Earth friendly Lawn mowing
The Brill Luxus reel mower at Clean Air Gardening $219.00
Noisy lawnmowers will soon be belching smelly greenhouse gases and stressing out busy homeowners who would rather be doing almost anything other than mowing the lawn. In our previous post we looked at the many environmental problems of the traditional lawn and glanced at some alternative approaches and gave some great links to sites looking at this issue in a more comprehensive manner.
Here we want to look at some new advances in eco-friendly tools for lawn care. The most affordable and most environmentally sound way to cut your grass is with a manual/push reel mower. Good state of the art push mowers have advanced quite a bit from what was available 20 years ago, they are now highly efficient, very easy to use and very quiet. It is also a great way to get some exercise and check out what’s going on in the neighborhood.
There are many models to choose at clean air gardening.com as well as lots of useful information about eco-friendly ways to take care of your yard. They also offer cordless electric push mowers which eliminate most of the pollution commonly found in gas-powered mowers. They are good for the smaller – medium sized yard and are priced more affordable compared to robotic electric and solar mowers.
The Swedish company Husqvarna makes a solar powered robotic mower which is probably the most eco-friendly option but sadly is not available in the United States and is more expensive than most of us would find feasible. They make another robotic auto-mower model, while not solar, is still less polluting than the gas-powered. It is amazing to think that once you set up the instillation, with basic guide wires that define your yards perimeter – you can then just sit back and let the robot take care of your yard. All you have to do is routine maintence and follow the instructions for proper care – and you can reclaim your weekends again. However, despite what they say about how completely safe these robots are – I would still prefer to keep a watchful eye out that the robot isn’t going after the cat when I wasn’t looking! The Hasqvarna website explains in detail how it works and where you might find dealers.
ConsumerSearch.com has some useful information and reviews on the various robotic electric mowers here. And here is link to another company, Friendly Robotics, which also carries a robotic electric mower worth considering.
June 28th, 2007 00:08
I currently have a Snapper gas powered mower which is almost on it’s last season. I hate the noise and I hate the polution as well. I will probably purchase a manual push mower after mowing season ends as prices will be cheaper. As it stands, you can get brand new push mowers for under $100.
Using a push mower may also mean making sure the ground is level by applying top soil and grass seed in early autumn. I don’t mind the exercise, but a level yard will make it easier to push.
July 5th, 2007 06:01
Wow, I hadn’t heard about the robotic lawn mower. I’d like to see that in action! The one thing I hated about mowing as a kid was the noise and the smoke from the engine. I’ve never tried a push mower; I always thought it would be too much work. I’m in an apartment now, but I’ll be moving into a house soon, so it’ll be time to do some mower shopping again…
June 3rd, 2008 03:23
I’d like to know if there are any safe – for the mower and the environment – additives for my riding mower’s gasoline tank. One full tank mows my 2 aclre lot, with trees and bushes to spin around. Neither my husband – 76, with severe back troubles – nor I, with pinched nerves in my neck, artheritis in all of my joiints, especially the large ones – can mow our weedy patches. Also wish the ground were more level – the bumps really hurt my joints! I’d also like to put in native ground cover that likes the sand we live on. Too many unpleasant don’t seem to mind it alt all.
June 3rd, 2008 03:23
I’d like to know if there are any safe – for the mower and the environment – additives for my riding mower’s gasoline tank. One full tank mows my 2 aclre lot, with trees and bushes to spin around. Neither my husband – 76, with severe back troubles – nor I, with pinched nerves in my neck, artheritis in all of my joiints, especially the large ones – can mow our weedy patches. Also wish the ground were more level – the bumps really hurt my joints! I’d also like to put in native ground cover that likes the sand we live on. Too many unpleasant weeds don’t seem to mind it alt all.
July 20th, 2008 03:11
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August 30th, 2009 20:21
I have, use, and love this older diesel scag Magnum III mower. 72″ cut, leaf sweeping trailer, etc. costed way less than the bigmow robot. mowes my acreage fine. if there is a robot mower that will do that, i could avoid the work. but, from my location, it needs to pull heavy accessories and push snow. no environmentally friendly mower does that yet, so these are not a viable alternative for a large percentage of people.