Cordless mowers.

We use a petrol one, which deals with both problems.

Hi Julia, we've a small patch as you know, but, we bought a cordless Bosch a couple of years ago. I love it! The battery lasts for ages, I'm pretty sure it'll hold for a while on your large spaces.

We had a petrol mower for a time at Willow Cottage but changed eventually to an electric one as I found it too heavy.

I do have a cordless strimmer but to be honest I prefer the electric one, I find the cordless too cumbersome for me, cannot comment on the mowers as we have too much grass, when I win the lottery I will treat myself to one of the robot ones, how cool would that be, one can always dream, lol....

I had a cordless strimmer too but it had strange plastic blades that kept falling off and getting lost. We have a petrol mower with a roller and yes it is rather heavy but it makes a beautiful job of mowing. If you have only a smallish area I'd go for a battery one. They are easier to start! Our neighbour has a mulching mower so you don't have to keep stopping to empty the grass box, which saves a lot of time. Do let us know what you decide and how you get on with it.

Haha, when I wrote this I forgot who I was a writing to - forget the small stretch of land bit!