Batten Down The Hatches 2017/18

[2cvbloke]

Dunno about other parts of blighty, but it's set to warm up round here next week, might be able to get the first mow of the year done, or might not, depends on whether I can be arsed or not...

 

[Lazarus]

Beat you to it: I even got my little Electric Scarifier out a couple of days ago.

 

[Archive-8]

Beat you to it: I even got my little Electric Scarifier out a couple of days ago.

I need to fix mine I broke the plastic roller on the back.

(Need to cut the grass first)

 

[RustySpoons]

Beat you to it: I even got my little Electric Scarifier out a couple of days ago.

Petrol brushcutter coming out here next few days!

 

[2cvbloke]

Beat you to it: I even got my little Electric Scarifier out a couple of days ago.

It's been too soggy here to even think of mowing, it'd just turn into a liquid something akin to that served up in a vegetarian cafe...

 

[jeallen01]

Dunno about other parts of blighty, but it's set to warm up round here next week, might be able to get the first mow of the year done, or might not, depends on whether I can be arsed or not...

Beat you to the 1st mow by about 3 weeks (and did the 2nd one about a week ago)

 

[Topper]

I rarely need to mow my two small lawns now as they have little grass and are mostly green moss

 

[Lazarus]

That's why I use the leccy scarifier twice a year ...... rakes out tons of moss and other thatch.

My lawn is sheltered and damp, so prone to moss, but the gizmo does a grand job.

 

[2cvbloke]

Beat you to the 1st mow by about 3 weeks (and did the 2nd one about a week ago)

Well, 3 weeks ago, a snowblower would have been more appropriate round here than a lawnmower...

 

[jeallen01]

That's why I use the leccy scarifier twice a year ...... rakes out tons of moss and other thatch.

My lawn is sheltered and damp, so prone to moss, but the gizmo does a grand job.

Been having moss problems for many years and last year it was getting pretty bad.

So gave the lawn a good dose of combined lawn sand and grass fertilizer around this time of year, and then manually scraped up all the dead stuff about 2-3 weeks later. However, it was clear that there was a lot of live moss still there and so I did the same again. After that the lawn looked like a "wreck" with bald patches every where (and I got a lot of earache about that from SWMBO).

However, the patches gradually began to fill in over the Summer and Autumn - and now they have almost all disappeared and the lawn looks better than it has for many years, with only a few isolated small patches of moss which now have to be dealt with (same treatment, but localised).

A couple of doses of "Tough Love" worked

 

[Topper]

My lawn is just too wet to use a scarifier or even a lawnmower at the moment

 

[jeallen01]

My lawn is just too wet to use a scarifier or even a lawnmower at the moment

Time to go over it with a strimmer - or a pair of scrissors

 

[sonnetpete]

Alright, enough already!!!....the sun is out and I now feel very guilty, so I'm going to give the lawn a quick trim and ask it if it needs something for the weekend...

 

[jeallen01]

....d ask it if it needs something for the weekend...

Security cams to keep it "safe"

 

[Topper]

Time to go over it with a strimmer - or a pair of scrissors

No point most does not grwo longer than an inch

 

[Lazarus]

Sorry to hear that.

 

[Llew]

Just bought a new Viking mower. Smallest they do as my lawn isn't too large. The Viking still seems big though compared to my (30 year old) Qualcast Rotamo, the rotor blades of which are long out of production.

If the Viking lasts half as long as the Qualcast I'll be happy enough.

 

[Captain Jack]

Sunny today! And looks like decent weather next week. Got the patio set out ready for BBQ....

 

[RustySpoons]

Sunny today! And looks like decent weather next week. Got the patio set out ready for BBQ....

Perfect weather to be outside tinkering with dish stuff tbh.

 

[Pipedream]

Just cut the grass for the first time this year.