At the point of being somewhere between 70 and dead I finally joined the riding mower gang. I have to admit I like it! Very nimble and not so big that it won’t fit between things in the yard. JD X350R.
Garden is so so. This years weather has been kind of goofy. Warm then cold and dry, then hot and dry, finally we got a couple days of rain. Most things are behind whee they usually are for this time of year. At least it isn’t smoky now. Two major highways were closed off and on due to the fires.
I didn’t know AK was having fires, too! 427 of them? Yikes!
https://smoke.alaska.edu/current_fires.html
When I moved out here, the first year I used a push mower, though it was a Honda with a power assist and was quite dependable. It took me the entire WEEK to mow this place, then I’d start all over again.
One year in, I bought myself a 42” Zero-Turn. It now takes me 2 hours if I’m staying on-task and don’t have a lot of junk to clear out of my way. I had an old Sears Craftsman rider at my other farm, but left it behind for the new owners, which was much appreciated. It took me a while to get used to the Zero-Turn, but so far I haven’t fallen off of any of the retaining walls - which is HUGE, LOL!