Grass-cutting at the first sign of sunshine

FullblownRose

I can't be the only one who is mystified by this. Why do people run out with their mowers the very moment the sun comes out?
I've been hearing the drone of a lawnmower for two hours but my neighbour only has a small garden. He really likes his lawnmower.
You would have to send out a search party to find the children at dinner time in my garden!

FullblownRose

FullblownRose wrote: »

I can't be the only one who is mystified by this. Why do people run out with their mowers the very moment the sun comes out?
I've been hearing the drone of a lawnmower for two hours but my neighbour only has a small garden. He really likes his lawnmower.
You would have to send out a search party to find the children at dinner time in my garden!

It's not great cutting grass in the rain.

uch

Maybe he likes a tidy Garden

The Backwards Man

I have my lawns cut three times this year already, they are a lot easier to cut when the grass is shorter.

Sir Arthur Daley

Lawns need to be maintained, the day is fine so why not whats the big issue?

padraig.od

FullblownRose wrote: »

I can't be the only one who is mystified by this. Why do people run out with their mowers the very moment the sun comes out?
I've been hearing the drone of a lawnmower for two hours but my neighbour only has a small garden. He really likes his lawnmower.
You would have to send out a search party to find the children at dinner time in my garden!

mow yer lawn, you animal

harry Bailey esq

uch wrote: »

Maybe he likes a tidy Garden

nothing nicer than a well manicured bush

SeaFields

I love the smell of freshly cut grass

SEPT 23 1989

Grass cutting is nearly a 52 week affair with the way the climate has gone

Inspector Dhar

I fought the lawn and the lawn won.

Sir Arthur Daley

Deleted User wrote: »

It's not great cutting grass in the rain.

Unless you have mulching blades and a cab with a wiper.

Bio Mech

Of all the bizarre things to have an issue with...grass cutting, grass cutting. Jaysus.

FullblownRose

I like living in a jungle Ah yes fair enough I get that people like their gardens neat but I don't like the same old boring lawns myself. All of the gardens look very uniform and boring to me. I get that to a lot of people an unkempt lawn sounds neglected and not very nice but I have wildflowers in it as well. Even if I didn't plant wildflowers there'd still be dandelions which I think of as a flower rather than a weed, and they have a lot of uses (not that I've ever made use of them, I just find it interesting)

It just seems a bit of a mad panic but I see the point about it being easier to cut it when it's already short.

Femme_Fatale

FullblownRose wrote: »

I can't be the only one who is mystified by this. Why do people run out with their mowers the very moment the sun comes out?
I've been hearing the drone of a lawnmower for two hours but my neighbour only has a small garden. He really likes his lawnmower.
You would have to send out a search party to find the children at dinner time in my garden!

The grass is in need of trimming and it's the first bit of suitable weather to do it in - and it being Ireland, might only last a day.
It makes sense IMO.

The smell of cut grass is so lovely and Spring-ish too!

padraig.od

FullblownRose wrote: »

I like living in a jungle Ah yes fair enough I get that people like their gardens neat but I don't like the same old boring lawns myself. All of the gardens look very uniform and boring to me. I get that to a lot of people an unkempt lawn sounds neglected and not very nice but I have wildflowers in it as well. Even if I didn't plant wildflowers there'd still be dandelions which I think of as a flower rather than a weed, and they have a lot of uses (not that I've ever made use of them, I just find it interesting)

It just seems a bit of a mad panic but I see the point about it being easier to cut it when it's already short.

You're just lazy. Admit it so we can all move on

GreeBo

if you cut it frequently enough you can just leave it to mulch on the lawn without problems.

If you go for the wild hay field approach you need to pick it up/collect it and dispose of it somehow, which is a PITA.

FullblownRose

I don't have an issue with it at all, no offense to lawn-lovers... I just don't know why everyone has to have a lawn ..it seems like the mark of resectability to some people..and don't know what the importance of it is..can see that it's easier to walk on a flat neat lawn and some people might like the look of them..but I always got the imression that the grass is the enemy to be conquered and it looks like a chore to me..on the other hand I actually put hours of work into my garden most weeks (just not grass cutting!) so I can't hold my hands up to being lazy, tbh..I supose not everyone wants to be maintaining flower beds and a neat lawn is a low maintenance garden in a way

anncoates

You're not my lazy tramp of a neighbour by any chance?

Sir Arthur Daley

FullblownRose wrote: »

I don't have an issue with it at all, no offense to lawn-lovers... I just don't know why everyone has to have a lawn

To compliment their nice black top tarmacadam drive?

Adamantium

Marvel Presents:

Lawnmower man.

Fighting Photosynthesis with one deadly blade a time, since the dawn of time.

What? Marvel will be scraping the bottom of the barrel soon enough. They'll greenlight anything.

FullblownRose

anncoates wrote: »

You're not my lazy tramp of a neighbour by any chance?

I told you Ann I'll have those rusting scrap cars moved asap

SEPT 23 1989

Jungle = 20 bin bags ripped open and strewn around,an old Christmas tree,bits of broken toys and bicycles and a dead animal who cant be identified because its been there so long

FullblownRose

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Jungle = 20 bin bags ripped open and strewn around,an old Christmas tree,bits of broken toys and bicycles and a dead animal who cant be identified because its been there so long

Oh no..someone near you has a 'jungle' like that?

The lawns suddenly seem very attractive

Adamantium

I love the smell of napalm and freshly burned grass in the morning.

Plenty of room in Leitrim to do this and nobody to notice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jts9suWIDlU

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have my lawns cut three times this year already, they are a lot easier to cut when the grass is shorter.

Lawns? as in plural? How many Lawns do you have Sir Backwardsman?
(tugs forelock)

Alf. A. Male

FullblownRose wrote: »

I can't be the only one who is mystified by this. Why do people run out with their mowers the very moment the sun comes out?

Because it's Ireland and that moment could be the last time we ever see the Sun.

randy hickey

We in the Manicured Irish Lawn Federation wholeheartedly support this activity.

doolox

Sheep will crop the lawn to a nice even 1" or so and keep it that way. No need for lawn mowers.

Concrete the front and lay down astro turf or paint it green.

randy hickey

doolox wrote: »

Sheep will crop the lawn to a nice even 1" or so and keep it that way. No need for lawn mowers.

Concrete the front and lay down astro turf or paint it green.

Members of MILF do not support this sort of thing.

Sir Arthur Daley

Sheep are good in theory except for the the shiit they will leave after themselves.

FullblownRose

Tether a horse on the lawn and let him ate away at it.

The Backwards Man

Jake1 wrote: »

Lawns? as in plural? How many Lawns do you have Sir Backwardsman?
(tugs forelock)

Just the three. Good lawn for entertaining guests, front lawn for aesthetic pleasure, and back lawn for the dog to run about in.

The Backwards Man

WikiHow wrote: »

Sheep are good in theory except for the the shiit they will leave after themselves.

Just messy full stop, from hoof marks to wool everywhere. Grand for a bit of rough ground, but if you're gonna have a lawn it has to be well kept. Nothing as bad looking as an overgrown garden.

FullblownRose

..was joking about the horse tethered to the lawn, btw!...:O

Sir Arthur Daley

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Just messy full stop, from hoof marks to wool everywhere. Grand for a bit of rough ground

Good points plus lawn grass wouldnt be ideal grass to be eating constantly either.

Badly Drunk Boy

A friend of mine always insists on soaking grass seed in whiskey before sowing it. That way, the grass comes up half-cut...

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Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

A friend of mine always insists on soaking grass seed in whiskey before sowing it. That way, the grass comes up half-cut...

You can't beat the old gags and they don't come much older than that!

gazzer

Living in Cavan you need to mow your grass when there is a bit of relief from the rain which is not very often My garden is like a jungle at the moment. Reckon I need a farmer to come in and plough it at this stage

kowloon

If your lawn isn't to regulation length you get dragged away by the People's Commissar for Botanical Joy. Before you know it you'll be in a ditch with a biodegradable bullet in the back of your skull, your corpse fertilising a decorative hedgerow. Don't say you weren't warned.

WikiHow

WikiHow wrote: »

Sheep are good in theory except for the the shiit they will leave after themselves.

which will make excellent fertiliser

Id love an aul sheep out the back.. and a donkey and some chickens...

MonstaMash

My OAP mother is obsessed with the grass cutting :rolleyes:

I told her I'm buying her a goat for mothers day so she doesn't have to obsess about it any more

Santa Cruz

FullblownRose wrote: »

I can't be the only one who is mystified by this. Why do people run out with their mowers the very moment the sun comes out?
I've been hearing the drone of a lawnmower for two hours but my neighbour only has a small garden. He really likes his lawnmower.
You would have to send out a search party to find the children at dinner time in my garden!

Maybe he wants to show example to the lazy bollix next door who never cuts his lawn

Pumpkinseeds

I think large lawns are a waste of gardening space tbh.

FullblownRose

He's wasting his time in that case pumpkinseeds..am incorrigible

Sunny Dayz

Can't wait for the grass cutting, love the smell. What's brilliant is we don't actually have grass or a lawn so all my neighbours have the hard work of mowing their lawns but I get the benefit of the smell!

kowloon

Jake1 wrote: »

which will make excellent fertiliser

Id love an aul sheep out the back.. and a donkey and some chickens...

Chickens won't do much for your grass, but they'll eat bugs and the likes, the protein makes for eggs that'll beat anything from a shop. But, if you're a gardener the chickens will destroy everything you hold dear and they'll dig hollows in the ground to dustbathe and lay about in the sun.