No Mow May

[ebikeerwidnes]

I suppose someone has to say this

but my first thought was this was a thread about a lazy woman with an overgrown garden

Just me???

again???

 

[tyred]

I haven't got a lawn.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I suppose someone has to say this

but my first thought was this was a thread about a lazy woman with an overgrown garden

Just me???

again???

notice how I am being nice and not rude comments about the title

jus' sayin'

I suppose someone has to say this

but my first thought was this was a thread about a lazy woman with an overgrown garden

Just me???

again???

notice how I typed that and didn;t mention any smutty possible ways of interpreting it


I'm being good!!

 

[Accy cyclist]

You don't play croquet? Pleb.

I think croquet should be reintroduced as a summer sport/pastime! it's probably still popular in 'posher' places, but not here in east Lancashire. Though the bowling club in the park, up the road from where I live used to have 'and crouquet club' in their name and maybe still do. Without looking it up, doesn't Wimbledon tennis club also have a croquet connection? 🤔

 

[craigwend]

My compromise

 

[Proto]

Hardly have to my our ‘lawn’, just won’t grow, and what does grow the rabbits sort out. Might mow 4 times a year. Clay soil, lots of moss and weeds, moles burrowing under it, rabbits digging fecking big holes, woodpeckers making holes looking for ants, a strong case for a wild meadow lawn!

 

[ExBrit]

I would love to have a garden. Something I've never had.

Kind of ironic that someone who is a "Proud member of the Anti-Growth Coalition." wants a garden.

 

[Gillstay]

My compromise

That's poor as the Whitebeam would much prefer not to have cut grass around it.

 

[potsy]

I cut mine once I couldn't see the dog any more!

 

[potsy]

After a hack...

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

As an aside - at one point I owned a house with a garden but was forced to be elsewhere for a couple of months in summer
hence the grass ended up very high and totally overgrown

I tried using my normal Flymo and also tried the normal garden strimmer

both worked at about an inch at a time - very slow and hard work
basically I was still very limited in the time I had available so it was getting worse at a greater rate than I could fix it.

Then I found out about petrol rotary mowers - a friend had a little and very old one and it just went through the whole lawn in a short time with little effort.
The next year the same thing happened (it was a long story!!!) and I hired one from a nearby shop and that one was even better

so - if your lawn is overgrown - think about hiring a petrol mower for an hour or so - it can save a LOT of effort!

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

I shouldn't have done no mow April as well...

 

[DRM]

I think Leeds City Council are not just doing no mow may, but no mow 2023, the grass verges round here are absolutely appalling, indeed any pedestrians with hay fever have my heart felt sympathy

 

[Electric_Andy]

It's weird, they've left the verge outside my house to grow about 30cm high. Yet other verges in other districts have been mown. It's dangerous near roundabouts and zebra crossings as it limits visibility

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

It's weird, they've left the verge outside my house to grow about 30cm high. Yet other verges in other districts have been mown. It's dangerous near roundabouts and zebra crossings as it limits visibility

I read somewhere that they sometimes allow vegetation to grow on roundabout verges because, as it limits visibility, it forces drivers to enter the roundabout more slowly and carefully
Obviously not all drivers - but enough that the stats show it to be worth doing