My winter dread has been fueled by a lack of proper equipment to tame the snow when it eventually arrives, as it inevitably does. My longtime plow guy and I parted ways a ew years ago when he charged me for plowing the driveway after I had already shoveled the whole thing myself. I was able to skip along relatively unscathed during last year's relatively modest storms, but I'm afraid I'd allowed myself to become too complacent. I was completely unprepared when two significant snowstorms hit right after Christmas. It took me two days to dig down to the end of my 100' driveway, and I admitted defeat. I needed help.
It came in the guide of the Greenworks 20-inch 12 amp (Electric) Snow Thrower. It was everything I wanted: lightweight, inexpensive (I paid $150 on Amazon, with free shipping), and best of all: it didn't require gasoline or oil. You just plug it in. It arrived a few days after New Year's, and sat in its box until today, when I had to tackle the task of assembling it after a 5" snowfall. I've never been very good at that, but it basically came down to fitting a few metal pieces together and tightening some screws. In 15 minutes, I was good to go.
I'm laughing at myself as I write this, incredulous that I've been inspired to write about a snow blower. That might seem silly, but to me, it's nothing short of liberation. That nifty little green machine cleaned my driveway down to the blacktop with minimal effort in about 90 minutes. With the Greenworks in my arsenal, I'm not trapped anymore, and winter suddenly seems a lot less daunting. I'm free, at last.
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