Greg's New Mower

For over 10 years, Greg has mowed our grass with an old-fashioned push mower because he hates the noise and maintenance of a power mower.  A couple of weeks ago, our neighbor, Mary, had to have surgery on her foot.  She asked Greg to cut her grass for a couple of weeks until her foot heals so she can do it herself.  Mary offered Greg her self-propelled mower since he was going to be cutting 2 lawns each time during the rainy month of May.

Well, the power mower was a lot easier to use than the push mower; and to top it off, our yard looked wonderful!  Our mower doesn't have the height adjustments that Mary's does, and the push mower was cutting the grass too short.  The higher cut (combined with the treatment service which I hesitate to mention) made the lawn look AWESOME!  Last night as we ate dinner on the deck, Greg said he had to admit that Mary's mower did a nice job and that the lawn looked nice.  He guessed he was going to have to get a power mower. 

So Greg checked the Sunday paper and found a mower at a good price at Home Depot today.  The rest is history.  I never thought I would see the day, but we own a Toro Recycler.

For those of you who don't know, Greg ALWAYS wears his "Cat in the Hat" topper when he cuts the grass.  Here he models the hat AND the mower with grass catcher.

It starts pretty easy, and it looks like I can operate it, too.  Hmmmm.  There may be a problem here.  :-)