I bought a new lawn mower.
I bought a new lawn mower.
It is self propelled. It took me a quarter of the time to do our lawns as it normally does, so I had time to trim the hedges...
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I remember excitedly buying a lawn mower. I had a small patch of grass. I would tend to it. It was a step up.
Fuck that. I hated it after the first time. Yardwork sucks unless you want to do it. If you enjoy gardening (my mother when I was a teen), cool. If you just need to maintain, meh.
Sigh.
Wanting to do it is only half the battle. I want to. But every week? Twice in the spring? No way. There’s always a point where it becomes drudgery, but last summer I finally relented and hired someone
Make it a game and have fun.
How can you mow it all without crossing any spot twice?
How can you make a pretty pattern?
What's the shortest path?
What's the longest path?
Can you finish before the motor stops?
How quickly can you clean the blades?
What changes if you sharpen the blades?
Etc
You are right but when it comes to lawn I really struggle to care.
The closest to gamifying that I get is "what is the minimum effort I can make / money I can apend while not being the worst on the street or drawing comment.
You could hire a landscaper to mulch it and plant native ground covers and other native plants (or do it yourself). Very low maintenance. And you could have a landscaper come out again a couple times a year if you don't want to do that either.
That's what the landlord did. I only had to mow it a few times.