Comments on: Lawn Mowing in Kenya

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:12:58 +0000

I used to enjoy mowing the lawn when I was a kid… kinda gave me a sense of responsibility. :)

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:45:05 +0000

I live in Runda near Gigiri where the United Nation offices are. In Runda, 90% of my neighbours including myself all have lawn mowers :-)

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:12:45 +0000

I’m not on Facebook, I guess I’ll have to rely on good ole fashioned social networking! If you see me wandering around Nairobi aimlessly, make sure to throw me a bone!

By: Ouch

Ouch — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:35:41 +0000

LoL.. this really sounds like you are having a blast in Nairobi.. there is a group of expats who get together and have social hangouts and talk about what goes on in Nairobi.. dinners, hikes,dancing, lectures, book clubs, camping or white water rafting all in the lineup.. and fear not, no membership fees, no contributions or donations ever required. join on facebook groups – nairobi expat socials

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:44:40 +0000

True, I’ve since seen lawn mowers in Nakumatt. I guess I was referring to the rural areas where there is much more open land.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:18:56 +0000

It all depends on where you visit. The lawn mowers in the shops – CMC, Nakumatt etc – are in stock because there is a market. If a campus’ management cannot plan on their lawn’s maintenance, that’s a first for me.

By: pointygnomehat

pointygnomehat — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:31:29 +0000

Hey man. Living in Butere for a month and half now… they cut grass with pangas here, and it’s quite a sight to see!

-Josh

By: Chikita

Chikita — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:09:15 +0000

Whenever you see livestock working on the grass in Kenya, it has nothing to do with a low-carbon approach;that grass is their dear food and it so happens that at the end of the day, one stone is used two kill two birds: the livestock are fed and the grass is kept short!

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:14:22 +0000

Dude, good question. I remember someone on Slashdot mentioning that. Something like the methane is more harmful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (from gas-powered lawn mowers).

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:58:29 +0000

Although goats don’t burn gasoline, don’t they burp and fart like cows and thus release more methane into the atmosphere??