[Misc] No mow May

[Weststander]

How about the weeding, the raking, the seeding, the raking again, the moaning "What have you done to the lawn, it looks awful" followed by more raking, more seeding and more moaning. Only for it to be just as shit a year later with just the week of it looking half decent.

It's utterly pointless and soul destroying in equal measure. The perfect job for a bored retiree.

Add hollow tyne aeration, filling with a fine sand/loam mix. Yawn.

Yep, I cut my losses.

Ornamental lawns were an artificial creation from 1700’s where the upper classes created them as a mark of wealth and status in being able to employ staff to maintain the look.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Add hollow tyne aeration, filling with a fine sand/loam mix. Yawn.

Yep, I cut my losses.

Ornamental lawns were an artificial creation from 1700’s where the upper classes created them as a mark of wealth and status in being able to employ staff to maintain the look.

I did an experiment this year. Some seed. Some seed with compost. A different brand of seed. A bit of turf from the garden centre.Aeration. No Aeration.

I have scientifically concluded that it's all a complete waste of time especially when the dog pisses on it and eats the turf. At least it barks at the overweight pigeon gorging on the free seed.

 

[Si Gull]

How about the weeding, the raking, the seeding, the raking again, the moaning "What have you done to the lawn, it looks awful" followed by more raking, more seeding and more moaning. Only for it to be just as shit a year later with just the week of it looking half decent.

It's utterly pointless and soul destroying in equal measure. The perfect job for a bored retiree.

Personally, I'd be more than happy without a lawn, they're an unnatural, monoculture abomination....but, the other half wants a nice lawn so what's to be done?

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Personally, I'd be more than happy without a lawn, they're an unnatural, monoculture abomination....but, the other half wants a nice lawn so what's to be done?

I've read that in the style of a Double Entendre

 

[The Grockle]

I enjoy having a mown lawn surrounded by lots of borders packed with plants for pollinators and wildlife personally.

I understand the benefits of having a meadow or natural lawn but I spend hours each month to have a garden I can spend time in, much of that is on our well kept lawn. We have bees, butterflies, I've counted over 100 birds visiting at one time, have 8 bird boxes, a healthy population of bats. I feel our garden is a wildlife haven so won't feel guilty for maintaining a low cut lawn.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I won’t be mowing my back garden ever again as I’ve got fake grass, my dog ruined the old grass

Not sure if @LamieRobertson has given me the angry emoji for having fake grass or because my dog enjoyed digging my old lawn to find stones just under the turf.
I must admit it looks a lot tidier in my garden now, the lawn didn’t exactly look like the Amex pitch before we got the dog

 

[Taybha]

This must be a new thing my missus hasn't done hers for 67 years.

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

Yup.
I'd also recommend Slo-Mo May, where you do everything like slow motion action replays. Makes a sprint for the bus look like Tai Chi.
And you miss the bus.

 

[Weststander]

Yup.
I'd also recommend Slo-Mo May, where you do everything like slow motion action replays. Makes a sprint for the bus look like Tai Chi.
And you miss the bus.

Milner, Gross and Lallana are black belts.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Yup.
I'd also recommend Slo-Mo May, where you do everything like slow motion action replays. Makes a sprint for the bus look like Tai Chi.
And you miss the bus.

Milner, Gross and Lallana are black belts.

Gross looks like he's going for the number 12, but takes a turn and gets on the 25.

 

[goldstone]

It's the latest bollocks from the Green lobby. If you don't mow your lawn for a month the chances of being able to cut the long grass after four weeks are about zero. Most mowers just won't handle it.

 

[Weststander]

It's the latest bollocks from the Green lobby. If you don't mow your lawn for a month the chances of being able to cut the long grass after four weeks are about zero. Most mowers just won't handle it.

It’s a totally different approach, with known consequences beyond May. The stripy look goes, an acceptance that ‘weeds’ are prevalent. Mowers on high settings, gradually reduced, can cope in June.

Unlike ULEZ or green energy tariffs, it’s purely a personal choice with no consequences for those carrying on as before.

 

[LamieRobertson]

It’s a totally different approach, with known consequences beyond May. The stripy look goes, an acceptance that ‘weeds’ are prevalent. Mowers on high settings, gradually reduced, can cope in June.

Unlike ULEZ or green energy tariffs, it’s purely a personal choice with no consequences for those carrying on as before.

With the grass I’ve been told to leave since late March, it’ll be a strim then it’ll take a few cuts b4 the lawn looks pleasing to the eye …..tbh I don’t care two hoots what people what to do with there’s …(if it’s a customer) long as they understand the consequences…..

I’ve got a postage stamp front lawn and apart from a foot around each side, leave it for 6/8 weeks this time of year ….this is what happened last year

 

[LamieRobertson]

Oxeye daisies starting their upward march and mingling with the buttercups and daisies
Edit not showing in the photo as well as i thought they would

 

[Colonel Mustard]

I’m in. I find lawns very boring things to look at and to maintain. Maybe if you have young kids it makes sense but otherwise I think it’s sad to get obsessive about keeping a stretch of grass closely cropped. Let nature express herself!

 

[Fungus]

So, anyone given their lawn a first cut today? Just did mine, but it felt a bit brutal. We only grew a couple of buttercups (probably need to cancel Greenthumb), but we did get some interesting grasses (Yorkshire Fog, I believe) and a few tiny flowers that you can only see up close. I’ve left a few areas untouched, and will see what grows. I’m starting to reconsider my definition of “weeds”.

 

[Comrade Sam]

I'm going for a no mow June as well. In fact I haven't mowed the lawn for 6 years, since I abandoned it and put down AstroTurf.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Esher Close in Seaford looked absolutely stunning, the communal grass areas had just been left to grow and were serveral feet high in places, the overall effect was beautiful, with an array of wild flowers and grasses.

Next up No Concrete July, where those who have concreted over their front gardens aren't allowed to add any additional cement or mend any cracks until August. #Good Times (Justin Lee-Collins)

 

[The Wookiee]

Have just been past Hove Lawns - Jeez when was the last time they were cut ?

 

[Weststander]

We’ve got two lawns at the back. One was a perfect ornamental lawn/mini football pitch 8 years ago. But I tired of the endless battle against Bird’s Foot Trefoil, moss and course grasses. This year I’ve not mowed that area at all, without seeding it already has Yellow-Rattle, Oxeye daisies, with countless bees and grasshoppers.