Tea? (Part 2)

[Speicher]

A gardening question for @Rockymountain.

Does your Bosch lawnmower have one of those attachments at the back that mulches the grass cuttings and spreads them over the lawn?

I have read that leaving the grass cuttings on the lawn will nourish the lawn, instead of throwing away the cuttings. Currently I try to dry out the grass cuttings a bit, before adding them to the compost heap. This entails having large pots of grass cuttings placed around the garden, and tends to be a lot of faffing around. Adding too many fresh cuttings at one time to the compost heap results in a very slimey sludgey mess.

I might pose this question on the Gardening Forum as to what peeps do with grass cuttings.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

A gardening question for @Rockymountain.

Does your Bosch lawnmower have one of those attachments at the back that mulches the grass cuttings and spreads them over the lawn?

I have read that leaving the grass cuttings on the lawn will nourish the lawn, instead of throwing away the cuttings. Currently I try to dry out the grass cuttings a bit, before adding them to the compost heap. This entails having large pots of grass cuttings placed around the garden, and tends to be a lot of faffing around. Adding too many cuttings at one time to the compost heap results in a very slimey sludgey mess.

I might pose this question on the Gardening Forum as to what peeps do with grass cuttings.

I put mine in the big Brown Wheelie bin and the recycling people erm ............... recycle them I assume ........... what as I have no idea

 

[Speicher]

I have a big brown wheelie bin for garden refuse*. In this area, it is taken somewhere and turned and extraneous items are removed. After several turnings, they sell it at about £2 per bag, "take your own bag".

It does seem daft to collect them up, put them in a wheelie bin, for someone to come round in a ginormous truck, collect them up, and turn them into compost, when I could add them to my compost bin, or leave them on the lawn. Grass cuttings are 80 per cent or so water.

* When mowing the lawn, the wheelie bin, is down a flight of stairs.

 

[Speicher]

@Speicher - no the Bosch does have one of those. It has a box which collects the cuttings - very old fashioned

I think the newer Bosch have an attachment for the cuttings. I found a local lawn mower shop that sells the Bosch and also a Mountfield cordless Princess.



I expect they sell considerably more than two lawn mowers, you knew what I meant.

 

[Speicher]

I have been complimented on my compost by a professional gardening type person. My plant cuttings grow well in my compost.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

My mower is two years old and probably one of the old models (just like its owner)

Nah you are definitely older than 2 years rocky

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Mental age

Ahhh right, didnt think of that

 

[Speicher]

All this technical stuff about lawns has made me decide I would like a mini magnum.

 

[Lullabelle]

I've got a spare tyre as well

Me too, hence the light salad meals over the weekend

 

[Lullabelle]

A gardening question for @Rockymountain.

Does your Bosch lawnmower have one of those attachments at the back that mulches the grass cuttings and spreads them over the lawn?

I have read that leaving the grass cuttings on the lawn will nourish the lawn, instead of throwing away the cuttings. Currently I try to dry out the grass cuttings a bit, before adding them to the compost heap. This entails having large pots of grass cuttings placed around the garden, and tends to be a lot of faffing around. Adding too many fresh cuttings at one time to the compost heap results in a very slimey sludgey mess.

I might pose this question on the Gardening Forum as to what peeps do with grass cuttings.

Dig the cuttings into the ground, it feeds and adds nourishment.

 

[Lullabelle]

Good morning all up and about bright and earl today, hope you all have a good day.

 

[TVC]

Morning

Lu is off to work, and you have the pleasure of my company all day whilst I sit around being automatically measured.

 

[Lullabelle]

Morning Lu

I hope you have a great day

needed

Morning Rocky you too.

 

[Lullabelle]

Morning

Lu is off to work, and you have the pleasure of my company all day whilst I sit around being automatically measured.

Hi TVC, I am rather early this morning so still sitting on the sofa wondering why I only had 1 for breakfast

 

[TVC]

<Checks house> I think she's gone now