Ah, the smell of fresh cut grass. It’s spring time and the cutting season has begun. In honor of our wallets and bank accounts here are a few more ways you can introduce economic stimulus in your own household. You can do so by reducing your gasoline bill, reducing green house emissions and getting more exercise. How do you induce this threefer?
You start by buying yourself one of the old school reel mowers. This is a video for a German brand but anything you can get from your local home store or hardware store will get the job done.
Brill Razorcut 38 Push Reel Mower – Funny bloopers are a click away
If you have a well manicured lawn these bad boys are great. The tumbling blade path sheers the grass blades cleanly instead of ripping and tearing them like a power mower does. No more of that brown hue across your lawn from shredded grass blade tips. Your local law mower shop can sharpen the blades for you before each year’s spring cutting season begins.
Use the sling blade to whack away at anything too tall for the reel to bring down. Doesn’t matter if it’s a tall lawn that you’ve allowed to go too long or brush that needs to be brought down.
Put away the 2-cycle hedge trimmer and pick up a pair of old fashioned two handled hedge clippers. Your arms and shoulders will be in great shape if you use these once a week.
For you really half-way old heads, remember the hand held edgers that look like scissors? They still make those too. Get down on your hands and knees and enjoy mother nature in a way that you can’t on the other end of your weed whacker.
Think about it. The fewer emissions we contribute and the more sweat we generate – What better cardio routine than yard work? – the better off we all are individually and collectively. Not only do you get out on the cheap with your hardware purchases but you’ll reduce your health expenses. Now, who’s ready for some fresh air?
The cost-cutting measures you talk about truly adds up in savings, even if we cannot see it right away.
My first duel with my manual mower may have been a challenge last weekend, but I look forward to the next cutting.
Thanks for pointing out the sling blade. I could have used it for the taller grass that could not be mowed, and to really laugh, I have one bought by another member of the family but didn’t know what it was. It’s now in my arsenal.
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Glad you found it helpful. And who knows, maybe more of us taking these types of measures might help induce some unanticipated positive stimulus on the economy.
Also happy to know your relative was looking out for you on the sling blade. I think that one would throw off most people these days.
Hope this weekend’s yard work was positive all the way around!
Thanks for the link CR12. It’s interesting to see how eco-business and eco-finance has been maturing over the last couple of decades. Seems to be less fadish and a much more serious pursuit these days.