Mowing the lawn.

My parents used to have one when I was little. I was thinking about it just the other day. It is certainly a good alternative to a gasguzzling mower. And since there is less money for the gym..., lol. Anyhow, I was wondering where one could still get one. Even if my dad still hung on to it, they are across the ocean, lol. Yard sales maybe I guess. I haven't seen one in any stores. I also remember that my dad always had to sharpen the blades before using it. We don't have to do it as often with our mower;)

Actually that would be just perfect for my place. I don't have very much grass to mow so something like that would work very nicely..I am glad you posted this as I hadn't though of this option before.

I have used those mowers before, they are a workout. My neighbor uses that kind. We have an electric mower so we are doing our part too.

Ugghhh! We have one of those antiques up at the farm. I copuld not do that anymore due to my bronchial asthma now days. Plus my yard is way too big. Those things in exceelent shape are actually worth some money to collectors. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

Hey GardenGerty, thats good for you and also good for all of us, because of the environment aspect. We live in an apartment, so no question of mowing. But if I had to do mowing surely I would like to use that kind of mower. I wish all of us would use that kind of mower, that will save a lot of energy and also lead to good health!

I've used one a few years ago. It actually belongs to my in-laws. It is definitely a good way to mow the lawn and get some exercise at the same time.

the push mower was the only mower we had when I was a kid. I really liked using it it was fun. But now I dont think that I could handle a push mower anymore. TO hard on the back.

I remember them Gerty. I would love to have one. My 13 year old would so appreciate it don't you think? I know evil MOM :))) but you have a point, the price of gas and how much it takes to keep the yard mowed, a good old fashioned push mower would do wonders.

We had a small lawn at one home long ago and at that time I felt it was much more worthwhile to use an old fashioned manual mower than to go to all of the trouble of fueling and starting and cleaning and storing what then was considered a power mower. It is good exercise and not only do they make the cutting blades better now, but a hand mower is lighweight, easy to store, and can be hosed down in seconds. Love them.

We do have one and we're currently using it. And it sure is a great way to have some exercise, especially for the arms. The first time I used it, after an hour of mowing, my arms felt as if they're going to fall off!But as I got used to it, after an hour or more of mowing, I feel as if I've done regular workout at the gym.

You know that it might be an antique or something. I didn't think that people still had those. Everyone now a days have riding mowers. Lucky you.

We had one of those mowers when we bought our first house. It's a good thing we didn't own much property because somehow, I got stuck mowing the lawn instead of my husband. I don't consider it a man's or a woman's task only, but trading off would have been nice.

Do you know, in my entire life, I have never mowed a lawn?! I've always had someone to do it for me, and these last few years since we've had a field rather than a lawn we use a brushcutter which with all the best will in the world I'm just not physically strong enough to use for long.

I never used this before.But if i have,i will very excited.Mowing the lawn must be a very intersting work!hahaha...

Hahaha, I sure do remember those! I still have 2 of them out in the upstairs of the one barn. They still work but I'm sure they'd need sharpening. You couldn't pay me to use one of those, it'd be like a heart attack just waiting to happen lol. Back when this was a small lawn (when I was a kid) it wasn't too awful bad, but now that the lawn is about 3 more acres worth I couldn't do it without a riding mower. I remember many days as a kid taking turns with my brother mowing the lawn with one of those. Yes, it's a whole lot of a workout! I'd like to do more for the environment, so I try and do it in other ways. Good for you! I'd give it a whirl if I had to, but since I'm 'energy impaired' it would be a last resort lol.

I remember the old push mowers very well. My Mother's father had one of the push mowers and I always found it fascinating! I really believe that we need to move back to the push mowers. It would help the average person be more physically fit and it would certainly be less of a strain on the environment. I read somewhere that lawnmowers and weedeaters are horrible on the environment. Unless someone has acres and acres to mow, I feel a move back to the push mowers would be beneficial!

The push mowers are great for getting some exercise and with less environmental impact! There's a pretty nice new one I've been eyeing at Canadian Tire, just have to talk hubby into it... the only thing is with push mowers it's really best to mow more often (our lawn would need it at least twice a week), since you're just supposed to take off the top 1/3rd of the grass and leave the clippings to decompose and provide nutrients back to the lawn. But that way it reduces your waste too, no yard waste to put out with the trash each week!

I remember those mowers, but have never mowed a lawn before. It sounds like a really good workout indeed.

My grandparents used to have one for "brada farm" where they kept their trout in a damn. They also had one of the serrated blades on a handle (resembled a scythe)I think it was called or is called a Grass whip for doing the really tall grass.