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Re: Electric is the way to go .... (Reply to this comment)
by CyndiA
Hi Dawn--I should have mentioned that too. It is much quieter than the gas models. Chalk up another PLUS. I really do like this one!
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May 15 '04
7:10 pm PDT
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Electric is the way to go .... (Reply to this comment)
by dlstewart,  in Home and Garden
Hi! I love our electric mower. One of the best features is that it is so quiet!
Enjoy your day,
Dawn
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May 03 '04
1:41 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Re: Yup. (Reply to this comment)
by CyndiA
I noticed those little tendrils and thought they must want to climb. I knew about the beans but not the peas. I will have to round up all the boys in the yards and set them to looking for pea sticks. They should find the name worth helping out huh? Tks for the info. I liked the link too.
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May 02 '04
12:04 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Yup. (Reply to this comment)
by AdaDavis
Peas do need something to climb. Traditional use is "pea sticks" - which are just 2-3 ft twigs pushed into the ground. Ideas here: http://www.allotmentforestry.com/fact/bbps.htm
Peas are bunny (and vole) magnets. Resident rodents will go to great lengths to get to peas. I tried various types of barriers, but they worked their way through them, or chewed them up. I finally surrounded the pea bed with 2 ft. chicken wire, and a bunny still worked her way under and got trapped in the wire. Fortunately, I was able to get her loose, and she hopped away relatively unharmed. Since then, I have just tried to get the vines above bunny level. I get the peas on top; they get the ones on the bottom.
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May 02 '04
8:42 am PDT
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Re: Yup. (Reply to this comment)
by CyndiA
Hi Ada--I got the orange cords (-: So far we have not run over them, but I'll buy some tape in case.
The garden is looking good. I'm getting a few weeds here and there and pull them or toss another stack of papers on top and mulch more. This is working out much better than when I tilled.
We are waiting on the peas to make some peas. Now, I'm thinking that perhaps I planted them too late or that they needed some sort of thing to grab on and grow up. Another thought is that the Fat Bunny is eating them as they come on the plants. Most wild rabbits I've seen are skinny looking. Ours is a butterball. Hum? Eli loves the garden and the bunny, so it works out.
I hope you'll get in a review writing mood. I always enjoy your pieces. Plus, I get some super ideas that I use here.
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May 02 '04
5:46 am PDT
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Yup. (Reply to this comment)
by AdaDavis
I've gone through at least a half-dozen gas mowers in the last few years, but I still have my 18-year-old electric. It is smaller and lighter than the gas mower, so it fits into odd areas and navigates slopes better. And sometimes I just don't feel like breathing gas fumes. And aside from sharpening the blade now and again, it is maintenance-free.
I run 200 feet of cord with no problem. I have two 100-foot outdoor cords attached with one of those doohichey thingamajigamabobs that wraps around the connection and keeps moisture out. I also keep a handy roll of electrical tape (in matching shade of bright orange) for those unfortunate little accidents to the cord. (And there are fewer of them since I switched the green cords for orange. Green cords on green grass. I can't remember why I thought THAT was a good idea!)
One thing I learned was to run the cord out from the wall plug, leave a little slack, then set something heavy on the cord. That way, I don't absentmindedly reach the 200-foot limit to my tether and pull the cord out of the socket. (I prefer to reserve that bit of absentmindedness for the vacuum cleaner.)
Ada
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May 01 '04
8:27 pm PDT
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