[Misc] Anyone else thinking about mowing the lawn?

[Bold Seagull]

Talking of lawns, why do they always mow the pitch immediately after games??

I think it is more a case of hoovering up loose material as a result of the game rather than a cut. You're immediately looking to allow new replacement shoots to come through.

 

[Wellesley]

I wasn't, but now I am, and I'm gonna.

 

[Doonhamer7]

Mrs D7 doing it now

 

[southstandandy]

No, but did go for a swim in the sea this week. Only for 10mins but was really nice.

 

[MJsGhost]

Did it last week. Mental.

This.

Just stunning today and nice to get ahead with a few garden jobs.

GOOD: Just seen a pair of tits (long tailed variety) in my garden
BAD: My shed has been taken over by an army of spiders

 

[Giraffe]

Just seen two admirals dancing around the garden and the bees are out.

This can’t end well.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Took this shot this morning at 7am on Brighton beach. Lovely for February!

 

[wellquickwoody]

Sadly, I'm at that age where I am genuinely interested what a professional needs by way of mowers

I'm guessing a petrol cylinder for those fine lawns and a big old rotary (probably petrol again), but what others do you use ?

Down here I literally DREAM of a cylinder mower, heathen uneducated ******* gardeners.

 

[AmexRuislip]

If you do just do a Barber cut (take the top off)...check what setting you left the mower on.

Cleaned and serviced my four mowers during the week as its all systems go week Monday

I knew you'd be hanging around any thread where's there grass involved

 

[dazzer6666]

Went for a jog this morning....gloves and baselayer had to come off after about a mile, ended up sweating buckets, was 15.5 degrees when I got home. Ran past a local pub about 11.30, beer garden was full of people having coffee, kids playing etc. Bizarre for February.

 

[The Oldman]

Did mine Tuesday. A light cut. All looks good.

 

[dolphins]

Not yet but am thinking about when I will pop another coat of preservative/paint onto our rather long, 6 foot high fence. Takes a good couple of full days of painting to do one coat on it - and it is looking very nice and sunny on Tuesday/Wednesday this coming week, with the highest temperatures, so might be a good time to do it! Got some work I need to be doing today (instead of arsing around on NSC, tbh) but maybe will start it tomorrow. The grass can wait!

 

[bomber130]

No only because don’t have any grass


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[Notters]

Did it a week ago and that's in Leeds.

 

[Triggaaar]

If you do just do a Barber cut (take the top off)...check what setting you left the mower on.

Cleaned and serviced my four mowers during the week as its all systems go week Monday

**** me, how big is your garden?

 

[smudge]

My lawn looked awful last year; dead patches all over it. Only thing I can put it down to is the previous owners had dogs, so that was their toilet.
Any tips on how to bring these patches back to life?

 

[banjo]

My lawn looked awful last year; dead patches all over it. Only thing I can put it down to is the previous owners had dogs, so that was their toilet.
Any tips on how to bring these patches back to life?

Re seed them.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

#Dadsnet

Exactly what I was thinking, I could not give 2 Chinese shites who's cutting their lawn.
This place gets more like twatter everyday.

 

[Jack Straw]

My lawn looked awful last year; dead patches all over it. Only thing I can put it down to is the previous owners had dogs, so that was their toilet.
Any tips on how to bring these patches back to life?

A friend of mine's son-in-law ruined his lawn by applying "Weed & Feed" without reading the instructions. He ran out of the stuff, went and bought some more and put that on too. His lawn looked similar to how you describe yours. It was full of bare patches where he had over-dosed it, which is exactly what happens when dog bitches urinate on grass. Basically, fertilizer is piss!
We forked over the dead patches to the depth of an inch or two, spread grass seed over it and diggled it in with the side of a trowel. Grass seed needs to be worked in to just under the surface of the soil.
Three weeks later, you couldn't tell the lawn was a mess previously.
It may get a little colder in the next few weeks, but sowing grass seed now isn't a bad idea. There is a saying regarding grass seed - "Better in the ground than in the bag."
As Lammie said earlier, just lightly "tip" the grass with your mower. DON'T shave it off. A lot of people think that the more they shave off their lawn, the better. NO! It's what it looks like when you've finished, not how much clippings you can take off.
Then of course, as I've mentioned on here before, if you don't need your lawn for anything special, plant it up! I have just completed a project of this nature for a friend. I'll post pictures of before and after when it starts performing in the summer.

 

[Wellesley]

No football. Weirdly warm for February. Shall I?!

The weather is screwed.

Me and your silly ideas.

Anyway, my mountain is mowed. Garden looks great, Brownie points in the bag and the wife is out shopping for a nice bottle of Bourbon for me. I fancy a bit of diet coke and ice in it tonight for a change, but that's just the kind of crazy, unpredictable guy I am.