Roomba For my Lawn
Posted July 10th, 2008 @ 11:52am by Erik J. Barzeski
This is the first year I've really fertilized my lawn, and man am I paying for it! I've already mowed more this year than all of last year. I'm firing up the lawn mower once every 2-3 days. Ouch.
I want a Roomba for my lawn. Slap an anti-theft thing on it, modify an invisible dog fence, and voilà! No more trudging around the yard in 80° weather every other day.
Heck, I could even do without the anti-theft device. I'd volunteer to watch the thing if I could program in a pattern or something so it completed the job in 30 minutes. No need for bags - I'd use the thing every two days like I do now and just leave the clippings ("recycled" is what the lawn mower people call it - really it's just thatch).
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Posted 10 Jul 2008 at 12:50pm #
Like the auto mower or the LawnBott? Safety-wise, all similar contraptions were slammed by Consumer Reports.
Posted 10 Jul 2008 at 2:43pm #
Safety? Oh come on!!! What could possibly be unsafe about an automatic roving machete machine? *Perfectly* safe. Even a child could use it!
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Posted 10 Jul 2008 at 3:30pm #
You need to get an Ecolawn: http://www.wildflowerfarm.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=4&pg=1
Save mowing and help the environment at the same time.
Posted 10 Jul 2008 at 4:08pm #
Sean, I thought perhaps that was a link to those artificial lawns. I'd like to get one of those. That'd be even better, but I think they're super expensive.
Posted 10 Jul 2008 at 5:20pm #
Erik J. Barzeski said on July 10, 2008:
According to the report recently on NPR, the payback period (in California) on the fake lawns was 3 years (counting up fertilizer, seed, water, lawn service, mowing, etc.). Of course, the initial expenditure of $30K tends to put more than a few people off.
Posted 11 Jul 2008 at 2:50am #
Someone in our neighborhood has Robomow (I think it's that brand, at least). I laugh every time I drive by and it's mowing their yard with not a human in sight. Welcome to the future. First the iPhone, now this.
Posted 12 Jul 2008 at 10:07am #
Husquavarna also makes the AutoMower. No dealers near me but it looks like they do have some in PA.