the last cut?

Ip. I did that one year and had to cut it with a sickle in the Spring. Cut it when it looks like it needs it but as has been said already, keep it on a higher seting. Good Luck

 

LOL shiney :D I thought exactly that, wish I was that good.

I did cut mine last weekend hopefully for the last time...And had the GreenThumb man come on Friday to do the Autumn treatment which was a liquid feed with moss control.

They have recommended aeration also which will help, must say my lawn is looking heaps better after having treatment from these people for just a year.

 

Had to cut ours again today.
Used the hover as it was very wet and just wanted to take the top off to tidy it up a bit.

 

We don't have to cut ours at the moment as the Guneia Pigs are doing it for us.They are proper little mowing machines :D and they ferterlise the grass while they are at it.

One problem we do have though is clover which is gradually taking over the back lawn so if some one knows an organic way of getting rid of it I would be happy to hear from them..Thanks

 

Hi Shiney,I shall give the hand weeding a miss thankyou as it would take me the next six years to hand weed the whole lot. :eek: The grass doesn't grow where the clover grows on the odd blade between it and the Guneia Pigs won't eat the clover :rolleyes:

We are thinking of making the lawn smaller and the borders larger so that we can put in lots more cottage plants for the insects to feed on so we might as well recycle the lawn by stacking it upside down and then reusing the soil for the borders when the grass has rotted.If I hand weed the clover out then there will be large unsightly holes all over the lawn :eek: Thankyou for your thoughts on it though

 

Hi KF - Acouple of pygmy goats should keep the clover under control!!!!!!

Our lawn needs mowing, again!!! It is growing faster than in the summer........

We keep saying we are going to get in the Green Thumb chaps - apparantly our little patch should cost about �£15 per quarter - cheaper and easier than buying it all in ourselves.

 

Honey Bee it costs me just �£13 per quarter and it saves buying and storing all the lawn feed myself, it is well worth it, mind you I still had to do the very hard, back breaking job of raking out the moss before they started the first treatment (thought that was in with the cost!!) ha ha no didn't really.

 

hi folks

silly question but why does the mower have to be set on medium/high ?

i have tryed this (last week)and after i had finished mowing it had hardly cut anything and the lawn looked the same (long) so went round again on low,

needs doing again now as its a good 4/5 inches long

 

I think it's because if you get a frost when the grass is very short it damages it. I'm sure someone who knows what they're talking about will trundle along but that was what I was always told

 

Well i plan to mow our lawn the next time its dry. It certianly needs it. Along with more raking, every weekend :D :D

 

It all depends on how low you normally cut. For me low is 35 - 45mm with a high cut at around 60mm for longer grass eg orchards. in reality my low is high!

If you have a very fine lawn cut by cylinder mower to say 20-15mm then you may cause damadge however most lawns are cut using a rotary mower and comparitvly high therfore no damadge.

 

Ah right.

Mine is a rotary but i have no idea at all how high the blade is when i say high. :confused:

I guess i'll have to check out the manual or the ruler :D

 

Hi,NG. On my rotary I've only got 2 settings so try it on the highest one. If you've got 3 settings try it on the middle one. I get the feeling that Pro Gard is excatly what his user name says he is and might be a bit beyond us peasants