Comments on Halushki: How I Celebrated Earth Day

Okay, put up a pic, or the rumors start spreading....

2008-05-01T10:28:00.000-04:00

Okay, put up a pic, or the rumors start spreading.......

For maybe the first time ever this city girl just ...

2008-04-30T22:24:00.000-04:00

For maybe the first time ever this city girl just wished she had a lawn.

I can't decide which I am more impressed by: the f...

2008-04-30T22:16:00.000-04:00

I can't decide which I am more impressed by: the fact that you used the reel mower or that you know what chow chow is. It's full on love now.

My husband is intent on this being our next mower....

2008-04-29T17:25:00.000-04:00

My husband is intent on this being our next mower. Since he's in the habit of throwing our mower when it malfunctions and this is often, the throwing causing more malfunctioning, of course, it should be about 2 days before we're in the market for one.

Nicely done, except for the wheat crackers. Doesn...

2008-04-28T22:32:00.000-04:00

Nicely done, except for the wheat crackers. Doesn't a work-out like that deserve a nice bowl of ice cream?

I had to cut the lawn with a reel mower when I was...

2008-04-28T19:35:00.000-04:00

I had to cut the lawn with a reel mower when I was a kid. My recollection is that it sucked.

However after reading your post, I'm thinking about buying a house just for another chance to appreciate the joy of reel mowing!

Yea! Happy belated earth day! I have a rechargeabl...

2008-04-28T10:36:00.000-04:00

Yea! Happy belated earth day! I have a rechargeable electric mower and I was feeling pretty virtuous, but you have me beat!

You know ... we need a new mower and since we're a...

2008-04-27T19:03:00.000-04:00

You know ... we need a new mower and since we're an aspiring all-green family this might be a perfect fit. We do have a pretty big plot of land but not an acre, for sure. I love the idea of being able to mow quietly ...
I love that about it.

Great post! Hope all is well. See you on June 1, right? ; )

I would love to get a reel mower! My husband is al...

2008-04-26T13:21:00.000-04:00

I would love to get a reel mower! My husband is always tikering with our mower and it's such a hassle - I'm a gonna try and convince him...

PS - I am always worried that my son will throw himself under our power mower - it freak me out...

Ah yes, one of the nice things about living where ...

2008-04-26T05:15:00.000-04:00

Ah yes, one of the nice things about living where we do (our neighborhood, at least) is the total absence of mowers and leaf-blowers. Woo hoo!

But when we lived in Texas, I tried to convince my husband to buy a reel mower. We ended up compromising on an electric mower that all too soon crapped out on us (meaning him--my own sole attempt at mowing left some of those rather child-like unevenly-spaced rows you referred to). If we needed to buy a mower today, I do think I could twist his arm enough to get him to purchase one of the fancier reel models.

Cute! We had one of those when we bought our first...

2008-04-25T22:16:00.000-04:00

Cute! We had one of those when we bought our first house, all the neighborhood men chuckled at my husband and even the guy who sold it to him...he eventually couldn't take the blow to his ego and caved into buying the air-polluting-gas-guzzler. ;)

woohoo! biceps here I come! My lawn is only the si...

2008-04-25T21:51:00.000-04:00

woohoo! biceps here I come! My lawn is only the size of half a tennis court (wild strawberry and dandelion in the rest of it) but my mower is your grandmamma's mower. More weight - less reps - isn't that the key to big muscles or something? Pack a 20 pound toddler on the back and I should be the next Mrs. Universe!

I used one of the old-fangled types when I lived i...

2008-04-25T21:29:00.000-04:00

I used one of the old-fangled types when I lived in my grandma's house. Unfortunately, it didn't cut anything well but was so neat to use! My husband has an old ride-on mower that is so scary that we have to keep the kids inside when he's mowing. I may have to get one of these to get my exercise while the kids ride their bikes up and down and up and down and up and down the driveway for hours on end.

You're my green hero. I'd be pushing that thing f...

2008-04-25T19:20:00.000-04:00

You're my green hero. I'd be pushing that thing for all of 20 seconds when I'd give up. But I'm lazy like that.

Hmm... we have a small grass yard with a gravel ov...

2008-04-25T17:16:00.000-04:00

Hmm... we have a small grass yard with a gravel overflow issue from our little zen garden. Perhaps one of these reel mowers is the way to go. Your arguments are highly convincing!

Well, you know, Jess, for a small donation, you ca...

2008-04-25T15:03:00.000-04:00

Well, you know, Jess, for a small donation, you can "adopt" a goat on my sister's farm. It's like a carbon credit for gas-powered lawn mower owners. ;-)

Oh, you're making me feel TERRIBLY guilty!!! We ju...

2008-04-25T14:18:00.000-04:00

Oh, you're making me feel TERRIBLY guilty!!! We just bought one of those horrid polluting lawn mowers on Sunday. I wanted one of those neat-o reel mowers, but J ... well, he has mistakenly tied his masculinity to our lawn mower. And have I mentioned our yard is the size of a pat of butter?

I LOVE mowing the lawn (and weedeating), but I rea...

2008-04-25T10:37:00.000-04:00

I LOVE mowing the lawn (and weedeating), but I really want an electric mower. We had a reel mower when we lived in an apartment in an old house with about 1/8 of an acre of land. We're also on 1/3 acre now, but the yard is full of holes and dips, etc, and the reel mower got stuck with every little rut, and after several failed attempts with the reel mower, we found a cheap gas mower some guy was selling in his front yard, so we bought it and sold out.

I've been working out, though, and I'm actually developing BICEPS (which is really cool and exciting to me), so MAYBE I could do things with that reel mower I couldn't do before. Unfortunately, we already sold it several years ago. I might make a trip to Sears, though....

Thanks so much for the reminder!!! You may have saved even more polar bears with your post!!!!

we're in the process of switching over to one of t...

2008-04-24T15:41:00.000-04:00

we're in the process of switching over to one of those.

also, we're going to purchase a reel-mower to go with the toned hottie reel-mower-er.

p.s. THIS post, *ahem*, this post would make an *excellent* cross-post on environmental earth-saving-y stuff over at, uh, um,

heh.

er.

this is a rad post and i like it.

(and i knew that girl in the photo wasn't you, because you're prettier. yes. you are. shut up.)

i've got a manual reel mower too and i love it.

2008-04-24T14:54:00.000-04:00

i've got a manual reel mower too and i love it.

Dude. I am so putting one of these babies on my wi...

2008-04-24T14:51:00.000-04:00

Dude. I am so putting one of these babies on my wish list.

I love the idea of saving the polar bears and work...

2008-04-24T14:12:00.000-04:00

I love the idea of saving the polar bears and working my muskles at the same time, but does anyone make a pedaling reel mower? My ass and thighs need it way more than my biceps.

I've never mowed the lawn in my life, but I'm so i...

2008-04-24T13:33:00.000-04:00

I've never mowed the lawn in my life, but I'm so intrigued that I'm about ready to grab your paint brush and bucket of whitewash.

I love you for doing this. It almost makes me wis...

2008-04-24T13:24:00.000-04:00

I love you for doing this. It almost makes me wish that I had a lawn to take care of.

Love this. Tips on how to make one's husband use ...

2008-04-24T11:36:00.000-04:00

Love this. Tips on how to make one's husband use the reel mower greatly appreciated. Perhaps if it had a little cupholder for a beer?