Electric vs. Reel Mowers
Once you decide to forgo that polluting, noisy gas-powered lawn mower, what should you replace it with?
Consider the type of lawn you own, as well as the time you have available to mow, and then make your choice.
Gas mowers are loud and pollute the air, but there are other options besides this one
By Emily Main Topic
05-12-09
http://www.rodale.com/reel-or-electric-lawn-mowers?cm_mmc=DailyNewsNL-_-2009_05_12-_-Top5-_-NA
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—It must be spring: the chirping birds, the budding flowers…the roar of your neighbor’s gas-powered lawn mower at 7 a.m. on a Saturday. Between the noise and the pollution, it’s easy to see why gas mowers aren’t popular with sleeping neighbors or anyone who likes clean air. But if your muscles start to moan when you consider replacing an easy-to-maneuver gas mower with an eco-friendlier, but human-powered, reel mower, you may not realize that electric mowers offer another alternative. On the other hand, different lawns respond differently to different types of mowers. So for this week’s This or That, we approached Paul Tukey, founder of the Safe Lawns Foundation (www.safelawns.org) and author of The Organic Lawn Care Manual (Storey Publishing, LLC, 2007) to help us break down the choices.
To read the full article: http://www.rodale.com/reel-or-electric-lawn-mowers?cm_mmc=DailyNewsNL-_-2009_05_12-_-Top5-_-NA
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