First Cut Of The Season

Well! For me it is that time again. Our grass never seems to stop growing nowadays :(

At least it gives me some exercise :D

 

That is early shiney, we still have a few piles of snow around the edges where I heaped it up a couple of weeks ago. You do have it mild there.

 

Hi John,
I took the opportunity whilst I could :gnthb:. Today it has been snowing lightly on and off - but the garden looks good. :hehe:

 

No offence taken, has been

I know that it could do with many things but there are reasons for not doing it. As you spotted, we have a lot of moss but with a large garden I don't have time to do things like scarifying - or have the physical capability (back, neck and shoulder problems) .

We never use any form of chemicals on our lawns as we have wild bee orchids and don't want to affect them. The same goes for scarifying.

That lawn is only a small part of the garden and we do have some areas that are only cut three times a year because of wild flowers. I keep that particular lawn low because it is easier to keep clean (dropped bird seed, casings and pheasant pooh - we get through 20kg of bird seed every 6 weeks) with the mower set on low. By March the lawn will look green all over although a fair proportion of it is moss and weeds.

We also go away a lot and if I leave it to grow longer and then it rains when we get back the cutting gets too much for me. So it is a 'cut it whilst we can' philosophy. :D