lawn mower

In Durham we got away with owning a push-reel mower. In Athens we have a larger yard. We've borrowed our neighbors' lawn mower a few times since moving in, but the jungle weather we've had recently has made us face up to the reality of either hiring someone to mow the lawn regularly, or buying our own lawn mower.

Away to Consumer Reports we went! They had a brand new piece on lawn mowers (May 2009) and in short order we were the proud owners of a Toro "Recycler" model 20332.



















Michael mowed the lawn last night and reports it is a great mower. It's not what he wanted to buy for our outdoor space:























And it's not what I wanted to buy:




















But welcome to grown-up-hood.