First Yard Project

The lease we signed stipulated that we were responsible for the upkeep of the lawn. I didn't have a lawn mower, so I searched Craigslist for a few days for a good deal. (after all, the cheapest push mower you could find at WalMart, Lowes or Home Depot was at least 170 bucks)

And I found one. A fellow named Ivan was in the practice of collecting and restoring used mowers. I got a 22-in Briggs & Straton push mower, in great condition, for only 40 dollars. SInce he replaced all of the gaskets for me I gave him a 5 dollar tip.


After the first yard mowing, I realized that the heavy concrete steps in front of the house were hard to mow around without catching the blade on them. So I decided to sink them all the next weekend.