggestion of no grass lawn at all are great ideas, some that simply may not occur to some people but that once those possibilities are considered may end up being great environmentally friendly and frugal choices that work for many. We had one at our old place, where for the first time we had a lawn to mow, and esp. since it was a rental, we knew the money spent on a power mower would be too much for the short amount of time we’d prob. need the mower. Plus the environmental component, the lack of noise, the easier storage (smaller), easy maintenance and use, etc. all made it a good decision for us.

Granted, we did not have a massive lawn, but it was definitely a good choice for us at the time. However, since it wasn’t loud, all the neighborhood kids loved to follow my husband while he mowed and beg to push the mower and generally drove him crazy (in a cute, kid way), but I think he wished for a loud mower at times so he could have some peace from the posse of kids that swarmed around him every time he mowed the lawn!

Anyway great post, I think both the push mower and the suggestion of no grass lawn at all are great ideas, some that simply may not occur to some people but that once those possibilities are considered may end up being great environmentally friendly and frugal choices that work for many.

]]> By: Amanda @ Me vs Debt http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2007/12/get-a-push-lawn-mower.html#comment-63 Amanda @ Me vs Debt Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:55:13 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2007/12/get-a-push-lawn-mower.html#comment-63 This is a great post. First of all, most gasoline powered mowers have no emission control. It makes me mad to think that people have a positive net carbon contributions from maintaining their lawn. Especially that jerk on the tractor! What a joke. I personally don't have a lawn and if I did it would consist of mostly flowers and garden vegetables. I'd be willing to try a push mower on whatever square of grass was left to cut. Sounds easy enough to maintain, no additional fuel cost, and the upfront cost is much lower. Sounds like a win-win-win to me. This is a great post. First of all, most gasoline powered mowers have no emission control. It makes me mad to think that people have a positive net carbon contributions from maintaining their lawn. Especially that jerk on the tractor! What a joke.

I personally don’t have a lawn and if I did it would consist of mostly flowers and garden vegetables. I’d be willing to try a push mower on whatever square of grass was left to cut. Sounds easy enough to maintain, no additional fuel cost, and the upfront cost is much lower. Sounds like a win-win-win to me.

]]> By: Brooke http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2007/12/get-a-push-lawn-mower.html#comment-62 Brooke Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:00:34 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2007/12/get-a-push-lawn-mower.html#comment-62 We don't obsess over our grass. It gets mowed when it gets mowed and we don't really worry about it until it comes time to sell our house. Then, we might water it a bit and/or edge it. I agree with you about the OCD thing...I choose my battles, i.e. I choose what I'm OCD about!!! We don’t obsess over our grass. It gets mowed when it gets mowed and we don’t really worry about it until it comes time to sell our house. Then, we might water it a bit and/or edge it. I agree with you about the OCD thing…I choose my battles, i.e. I choose what I’m OCD about!!!

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