Robot Rest and Recuperation
With the temperatures dropping and the days shortening, I’m hoping the grass has finally stopped growing. Time, therefore, to give the robot mowers some well-deserved rest and recuperation and let them hibernate for the winter. That was my chore for Saturday morning. It was a grey, slightly damp, chilly day — but not too bad for some time in the garden.
Yuki, our latest mower in the back garden, is a relatively new addition, so I spent quite a bit of time giving him a good clean and service. We’ve been more than impressed with him, and the lawn is looking lovely thanks to his hard work and dedication. He’s been out in all weathers and hasn’t needed much intervention. He’s occasionally got himself stuck somewhere, but not often, and he’s diligently mowed perfect stripes all summer.
In fact, I haven’t mowed the lawn myself for four or five years now, and it still looks great. So, having had very little to do myself, it made sense to spend some time giving the robots some attention to keep them working well. As well as a decent clean to remove all of the mud and grass from the mower, I also changed the blades, oiled all the moving parts, and checked everything over. I unplugged the charging station, gave that a clean too, and brought it all inside for the winter. Hopefully, come spring, I’ll be able to get it out, plug it in, and send it off to do its thing again. I might remap the working area, just so I can divide it into separate zones — not essential, but the bottom of the garden sometimes gets a little waterlogged, and keeping that area separate gives me the option to stop Yuki from mowing it when needed.
Next, it was a similar treatment for Harriet out the front: a good clean, a service, and then into hibernation. It was a bit of work, but only an hour or two — a small price to pay for the endless hours of mowing they’ve done for us.
Over the past few years, we’ve become complete convert to robot mowers. They’ve quietly transformed lawn care from a chore into something I barely have to think about. The lawns stay consistently tidy, the grass is healthier from the little-and-often cutting approach, and the mowers just get on with the job without complaint. No noise, no petrol, no weekend sacrificed to mowing — just neat stripes appearing as if by magic. For anyone still on the fence, I can genuinely say they’ve been one of the best garden investments we’ve made.
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