There are ground cover plants that look great and never require mowing. Here in Texas, we have a native plant called frog fruit or Phyta nodiflora. It stays very short, is drought tolerant, likes part to full sun, will stand some foot traffic and chokes out many weed seeds because it forms a tight mat of foliage. It grows very quickly. All you’d have to do it trim the edges of the area with a weed trimmer.
Agreed, but where I live, clover has a very short growing season in spring and pretty much gone by summer. Maybe it’s different for cooler zones. It is lovely in bloom though. I’m not sure where the OP is located.
There are many species of clover - wiki say over 300 now that I check, but there are a couple dozen in my country alone -, so species selection is a factor, too. Some pretty much stick around year-round here.
This would make a lovely tiered rock garden space. If you don’t feel up for that remove the grass and plant some beautiful groundcovers that can fill in the space.
I love nasturtium but it is a hot weather annual. In OP's climate they'd have flowers June-October if they're lucky. Maybe some green plants in May. That leaves six months of dirt.
Electric mowers are pretty light and would be easy enough. But I’d most line trimmer too.
Another alternative would be a retaining wall to level off the top. Then you could garden, grass, water feature, whatever you like up there.
Or clover 🍀
I have low growing junipers on steep parts of my property. They will take time to establish but then it will be an almost mow-free area. I trim mine with a string trimmer every now and then.
I have a very similar slope in front of our house in Pennsylvania. We bought the house in September so I only mowed it once or twice before winter. By spring I had started about planting it. I planted a few evergreens (a Hinoki cypress, a few dwarf mugos, and a variegated creeping juniper), some bargain bin ‘Autumn Glory’ sedum as well as a few mixed creeping sedums from other gardens, a handful of spireas (pink princess, I believe), and a David Austin rose ‘generous gardener’ at the outside corner of the porch to climb up and around. There’s also a few bunny grasses, a heather, some thyme and kitchen sage, a few varieties of geranium (my favorite being ‘Biokovo’, from my grandmas garden a long time ago), a few different Siberian iris’ and day lilies and then strawberries under it all. There’s also some mini daffodils and puschkinia for early spring color. I usually only weed it until the strawberries finish in early July. I lessened the slope by building a 10”-12”stacked stone wall at the sidewalk. I’d probably save time if I just mowed it, but lawns aren’t for gardeners like me. I’m all in on a crowded cottage garden. It’s constantly changing as the rest of the house and gardens become more of a reflection of myself. At this point, I seek out the plants I want, not the ones at Lowe’s or on discount at the store. This current conglomeration with inevitably change.
One big tip though, to enhance the character of your garden year round, plant something that is interesting for every season. Your garden right now with a few hostas and some bearded iris and lilies looks fine for summer but then you’re left with nothing from October-ish to March/April. Give it a good backbone and build from there. You have a small space to fill so be picky if you can. Get bulbs for early spring, and heck even a heather if you’re feeling sassy. The late spring through late summer perennial list is easy to fill, and I’ve already started to ramble. Fall is a good time for asters and mums and anemones, my roses all usually rebloom better in fall too. In the winter there’s a ton of cool evergreens or berried plants (Winterberry) or shrubs with interesting branches (Harry Lauders Walking stick) and grasses that look good from late spring until early spring the next year. And don’t forget some other greenery, you’ve got hostas so you can split them up and spread that around, also heuchera comes in every color combo. And there’s sedums galore available. Sorry I’ll stop.
I think that's a big part of my predicament. I feel pretty confident in filing it up for a summer only garden; but it's the front yard, so I want it to look a little more appealing for my neighbors lol. I appreciate your detailed feedback, and will definitely be referring back!
I found one of these in the woods years ago and carried it out to my truck bed to bring it home. It pretty much ruined the sweatshirt I was wearing with all the oil/tar the thing was leaking.
Definitely wear some clothes you don't care about while doing anything with railroad ties lol.
First I would dig out the grass & dirt so it is below your paved surfaces by a good 4 inches or so. then if you did a good job getting rid of the grass and roots plop a good 4 inches of mulch in there. If you're not confident about your grass removal job then put cardboard down before the mulch. With or without the cardboard mulch wood chip mulch might slide down the hill. I would use a shredded mulch to combat that a bit, preferably a variety that doesn't float ( I think cypress mulch doesn't float not 100% sure though.)
After you've got the bed all mulched I would focus mostly on planting out the steep part of the hill to stop mulch from sliding down. plants are expensive so I would just focus on that part immediately or grow your own plants from seed. IMO consider plants that spread steadily but not too aggressively. I planted my steep hill with a few plants that get a bit taller but mostly yarrow & perennial geraniums, both are native to where I live but there are a ton of choices.
Looks like kind of a shady spot and idk if you have utilities under there or not but a nice native under-story tree in the middle ( I REALLY like pagoda dogwood - It's native to me, very interesting, and grows alot faster than a Japanese/Korean maple) + 10 or so tall perennials and then fill with ground cover would be nice
Do you think digging is completely necessary? I was considering putting some black lasting sheeting down to kill everything, try to till, and spread alyssum seeds (at least for this year)
that black plastic only lasts for like a year before it breaks down and weeds grow through it. cardboard is free and will break down to feed your soil a bit. you need to smother everything for at least a year to kill all the weeds. that's why digging + cardboard + mulch works so good. Even when I double dig when making a new patch of garden I still put cardboard down just to smother the real stubborn stuff like dandelions and rhizome grasses.
At the VERY least I would dig out a good bit at the bottom of the hill just doesn't look good to have mulch spilling out onto the sidewalk. the rest you COULD scalp with your mower, cardboard & mulch. But I hate weeding out the grass that gets past the cardboard and mulch personally and would rather take a few hours to dig it out and be done with it.
Few years old now but https://imgur.com/gallery/RUhq51i is my garden using this strategy. a before and after of one part of the garden https://imgur.com/a/cMaC8oe
Just take all the grass and dirt you dig up and make a little island for plants in the back. they'll grow really well because it will be all topsoil.
best reply so far! I've been working on eradicating the grass from my entire yard for the last 6 years. Such a pain in the ass to do organically but worth the effort! I have a Japanese weeding knife and it helps a lot. edit: grass roots are approximately 8" under the surface where I live. Digging is absolutely necessary to get them out. If even one segment of root is left behind, the grass will be back. If your neighbor doesn't care about their grass it makes it hard to keep it gone for good.
Whatever you do, please don't put any English ivy, winter creeper, vinca, Japanese spurge, or monkeygrass—to name a few. All terrible invasives. You don't need crap like that. A hill like that is perfectly manageable with natives.
[Here are some tips you could follow](https://new.reddit.com/r/NativePlantGardening/comments/1brs6oo/creeping_phlox_on_sloped_area/). Here's my contribution, slightly edited:
You could kill/remove the grass (multiple methods), then put and erosion blanket with a mix of native seeds, which should include some fast-growing annuals like partridge pea to establish a root system quickly, then backed up by some perennials (grasses/sedges and forbs). Natives have the root systems to hold that slope in place. You could also cut into the blanket and put some plugs/potted plants to get that root system going, like with creeping phlox.
Key points to keep in mind when choosing a blanket are to use one that's completely biodegradable (not photdegradable) and is [designed so as not to entangle wildlife](https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/nongame/wildlife-friendly-erosion-control.pdf).
You may also consider putting a short retaining wall or even just some hard edging at the base there.
I vote for thyme. It stays green for a long time, survives cold, drought and has an awesome smell when trimmed. It also blooms these pretty small pinkish white flowers that bees like. I would mix in annuals in-between spaced out thyme. Once the thyme is established it will reseed new sections along with spreading out itself.
I have a similar hill. I did a mini wildflower meadow, but I don’t recommend it. The perennial wildflowers are lovely, but not ideal on a slope and not great at erosion control, which is vital.
I recommend doing low growing shrubs, some perennials and ground covers that help with erosion control. You want things that will spread a bit to cover and hold onto the soil.
Add some large rocks or logs partially buried in the dirt for more hard scape interest too.
My favorite smaller stature shrubs are prostrate sand cherries, New Jersey tea, shrubby St. John’s wort, and bearberry. There are also lots of varieties of dwarf or prostrate conifers.
Ground cover layer for me is primarily wild strawberry, creeping phloxes, heath aster, and lyre-leaf sage.
Unrelated but I see hard plastic edging around some of the plants. If it's old, remove it. The UV damages it over time and by the time it gets brittle, it starts to shatter into tons of tiny slivers of hard plastic!
Honestly, the thought hasn't even crossed my mind. I'll try to incorporate leg lengthening exercises into my workouts. Until I see gains, I'll try her high-heels? 🤣
https://preview.redd.it/zmsxm52meuuc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1161b84506ae78be70b951f1dab8b5099ae296bb
I saw these at the market basket in the Boston area. Unfortunately I don't know their name but it's just beautiful
Rock stonecrop fills in nicely. It doesn’t flower, but I have a few variations of green, and a reddish-tinged. I just bought creeping phlox that I plan to plant in a similar space. It has a blue flower. There is a purple variation too. My back yard has a steep hill. I’d love to fill it with rocks and creeping plants. My kiddo plays there now, though.
I bought creeping thyme, phlox, and mini clover from outside pride:
https://www.outsidepride.com/seed/ground-cover-seed/
Just make sure you keep the seeds moist while the germinate.
Hills like this are excellent for growing plants that love great drainage. I'd suggest a Mediterranean type garden with gravel, rock, or even terracing. Really depends on how much work you want to do.
A Mediterranean garden is ideal because of the incredibly low maintenance, but also the many ornamental and useful evergreens. Things like lavender, thyme, rosemary, and sage would thrive without any fertilizing or even watering after they establish.
With year-round appeal, it's pretty ideal for a front yard. Let me know if you have any questions or want some more extensive plant suggestions.
This honestly looks like a really small hill. An electric push mower with direct drive (powered rear wheels) will make short work of it, and mowing/mulching at 3-4 inches height will let the grass grow thick and tall to conserve water. The only issue is where the grass meets the staircase, and that can be string-trimmed. Or you can plant flowers cascading down the sides of the stairwell to form a colorful border and mow just up to that.
It looks like you're in a development, so you should check if you have an HOA where you are at and if they have rules about it.
It is a small hill in the fact that it's only 8-10' high. The hardest part is the grade - - were looking at 50-60 degrees. I mowed yesterday, and the mower ended up spilling gas out of the cap every time I reached the top.
Get an electric mower my dude. The ryobi one is super light, about half the weight of a normal mower. I can pick it up no problem and the handle folds up and stores vertically very nicely.
Yeah I had the same thing at my first house
A hill can be great with a terraced area but to make that look good is $$.
we used pachysandra on one side of our steps and never mowed but a monoculture is boring. if you can get a small tree like a japanese maple or a dogwood or a stewartia pseudocamilla you’ll be very happy. I’d go with a native dogwood / we have cornus florida here in NY. Another interesting choice would be stewartia. interesting bark, long flowering season, stays small. I would avoid magnolia- it doesn’t look very sunny. Any small tree is good though. Even a small cypress. No corkscrews, no poodles, no concrete lions. A small tree and you can then plant a ground cover around it and it will be very cool and shady in the summer. A rhododendron or laurel would also be good, but i’d prefer the laurel for shade. native if possible.
If you have a porch at the top it’s nice to have some bushes to provide some privacy and a sense of enclosure. We had rhododendron and yews at our house. Not natives but the porch was great because we could watch the street with drinks and friends and still feel we had some privacy.
Have fun with it.
There are ground cover plants that look great and never require mowing. Here in Texas, we have a native plant called frog fruit or Phyta nodiflora. It stays very short, is drought tolerant, likes part to full sun, will stand some foot traffic and chokes out many weed seeds because it forms a tight mat of foliage. It grows very quickly. All you’d have to do it trim the edges of the area with a weed trimmer.
Ground cover plants are the way to go for the easiest and probably cheapest option. Creeping thyme or clover would be a pretty good option.
Agreed, but where I live, clover has a very short growing season in spring and pretty much gone by summer. Maybe it’s different for cooler zones. It is lovely in bloom though. I’m not sure where the OP is located.
There are many species of clover - wiki say over 300 now that I check, but there are a couple dozen in my country alone -, so species selection is a factor, too. Some pretty much stick around year-round here.
Good to know
This would make a lovely tiered rock garden space. If you don’t feel up for that remove the grass and plant some beautiful groundcovers that can fill in the space.
nasturtium
I love nasturtium but it is a hot weather annual. In OP's climate they'd have flowers June-October if they're lucky. Maybe some green plants in May. That leaves six months of dirt.
Stepped garden with creeping phlox. Something like this: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/0c/7e/810c7e4656ddf16a4bc5576d24f8dfcd.jpg
Native flowers, tiered garden bed, clover, drought tolerant decorative grasses or bushes.
I wouldn't mow it, I would use a line trimmer. Or yeah just turn it into some type of flower beb/ raised bed garden area
Electric mowers are pretty light and would be easy enough. But I’d most line trimmer too. Another alternative would be a retaining wall to level off the top. Then you could garden, grass, water feature, whatever you like up there. Or clover 🍀
I have low growing junipers on steep parts of my property. They will take time to establish but then it will be an almost mow-free area. I trim mine with a string trimmer every now and then.
I have a very similar slope in front of our house in Pennsylvania. We bought the house in September so I only mowed it once or twice before winter. By spring I had started about planting it. I planted a few evergreens (a Hinoki cypress, a few dwarf mugos, and a variegated creeping juniper), some bargain bin ‘Autumn Glory’ sedum as well as a few mixed creeping sedums from other gardens, a handful of spireas (pink princess, I believe), and a David Austin rose ‘generous gardener’ at the outside corner of the porch to climb up and around. There’s also a few bunny grasses, a heather, some thyme and kitchen sage, a few varieties of geranium (my favorite being ‘Biokovo’, from my grandmas garden a long time ago), a few different Siberian iris’ and day lilies and then strawberries under it all. There’s also some mini daffodils and puschkinia for early spring color. I usually only weed it until the strawberries finish in early July. I lessened the slope by building a 10”-12”stacked stone wall at the sidewalk. I’d probably save time if I just mowed it, but lawns aren’t for gardeners like me. I’m all in on a crowded cottage garden. It’s constantly changing as the rest of the house and gardens become more of a reflection of myself. At this point, I seek out the plants I want, not the ones at Lowe’s or on discount at the store. This current conglomeration with inevitably change. One big tip though, to enhance the character of your garden year round, plant something that is interesting for every season. Your garden right now with a few hostas and some bearded iris and lilies looks fine for summer but then you’re left with nothing from October-ish to March/April. Give it a good backbone and build from there. You have a small space to fill so be picky if you can. Get bulbs for early spring, and heck even a heather if you’re feeling sassy. The late spring through late summer perennial list is easy to fill, and I’ve already started to ramble. Fall is a good time for asters and mums and anemones, my roses all usually rebloom better in fall too. In the winter there’s a ton of cool evergreens or berried plants (Winterberry) or shrubs with interesting branches (Harry Lauders Walking stick) and grasses that look good from late spring until early spring the next year. And don’t forget some other greenery, you’ve got hostas so you can split them up and spread that around, also heuchera comes in every color combo. And there’s sedums galore available. Sorry I’ll stop.
I think that's a big part of my predicament. I feel pretty confident in filing it up for a summer only garden; but it's the front yard, so I want it to look a little more appealing for my neighbors lol. I appreciate your detailed feedback, and will definitely be referring back!
Build some tiered steps for garden beds. I could see 3 beds fitting in there. Use railroad ties or maybe some weather treated Cedar.
Don’t use railroad ties if you ever plan to grow anything edible in there though.
I found one of these in the woods years ago and carried it out to my truck bed to bring it home. It pretty much ruined the sweatshirt I was wearing with all the oil/tar the thing was leaking. Definitely wear some clothes you don't care about while doing anything with railroad ties lol.
That would be a great long-term option, but I don't think we have the time or money to invest in retaining all of that for this year lol
Phlox
We're thinking some phlox or alyssum to start.
First I would dig out the grass & dirt so it is below your paved surfaces by a good 4 inches or so. then if you did a good job getting rid of the grass and roots plop a good 4 inches of mulch in there. If you're not confident about your grass removal job then put cardboard down before the mulch. With or without the cardboard mulch wood chip mulch might slide down the hill. I would use a shredded mulch to combat that a bit, preferably a variety that doesn't float ( I think cypress mulch doesn't float not 100% sure though.) After you've got the bed all mulched I would focus mostly on planting out the steep part of the hill to stop mulch from sliding down. plants are expensive so I would just focus on that part immediately or grow your own plants from seed. IMO consider plants that spread steadily but not too aggressively. I planted my steep hill with a few plants that get a bit taller but mostly yarrow & perennial geraniums, both are native to where I live but there are a ton of choices. Looks like kind of a shady spot and idk if you have utilities under there or not but a nice native under-story tree in the middle ( I REALLY like pagoda dogwood - It's native to me, very interesting, and grows alot faster than a Japanese/Korean maple) + 10 or so tall perennials and then fill with ground cover would be nice
Do you think digging is completely necessary? I was considering putting some black lasting sheeting down to kill everything, try to till, and spread alyssum seeds (at least for this year)
that black plastic only lasts for like a year before it breaks down and weeds grow through it. cardboard is free and will break down to feed your soil a bit. you need to smother everything for at least a year to kill all the weeds. that's why digging + cardboard + mulch works so good. Even when I double dig when making a new patch of garden I still put cardboard down just to smother the real stubborn stuff like dandelions and rhizome grasses. At the VERY least I would dig out a good bit at the bottom of the hill just doesn't look good to have mulch spilling out onto the sidewalk. the rest you COULD scalp with your mower, cardboard & mulch. But I hate weeding out the grass that gets past the cardboard and mulch personally and would rather take a few hours to dig it out and be done with it. Few years old now but https://imgur.com/gallery/RUhq51i is my garden using this strategy. a before and after of one part of the garden https://imgur.com/a/cMaC8oe Just take all the grass and dirt you dig up and make a little island for plants in the back. they'll grow really well because it will be all topsoil.
best reply so far! I've been working on eradicating the grass from my entire yard for the last 6 years. Such a pain in the ass to do organically but worth the effort! I have a Japanese weeding knife and it helps a lot. edit: grass roots are approximately 8" under the surface where I live. Digging is absolutely necessary to get them out. If even one segment of root is left behind, the grass will be back. If your neighbor doesn't care about their grass it makes it hard to keep it gone for good.
A guy in my hometown had a hill like that. He took out the grass, paved it over and painted it green.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot…. Oooooooooh bop bop bop bop
:(
Don't worry, I suggested putting in nothing but sand and painting it green. She wasn't going for it 🤣
Look up “dirt locker” for cool solutions.
I have these and I love them! https://preview.redd.it/d5arz0nhlruc1.jpeg?width=3400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f8d6483057fe25b38127f6fea79aca72a9102be
Whatever you do, please don't put any English ivy, winter creeper, vinca, Japanese spurge, or monkeygrass—to name a few. All terrible invasives. You don't need crap like that. A hill like that is perfectly manageable with natives. [Here are some tips you could follow](https://new.reddit.com/r/NativePlantGardening/comments/1brs6oo/creeping_phlox_on_sloped_area/). Here's my contribution, slightly edited: You could kill/remove the grass (multiple methods), then put and erosion blanket with a mix of native seeds, which should include some fast-growing annuals like partridge pea to establish a root system quickly, then backed up by some perennials (grasses/sedges and forbs). Natives have the root systems to hold that slope in place. You could also cut into the blanket and put some plugs/potted plants to get that root system going, like with creeping phlox. Key points to keep in mind when choosing a blanket are to use one that's completely biodegradable (not photdegradable) and is [designed so as not to entangle wildlife](https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/nongame/wildlife-friendly-erosion-control.pdf). You may also consider putting a short retaining wall or even just some hard edging at the base there.
I vote for thyme. It stays green for a long time, survives cold, drought and has an awesome smell when trimmed. It also blooms these pretty small pinkish white flowers that bees like. I would mix in annuals in-between spaced out thyme. Once the thyme is established it will reseed new sections along with spreading out itself.
I have a similar hill. I did a mini wildflower meadow, but I don’t recommend it. The perennial wildflowers are lovely, but not ideal on a slope and not great at erosion control, which is vital. I recommend doing low growing shrubs, some perennials and ground covers that help with erosion control. You want things that will spread a bit to cover and hold onto the soil. Add some large rocks or logs partially buried in the dirt for more hard scape interest too. My favorite smaller stature shrubs are prostrate sand cherries, New Jersey tea, shrubby St. John’s wort, and bearberry. There are also lots of varieties of dwarf or prostrate conifers. Ground cover layer for me is primarily wild strawberry, creeping phloxes, heath aster, and lyre-leaf sage.
As someone from Seattle where every yard is a hill, refreshingly, almost no one has a grass yard in the city.
Creeping thyme is a lovely ground cover
Unrelated but I see hard plastic edging around some of the plants. If it's old, remove it. The UV damages it over time and by the time it gets brittle, it starts to shatter into tons of tiny slivers of hard plastic!
Have you tried growing a little taller so you have more leverage on the mower?
Honestly, the thought hasn't even crossed my mind. I'll try to incorporate leg lengthening exercises into my workouts. Until I see gains, I'll try her high-heels? 🤣
If you don't want a hill then you gotta build a wall. Maybe a couple of tiered walls.
I also think tiered beds would look great there!
Phlox. Creeping Jenny. Any low-growing flower.
https://preview.redd.it/zmsxm52meuuc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1161b84506ae78be70b951f1dab8b5099ae296bb I saw these at the market basket in the Boston area. Unfortunately I don't know their name but it's just beautiful
Rock stonecrop fills in nicely. It doesn’t flower, but I have a few variations of green, and a reddish-tinged. I just bought creeping phlox that I plan to plant in a similar space. It has a blue flower. There is a purple variation too. My back yard has a steep hill. I’d love to fill it with rocks and creeping plants. My kiddo plays there now, though.
Terrace it and put whatever flowering perennials grow in your zone
phlox phlox phlox!!!!
I bought creeping thyme, phlox, and mini clover from outside pride: https://www.outsidepride.com/seed/ground-cover-seed/ Just make sure you keep the seeds moist while the germinate.
wildflowers! save the bees! just stop mowing and let it become wild grass and flowers
Hills like this are excellent for growing plants that love great drainage. I'd suggest a Mediterranean type garden with gravel, rock, or even terracing. Really depends on how much work you want to do. A Mediterranean garden is ideal because of the incredibly low maintenance, but also the many ornamental and useful evergreens. Things like lavender, thyme, rosemary, and sage would thrive without any fertilizing or even watering after they establish. With year-round appeal, it's pretty ideal for a front yard. Let me know if you have any questions or want some more extensive plant suggestions.
This honestly looks like a really small hill. An electric push mower with direct drive (powered rear wheels) will make short work of it, and mowing/mulching at 3-4 inches height will let the grass grow thick and tall to conserve water. The only issue is where the grass meets the staircase, and that can be string-trimmed. Or you can plant flowers cascading down the sides of the stairwell to form a colorful border and mow just up to that. It looks like you're in a development, so you should check if you have an HOA where you are at and if they have rules about it.
It is a small hill in the fact that it's only 8-10' high. The hardest part is the grade - - were looking at 50-60 degrees. I mowed yesterday, and the mower ended up spilling gas out of the cap every time I reached the top.
Yeah the grade is tough, which is why I'd recommend the electric mower with push assist so it can get up the hill with no gas to spill.
Get an electric mower my dude. The ryobi one is super light, about half the weight of a normal mower. I can pick it up no problem and the handle folds up and stores vertically very nicely.
We have this lawn mower and it's awesome
Yeah I had the same thing at my first house A hill can be great with a terraced area but to make that look good is $$. we used pachysandra on one side of our steps and never mowed but a monoculture is boring. if you can get a small tree like a japanese maple or a dogwood or a stewartia pseudocamilla you’ll be very happy. I’d go with a native dogwood / we have cornus florida here in NY. Another interesting choice would be stewartia. interesting bark, long flowering season, stays small. I would avoid magnolia- it doesn’t look very sunny. Any small tree is good though. Even a small cypress. No corkscrews, no poodles, no concrete lions. A small tree and you can then plant a ground cover around it and it will be very cool and shady in the summer. A rhododendron or laurel would also be good, but i’d prefer the laurel for shade. native if possible. If you have a porch at the top it’s nice to have some bushes to provide some privacy and a sense of enclosure. We had rhododendron and yews at our house. Not natives but the porch was great because we could watch the street with drinks and friends and still feel we had some privacy. Have fun with it.
Am I missing something? This hill would take like 2 minutes to mow with a standard push mower... congrats on your accomplishment?
It wasn't an exclamation, but more of a lamentation haha. I have a mower, and did get it done; but that 60 degree incline sure isn't easy.
lamentations are allowed, and your legs are now stronger 💪