We don't have a huge yard and wanted a reel mower (an old-timey one with circulating blades and no motor), but our yard is too steep, rocky, and inconsistently bare and weed-filled, so we went with a traditional push mower and weed wacker.
We got everything from Lowes from a nice man named Jesse. My parents had bought us a reel mower as a housewarming gift, but when we looked at the yard together, decided it wouldn't work out. Anyway, many thanks to Mom and Pop Hill for getting us started.
So after we got the equipment, filled our fuel tanks with unleaded (for the mower) and mix (for the weed wacker), and put the wheels on the mower, I fired her up.
We were initially just checking to make sure everything was in proper working condition, but after it was started I just wanted to mow.
I wasn't at all intending to mow a lawn that day, so I wasn't dressed for the occasion and safety-minded readers don't need to worry about me sporting chacos while operating a lawn mower ever again, but it was just so exciting.
To make things more exciting, while I was mowing, my mechanically-inclined future bride assembled and started our weed wacker.
Soon thereafter, she trimming in the front yard and scared up this little critter, who in turn scared her up to the front porch.
I don't know the first thing about snakes other than I idolized Indiana Jones as a kid and adopted his aversion to them, but I put on my husband face and continued the yard work undeterred. If anyone knows what type of snake this is an has any opinion about whether or not I should kill it the next time I see it, let me know.
In the end, we mowed everything, weed wacked about half of what needed it, and called it a great day. I'm already planning future landscaping projects.
See you in June!
Jake I am pretty sure that is a ribbon snake. Non-venomous, so you can just mow on around him. Nice looking yard.
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