{"id":1045,"date":"2020-08-24T08:54:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T12:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.seagrant.w3.uvm.edu\/2020\/08\/24\/mo-monday-getting-stuck\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:49:21","slug":"mo-monday-getting-stuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/2020\/08\/24\/mo-monday-getting-stuck\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo Monday: Getting Stuck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tIt doesn&#8217;t happen all the time, but Mo does have run-ins with various things around the yard (as you&#8217;ve seen in some past Mo Monday blog posts). Mo usually gets caught up in something we moved or put in his way. Today, I&#8217;ll simply share a few more of the challenges he has faced while just trying to do his job.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<picture  data-picture-mapping=\"quarter_width\" data-picture-align=\"left\">\n<!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/quarter-width__wide\/public\/uploads\/MoOnionPile.jpg?itok=mUL9BOFN 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" \/><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/quarter-width__desk\/public\/uploads\/MoOnionPile.jpg?itok=APSYv7ad 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" \/><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/half-width__tablet\/public\/uploads\/MoOnionPile.jpg?itok=eLUeOB24 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/full-width__mobile\/public\/uploads\/MoOnionPile.jpg?itok=t3GGsudh 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 0)\" \/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]>\n<img decoding=\"async\"  data-picture-mapping=\"quarter_width\" data-picture-align=\"left\" src=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/flexslider_full\/public\/uploads\/MoOnionPile.jpg?itok=_9zs3sjW\" alt=\"Mo, the robotic mower, stopped by a pile of onions\" title=\"\" \/>\n<![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--[if !lt IE 9]><!--><br \/>\n<img  data-picture-mapping=\"quarter_width\" data-picture-align=\"left\" srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/flexslider_full\/public\/uploads\/MoOnionPile.jpg?itok=_9zs3sjW 800w\" alt=\"Mo, the robotic mower, stopped by a pile of onions\" title=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<!-- <![endif]-->\n<\/picture>A few weeks ago, I harvested our onions. As I was washing them, I saw him making his way to his robot house. He was clearly destined for failure with this heap of onions in his path. Wanting to save the onions from potential mowing, I grabbed a quick photo and helped Mo leap over the pile to get home.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<picture  data-picture-mapping=\"quarter_width\" data-picture-align=\"right\">\n<!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/quarter-width__wide\/public\/uploads\/MoMetalChairCropped.jpg?itok=8f0cebbQ 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" \/><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/quarter-width__desk\/public\/uploads\/MoMetalChairCropped.jpg?itok=AL10E0-_ 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" \/><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/half-width__tablet\/public\/uploads\/MoMetalChairCropped.jpg?itok=RtJWTp6g 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/full-width__mobile\/public\/uploads\/MoMetalChairCropped.jpg?itok=35oIHHgf 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 0)\" \/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]>\n<img decoding=\"async\"  data-picture-mapping=\"quarter_width\" data-picture-align=\"right\" src=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/flexslider_full\/public\/uploads\/MoMetalChairCropped.jpg?itok=hEIMCWQA\" alt=\"Mo, the robotic lawnmower, gets stuck under a metal chair\" title=\"\" \/>\n<![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--[if !lt IE 9]><!--><br \/>\n<img  data-picture-mapping=\"quarter_width\" data-picture-align=\"right\" srcset=\"\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/flexslider_full\/public\/uploads\/MoMetalChairCropped.jpg?itok=hEIMCWQA 800w\" alt=\"Mo, the robotic lawnmower, gets stuck under a metal chair\" title=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<!-- <![endif]-->\n<\/picture>Another day we left this patio chair in the grass. Mo and chairs&#8230;they just don&#8217;t always get along.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThen there was that one time, in the front yard when I removed the wooden edge along the grass. Mo fell out of his mowing area, and got stuck in the plant, you can see in the top photo, while\u00a0trying to get back to work.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhile working in the front yard, we had used our edging tool to create a nice edge along our sidewalk. However, something like 30 years of sedimentation resulted in creating quite a drop off between the grass and the sidewalk. We have discovered that, when Mo hits it straight on, it can be very challenging.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-filter\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yHqpzKS4-HU?modestbranding=0&#038;html5=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;wmode=opaque&#038;loop=0&#038;controls=1&#038;autohide=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;enablejsapi=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"video-filter video-youtube vf-yhqpzks4hu\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTo be fair, Mo generally has success with the edge, as long as he takes it at a slight angle. This video is from soon after we did the edging.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-filter\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vzRBmFCg5x4?modestbranding=0&#038;html5=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;wmode=opaque&#038;loop=0&#038;controls=1&#038;autohide=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;enablejsapi=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"video-filter video-youtube vf-vzrbmfcg5x4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDon&#8217;t forget! The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/outreach\/stormwater\/lawn-care-best-practices\/raise-blade-research\">Raise The Blade<\/a> planning team is looking for people (ages 18+ who live in the Lake Champlain basin) to share #RaiseTheBlade photos and stories via social media, and to enter for a chance to win an electric mulching mower. The drawing will take place on Labor Day 2020! Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/lawntolake.org\/\">lawntolake.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/kstepenu-mo\/\">Read more Mo Monday blogs on Kris Stepenuck&#8217;s blog page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn&#8217;t happen all the time, but Mo does have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1366,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions\/1366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}