Tom Hudock Jr., Pottsville, said he enjoys mowing his front lawn because it gives him some exercise.
But Henry Dallimore, Pottsville, doesn't enjoy the chore because his push mower is too big for sections of his backyard.
Green growth inevitably comes with the warmer weather, and can cause problems if left unchecked.
Some municipalities, like Port Carbon borough, plan to cut tall weeds at vacant properties and then "bill the owners for the work," Sandra Palokas, the borough council's secretary/treasurer, said last week at the council's workshop session.
The City of Pottsville tickets property owners who have lots that are overgrown.
"I expect we'll be giving them out this month and next month because of the weeds," city Administrator Thomas A. Palamar said Tuesday.
Spring green inspires all kinds of actions and reactions in Schuylkill County. And even though the long harsh winter prompted many to long for the return of warmer weather, the roar of the lawn mower and tangy scent of freshly cut grass appeals to some, but not all.
"I'd rather cut grass than shovel snow," Charlie Thomas, Saint Clair, said.
"Two years ago, I did have a heart attack. And since then, I've developed an exercise routine and I worked this into that," Hudock, 67, said May 31, after pushing his gas-powered mower for a half-hour.
"It's self-propelled. I need something to carry my behind behind it. It's like a hobby for me. I do it as long as I enjoy it. When I go out, I make sure it's not too hot. It takes about an hour to do my lawn. I go for about a half hour, then stop," Hudock said.
Dallimore, 78, said he may buy a "hover mower" to tackle the lawn behind his home on the 1400 block of West Market Street.
"The mower I have is far too big for our small garden," Dallimore said May 31.
On Monday, he found the website for Eastman Industries, Portland, Maine, at http://eastmanind.com
"The HoverMowerT floats effortlessly on a cushion of air; without any wheels it mows in any direction following the contour of the land," according to a description of one of the products on the site.
Cutting the grass is a quick way to experience an instant sense of achievement, said Paul L. Potts, 76, of Cressona, who was out on his riding mower May 31.
"It's a visual. You're seeing what you're doing just by turning around and seeing what you've done. I enjoy it. And I enjoy what it looks like after it's done. It's instant gratification," Potts said.
He said it usually takes him an hour on the weekends to drive the tractor over his lawn at 53 Graeff St. and then do the cleanup.
"It seems with the weather we've been having, it grows a lot faster. We get rain. Then it gets sunny. Then we get rain. Then it gets sunny. So I'll be out again next weekend," Potts said.
Recently, Thomas M. Duffy, 50, of New Philadelphia was in Schuylkill Haven, using a riding mower to trim a lawn owned by his aunt, Joan Duffy.
"She pays me. It helps," Duffy said.
He transports his riding mower on a trailer he hooks up to his pickup truck.
"I don't mind mowing the lawn. I do it as a pastime," Duffy said. And he offered some advice to property owners who don't enjoy the task: "Just try to get it cut before it gets too high, then it becomes work to make it look nice when you're done."
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