To Mow Or Not To Mow

:dh:Oh no! not already:D
I normally wait until the peace and quiet is shattered by the Sunday morning mower brigade before I start mine. At the moment the lawns are too water logged anyway.

 

I mowed the first week of the year. It was getting shaggy, and I'm really glad I did as we have had intense cold since, and I don't reckon I'll get another chance for a bit, and it looks smart enough now, whereas I reckon it would be looking even more of an eyesore otherwise!

When I say "mowed" I maybe mean "rolled the moss" though

 

I tend to cut late and comparitvly low with the aim of timeing the last cut with the end of the growing season thus leaving it tidy. My last cut for 08 was around the begining of December and nothing since.

The ground has either been too wet or frozen to think about anything this year, the most ive done is to blow off leaves and edge.

 

Wow that's a nice house/garden you have there. I'm not jelous and I'll reconsile myself with 2 facts the first I can't even fill my little garden with flowers yet and 2 it will take you much longer to cut your grass.

I bet you're going to tell me you have a ride on lawnmower or something now aren't you....

 

I watched a recorded episode of Gardener's World showing the contenders for "Gardener of the Decade". They showed their gardens, and at least two of them had herbaceous borders that were a) huge and b) in their first year. I couldn't believe how well established they looked. Probably just good soil preparation, reasonably sized starter plants, and good after-care. So it can be done!

 

I think they just paid ££££ for big plants....?

 

Yes, probably so (one of the contestants owned a Nursery!!). Still looked surprisingly established.

 

I'm not a fan of mowing the grass, but as I keep encroaching into it to gradually to increase the size of the borders, hopefully I won't have to worry about doing that for much longer and whatever is left can be cut with the strimmer! :hehe:

If I tried to do it at the moment the mower would sink into the "swamp" without a trace :(

Lovely looking stripes you got there Shiney:gnthb:

 

Are you saying that's not even your house just a 'garden room....'

Now you're just rubbing it in:dh:

 

Beautiful "little" garden room and what a lovely way to remember your mother