Mulching the grass clippings.

I may have mentioned last week that I had to buy a new lawn mower, as my old one didn’t make it to year 18. Anyway, I went to Canadian Tire and bought one last Thursday, I want to say. I bought a striped down, bare bones version that didn’t have the self propelled gimmick. Mind you, this unit is both heavier and longer than my old one, and I could sort of see why you’d cough up the extra $200.00 for the secondary motor for just the wheels. I’m ok now, but as I get into my fifties, I’ll want to make the chore as easy as possible, and upgrade. Or, here’s a big one, hand off the lawn to both of my kids, and I’ll relax while they cut & trim the grass both front lawn, and back yard.

But what I’m driving at was that this new mower, much like my old one, has a bag for collection, an optional chute for throwing grass clumps, and a sealed off body for mulching. And that’s the TITS. No clumps, no raking afterwards, no need to overfill the compost pile with grass clippings. It’s a fantastic option. Keeps all the moisture in the grass, feeds the lawn with itself, and helps to retain rain water, and kinda acts to stop the ground from baking in the late July sun. A win all around I’d say.

While I was not too thrilled about dropping an unexpected $400.00 on lawn equipment, it has been a pretty easy swap over. Building the unit out of the box was very easy, and I had it up and running in about 15-20 minutes, after I broke down the box, and squared away all of the tags, zip ties, bags, and styrofoam packing materials.

I look forward to mulching leaves into the grass come October and very early November. I should go and buy an extra gas can just for Premium Gas to run my generator and new mower. No point running it on regular if Premium will keep it in tip top shape for longer.

Here we are again, Friday. Happy to be here, but this time with nothing to do. No ball game, no comedy show, no museum visits, and no parties or hockey to watch. A night in with my youngest while my wife and eldest go off for Guides Camp for the next two nights. Need to find something for us to do tomorrow. I can only take so much Xbox use by the little one. Not only that but I can’t stand how she acts after too much Minecraft, or related YouTube videos. Ugh. Not a good look.