First Lawn Cut of the Year?

Hello all

I hope you are Well.

I was just wondering, when does everyone Cut their Lawns for the First Time after Winter?

I am in Doncaster and it is still too Cold, and Wet, to Cut the Lawns, I am hoping to be able to Cut them in Early(ish) March, hopefully.

How about everyone else?

Thanks

Kevin

 

I cut mine a couple of weeks ago, could do with another cut now but its too wet atm.
I usually start with blades set to just top it at this time of the year and lower them over the next couple of months.

 

My lawns are growing at a pace at the moment so I will cut them as soon as a suitable dry day comes along. Very frosty here (warwickshire) this morning but it has been so wet as well.

Blackstart

 

I've cut ours in Dec and Early Feb and will do again shortly

 

Hello all

Thanks for the Replies.

Interesting, and I thought March was going to be too Early

My Back Garden faces South and is currently Growing well, too well, so I will be Cutting that Lawn First, I just need to wait for a Dry Day

I also need to wait for the Green Bin to be Emptied as it is currently Full.

Green Bin Collections do not resume until 29 February here and are every Two Weeks.

No doubt that the Bin Men will Complain that the Green Bin is Too Full or Too Heavy, again

The Front Garden faces North and still has Frost, however, it is not Growing anywhere near the pace of the Back Garden so that Lawn can probably wait somewhat.

Thanks

Kevin

 

Like most gardening jobs, you do it when the weather allows and when it needs doing.
No hard and fast rules with growing plants, they do their own thing and it often is related to the weather.

 

My lawn desperately needs a cut. But it's too wet. Once it dries a bit, I give it a go.

 

Why to wait, you can pile the garden waste somewhere in the corner and later move into the green bin.
I don't have a green bin at all. I have a round bin, I put the staff I'm not composting in it and around it. And then twice a year we go to the tip.

 

I think grass cuttings are quite valuable composting material, I even used to take the neighbours until they just started chucking them over the fence, at which point I said enough was enough.
I only use a garden bin for stuff that doesn't rot down very quickly or nasty perennial weeds.

 

Yes, same here. I sort all the stuff into good to go into my composter and bad - for the tip. Grass always gets into my compost bin.

 

They started charging extra for our garden waste removal so everything goes into the compost now. Although for the last couple of years I've been doing almost all that already. I won't mow till March and will need a dry and windy day for it to dry out enough to attempt i think.

 

Its over £40 a a year for a garden waste bin here and there is no guarantee how many pick up you will get in a year.
Its always the service they drop if its too wet, too dry, too windy, Christmas, summer holidays, lorry broke down, people off sick etc. etc.
So I'm considering not paying it next year and just putting the bin out anyway, and see how long they keep emptying it.

 

There is absolutely nothing worse than trying to cut even slightly damp grass. And at this time of year, especially if it has been quite mild, the grass starts growing with vigour. It needs cutting but the mower just gets clogged around the blade area. What a pita.

I don't believe there is one available yet but it would be great if there was a lawnmower that could cut damp/wet grass which left the blade area clear and dumped all the soggy mess in the collection bin!

Sometimes I can't do my first cut until March, sometimes April. Then it takes ages because the grass can be quite long by this time. I have to start at a high setting and gradually work down.

 

A rotary mower cuts damp grass ok, and you really should not cut too close on the first ones of the season.