[Hidden-tech] electric mowers (solar option?)

[Mark Bucciarelli]

On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 09:52:29PM -0400, Peter Irvine wrote:
> Any of you environmentally conscious homeowners have recommendations  
> on electric lawnmowers, or solar powered mowers?

Sirius Community had a Black and Decker battery that never worked.  I 
bought a Toro battery powered weed wacker from Boyden and Perrin that 
works pretty well.

> I thought I heard something about a local company making these.
> I've been using a Brill push reel, but if you leave town and let the  
> grass get too high, it literally won't cut it. At the same time, I'd  
> prefer to avoid the traditional gas-powered option.

Same deal here.  I haven't mowed the lawn, err, meadow yet.  ;)

I borrow a gas mower once a year then my reel mower works.

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