maintain your green greenly

Lawn
Originally uploaded by kanonn

When I bought my first house, I realized quickly that I was going to have to buy a lawnmower, and I reluctantly (and, as a new mortgage-payer, thriftily) shelled out what seemed like an inordinate amount for the almost bottom-of-the-line gas mower at Home Depot. It worked, mostly, with a few small hitches that I was able to solve (the bag flap doesn't seal like it should, but wedge a piece of paperboard in there and the mowed bits no longer fly up into your face while you're mowing) with the tiniest bit of creativity. The bag fills way faster than it should and it's loud and it's bad for the environment in more ways than one. Lately, we saw a bit on I Want That about an electric mowbot that mows the lawn by itself, and damn does it look cool. There are several of these on the market, though as they're new they aren't widely available yet. They're also massively expensive (more than 10 times what I paid for the gas mower), but hopefully they'll act like most gadgets and have a rapid price decline as they gain popularity.

via Gadget Lab