Between the Devil and the Deep Green Sea

Is there ever any respite from the joys of complaining?

Moaning about the drought was a good start; we could then follow with refrains re: relentless rain.

The soil under the lawn, a now overlong shaggy green carpet, is like sponge, despite excellent drainage; trying to run the mower over it would do untold damage; left until the Spring would make it impossible to mow.

Any thoughts ... other than “Get a lighter mower”?

 

I am in exactly the same spot. I suppose we could always rustle some sheep. According to a report on the BBC today "police rarely solve rural offences".

Tractors and crops targeted in rural crime wave

 

Same here. I usually try and get my "last mow" of the year in during October. The grass seems to slow down a lot during October. That usually sees me through until the following spring when it starts growing again.

But this year, the last mow I did was September and a mixture of wet weather/ wet grass has made it impossible to mow.

It's getting quite long now, long enough to cause me issues trying to pick our dogs crap up! The mildish weather has meant the grass hasn't done it's usual slow down.

And I hate boggy wet longish grass.

 

Guinea pigs ?

 

Concrete and green paint fixes a multitude of sins

 

Depending on how big your lawn is, would a strimmer do the job until it dries enough to take the mower over it.

 

Mowing until Christmas has become fairly normal, unless you just walk over it a lot to trample it down.

 

We have a friend who, depending on the weather, always mows his lawns on Christmas Day.

 

That reminds me of this......

 

What about a 'Flymo'?