Electric mower

[star seed 7]

Seems like a perfect situation for it

[Joker]

Eliminate the mower altogether.

My man!

The maintenance on that would be unbearable.

Yeah, that would take about 4-5 hours of work every week from spring to fall.

Pre-emergent + drip irrigation.  Sit back and watch your neighbor chumps mow their lawns.

[Tobias]

mowing the lawn looks a million times easier.  i can hardly even get two miller lite pounders down before it's time to go inside

[Rage Against the McKee]

Yeah. I have some landscaping and it is a pain in the ass. I couldn't imagine replacing my whole lawn with that.

[The Big Train]

Just put in rock and call it a day

[wetwillie]

Just put in rock and call it a day

My man!

[catastrophe]

Have the gooches considered turf?

This is the way to go.

Turf is probably good for being low maintenance (and I hear it's good for mosquitoes too), but it's going to look pretty rough ridin' stupid when it's bright green in the winter.

[Trim]

it's going to look pretty rough ridin' stupid when it's bright green in the winter.

Nope.

[catastrophe]

You'll probably need one of these too: https://www.yardbright.com/product/yardbright-turfvac?gclid=CLzn2MTY79ICFQaBswodQxcOIg

[Joker]

It's really not that difficult.  But if you insist on having grass, go with something like buffalo grass.  Very hardy and requires little mowing/maintenance.

With UC Verde Buffalograss you can mow your lawn every 3-4 weeks for a manicured look or not at all with a maximum height of 6?

http://ucverdebuffalograss.com/

[The Big Train]

Looks like someone works for big buffalo grass

[Joker]

 

[The1BigWillie]

Gooch I have the Greenworks 19" 40V battery powered mower and the 40V weed eater.  My yard is only about 2500 sq feet.  I have 2 batteries but one will mow the yard and weedeater.  Takes about 40 minutes for all.  I've used them for 2 years and they are great. I get the blade sharpened twice a year. Works like a champ, light, fairly quiet.  No issues.  I also have the leaf blower, trimmer, and chain saw.  Happy with all of them. 

[Gooch]

Gooch I have the Greenworks 19" 40V battery powered mower and the 40V weed eater.  My yard is only about 2500 sq feet.  I have 2 batteries but one will mow the yard and weedeater.  Takes about 40 minutes for all.  I've used them for 2 years and they are great. I get the blade sharpened twice a year. Works like a champ, light, fairly quiet.  No issues.  I also have the leaf blower, trimmer, and chain saw.  Happy with all of them. 

sold!

[kso_FAN]

Have the gooches considered turf?

This is the way to go.

[Mrs. Gooch]

Well we definitely aren't going to have any of the play equipment pictured there.

[Emo EMAW]

"sexual torture devices"

[highway61]

I used to use a reel mower when I had a smaller lawn and I loved it. Mowing was a quiet and peaceful thing to do like going for a walk. Since I didn't make noise I could mow at 7 am in July when it was cool out instead of the evening when it was still 100 degrees.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

It's really not that difficult.  But if you insist on having grass, go with something like buffalo grass.  Very hardy and requires little mowing/maintenance.

With UC Verde Buffalograss you can mow your lawn every 3-4 weeks for a manicured look or not at all with a maximum height of 6?

http://ucverdebuffalograss.com/

Isn't that stuff like $6 a pound?

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Unless you live on acres of land without a well to irrigate, why would you go with buffalo grass? It doesn't break dormancy until late sprig and goes dormant in early fall - you want a brown yard 6 months of the year?

Kentucky Bluegrass is the the most beautiful choice if you can afford to irrigate it. If not, make do with the Kansas tall fescue blend.

I put down heavy nitrogen late last fall and it is paying dividends this spring. Lawn was already quite green this week and it's going to be lush after these t-storms. God bless thunder storms - free nitrogen!

Oh and back on topic - I'm hoping to go electric when I replace my mower in a couple years. Mainly it's the noise I could do without. The techs not quite there for a yard of my size yet.

[puniraptor]

He said why, slow and low

[Rage Against the McKee]

Unless you live on acres of land without a well to irrigate, why would you go with buffalo grass? It doesn't break dormancy until late sprig and goes dormant in early fall - you want a brown yard 6 months of the year?

Kentucky Bluegrass is the the most beautiful choice if you can afford to irrigate it. If not, make do with the Kansas tall fescue blend.

I put down heavy nitrogen late last fall and it is paying dividends this spring. Lawn was already quite green this week and it's going to be lush after these t-storms. God bless thunder storms - free nitrogen!

Oh and back on topic - I'm hoping to go electric when I replace my mower in a couple years. Mainly it's the noise I could do without. The techs not quite there for a yard of my size yet.

No fertilizer, you can spray roundup on it in the spring for weed control, only have to mow about 10 times per year to look nice, needs very little irrigation to stay green. It makes a lot of sense in an arid climate. I wouldn't recommend it in eastern Kansas, though.

[Emo EMAW]

Take the buffalo talk to the hayseed thread.

[Joker]

 

“I looked like a genius,” Oblak said. The buffalo-grass mix “was awesome in the drought. Even with my flower garden, my water bill was never over a hundred bucks. I had to water the fescue and the flowers. We did water the buffalo a little bit ... When it started to dry out we’d water, and it would turn green again for a couple weeks. It looked gorgeous to the end.”

“It doesn’t grow as fast as fescue,” Oblak said. Even with the rainy weather, her husband mowed the buffalo only every other week.

http://www.kansas.com/living/home-garden/article1122607.html

[XocolateThundarr]

“I looked like a genius,” Oblak said. The buffalo-grass mix “was awesome in the drought. Even with my flower garden, my water bill was never over a hundred bucks. I had to water the fescue and the flowers. We did water the buffalo a little bit ... When it started to dry out we’d water, and it would turn green again for a couple weeks. It looked gorgeous to the end.”

“It doesn’t grow as fast as fescue,” Oblak said. Even with the rainy weather, her husband mowed the buffalo only every other week.

http://www.kansas.com/living/home-garden/article1122607.html

Buffalo is a bitch to get started and takes foreverrrrrrr to get established.