First the good...well, small but good, ha.
We got a couple of tomatoes and some cucumbers for this weekend's harvest. Yes, those are pickling cucumbers that are probably oddly shaped due to uneven watering and once a week checkup. But hey, they all taste great and it's nice to know that these varieties are working.
The other project was to mow. As you can see by the stats from the mowing app, this is WAY less than normal. By about 2/3.
The mower is acting up. Sigh.
For about 15 minutes, it mowed just like normal with no issues at all. Then, as it got warmed up and used, when I hit the grass that needed to be mowed, it started to struggle, sounding like it would die and it backfired. The weird thing is that it ran fine when the mower deck was turned off. And once it cooled down, it was also fine again for a bit.
I finished the front yard, driveway and backyard and around the barn and shed. This is part of a large area and leads to the trails that are off the driveway. I didn't want to risk having the mower die so far from the shed.
This is on the side of the house, near the large mesquite...I couldn't get under there either. This is about where it first started sputtering so I stopped and sat on the porch for a bit to do some Google searching. Turns out there could be several issues. I did try a few things but after doing what I could, I decided to drive it back to park it. This is when I discovered it would work for a bit after cooling down so never one to waste a moment, I mowed some more while staying close to the shed until it did finally die. I started it right back up (with the mower deck off) and drove it inside and parked it. It could be bad gas, a clogged filter, maybe even a spark plug. I'll keep researching and will try again this coming weekend.
It's always something...
This has NOT been a "Zen" kind of year.
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