This picture could be right out of a textbook showing grass cut with a dull blade. But it isn’t – it’s my lawn. And it’s the same all over.
While I don’t know much about lawn care (or at least not much more than is forced down one’s throat during 3o-odd years of home ownership), I do recognize those tell-tale tips. But it couldn’t be a dull blade: I’m a little bit fussy about that, sharpening (and balancing) the blade a couple of times a season, and had just done so for this new mower a couple of cuts ago.
For the tips of the grass to be that badly butchered the blade would have to be really dull. Like completely unsharpened. Or I suppose it could be from the completely unsharpened back side of the blade if somebody were dumb enough to put the blade on backwards. No, I couldn’t really have done that. Could I? <checks> Oops. Rats.
I didn’t notice ’til I was finished cutting this time. The blade is now on the right way, and I fully expect the lawn will look better the next time I cut it. I’ll post an update. Duh.
Update 7/22/12: Now that’s more like it.
The only thing stranger than you doing this, is telling everybody you did it.
Trust me, there are at least a thousand guys who have done exactly the same thing (sheepishly raising my hand).
Been enjoying reading about your projects. I’m glad you take the time to write about them. It time well spent if it only serves to free up some brain cells for new ideas.
Thanks for the kind words. While some of the other notes have – as intended – been valuable to look up how I did something a while ago, I think this one will be worth dedicating a couple of cells to remembering to not do it again!