Although our garden extends to ⅓ of an acre, very, very little of it is given over to lawn. We’ve created a tiny grassed space to the front of the house and have allowed the micro-orchard to grow over with wild flowers.
Last year, I ‘mowed’ the grass with garden shears… a big job, even in such a small space. One of these push lawn mowers would save so much time and effort. I’ve never fancied getting an electric or petrol mower; too dirty, too noisy and, as they say, a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
I’d love the vintage Suffolk Viceroy pictured above (#2) but, like all the other ones listed on eBay, it’s buyer to collect. The closest vintage manual mower to where we live is 70 miles away.
The expensive option, the American Lawn Mower (#3), is simply too much money to spend for a tool that I’ll only use once… or maybe twice each year.
The cheapest option, in this case, is probably the most suitable in our circumstances. It’s compact, so it will take up very little room when stored in our garden shed. It has a useful net grass collector which would make the job of taking the cuttings to the compost heap a doddle.
- Hand-propelled lawnmower: £41.00, B&Q
- Vintage Suffolk Viceroy push along cylinder mower: £95.00 ONO, eBay
- American Lawn Mower 18-Inch 5-blade reel lawn mower: £369.82 Amazon
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