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Ratings are always a personal choice from the user. Here are some ratings.
http://reviews.walmart.com/1336/8585731/brute-22-self-propelled-lawn-mower-reviews/reviews.htm
http://news.consumerreports.org/home/2012/09/jd-power-issues-mower-satisfaction-survey.html
http://www.consumersearch.com/lawn-mower-reviews
Fixing up a REALLY bad lawn?
Anni
So, I've moved into a house with a lot of problems. Having fixed just about everything indoors, I'm now moving on to the garden.
It was basically one big lawn, but has been left for years it seems and is over-run with weeds and fleas. Having never done anything beyond a bit of container gardening, I know nothing about getting this sorted out. The soil is stony and difficult to dig, so I need to sort that out too.
In an ideal world I would want to split it into quarters with a path, with a little patio area in the middle. one quarter would have my son's climbing frame in it, another would have chickens, and the remaining two would have raised vegetable beds, so it's not crucial that I dig over the whole garden and get it planting-ready or anything, but I want to get it decent looking and healthy again so I can work on it.
How?
Answer
I totally like your plan to do something useful with the yard.
Go ahead and get started with the path and patio... the hardscape always comes first...
Go ahead and put in the chicken pen... again... it's considered hardscape.
And finally... the raised beds... While the internet is full of suggestions for raised bed gardening that doesn't involve digging in the existing soil... short-cuts don't actually work.
My city is full of yards where the home-owner brought in "top-soil" and dumped it... and then tried to garden in it. It doesn't work.
The garden is one area where you will have to dig in the stony soil. Use a mattock, run the sprinkler over the soil to soften it up. Work in lots of organic material.
http://www.stonethegardener.com/wp/2012/07/free-mulch/
Finally... about turf.
I hate it... it's wasted space, and wasted resources... the less that you do to that area, the better. Set the mower blade high, the grasses will eventually shade out the weeds.
With the play area on the lawn, you will really need to avoid dangerous chemicals... the children will appreciate treasures like 4-leaf clovers and dandy lion flowers!
I totally like your plan to do something useful with the yard.
Go ahead and get started with the path and patio... the hardscape always comes first...
Go ahead and put in the chicken pen... again... it's considered hardscape.
And finally... the raised beds... While the internet is full of suggestions for raised bed gardening that doesn't involve digging in the existing soil... short-cuts don't actually work.
My city is full of yards where the home-owner brought in "top-soil" and dumped it... and then tried to garden in it. It doesn't work.
The garden is one area where you will have to dig in the stony soil. Use a mattock, run the sprinkler over the soil to soften it up. Work in lots of organic material.
http://www.stonethegardener.com/wp/2012/07/free-mulch/
Finally... about turf.
I hate it... it's wasted space, and wasted resources... the less that you do to that area, the better. Set the mower blade high, the grasses will eventually shade out the weeds.
With the play area on the lawn, you will really need to avoid dangerous chemicals... the children will appreciate treasures like 4-leaf clovers and dandy lion flowers!
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