My Neighbours Dad is Stone mad. He is mowing her lawns already and they are not even long like WTF

AMKC

Stone mad I tell you. Jeez give us a break. Lawn season is long enough and starts in Spring. It's not Spring yet is it?

Anyone else got any crazy neighbours doing crazy things?

Princess Calla

Maybe fix the title.

Yes it's spring.

Yes some people have started to cut their grass. (Whether they should or shouldn't is another conversation)

HeidiHeidi

What business is it of yours if your neighbour cuts their lawn 12 months of the year?

Yes it is spring, we've had an exceptionally mild winter (mostly) and stuff is starting to grow.

rolling boh

You can cut grass anytime of the year i have been told .

I noticed grass had been cut in a few places this week.

Also full rows of daffodils already out !

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120208387#Comment_120208387

Our daffs have been up since Christmas. They started sprouting the week of the really bad ice in December so their growth stalled but they've been bopping away all January.

screamer

I’ve a neighbour who cuts his lawn every Wednesday and every Saturday unless it’s milling rain. He has a ride on lawnmower and his large garden is like a football pitch, manicured to an inch of its life.

jmreire

Thats the difference when people start going by the calendar rather than by Nature.....if the grass need to be cut, then it has to be cut, end of story, regardlesss of the date. The way the climate is going at the moment, you have to be very flexible when it comes to gardens and gardening.

Jim_Hodge

Lawns can be cut at any time if it's dry enough. There was tremendous growth all winter. Plenty have been cut around here and mine would be too if the soil wasn't so damp.

screamer

I don’t cut my lawn in the summer very much, especially when it’s hot. My grass is nice and lush and green for the kids when everyone else’s is scorchio.

Lewis_Benson

I cut mine on Christmas day, great to get you in the mood for the dinner.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120208433#Comment_120208433

The thing is alot of nature is still hibernating.

Going around tidying up leaves etc is disturbing them.

Lawns don't need to be manicured to an inch of their lives. Dandelions are an important food source for pollinators etc.

At the end of the day each to their own , we don't cut ours until summer...even then it's after the wild orchids die off. So probably July , but our grass is fairly mossy so doesn't get too long

Tork

I hope it's a diesel-powered lawn mower, to really piss you off. There's many a person who'd be delighted to live beside somebody who bothers to look after their place.

The Continental Op

Cut my grass (about an acre) last week, though about cutting all again today but just ran over a couple of areas that had obvious new growth.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058283138/my-neighbours-dad-is-stone-mad-he-is-mowing-her-lawns-already-and-they-are-not-even-long-like-wtf

Ya I've a neighbour who keeps looking on over my wall while I mow my grass.

Crazy he dont mind his own bidness!

Bobblehats

Stone mad no less for conserving his garden’s integrity

One of the great unkempt brigade are we op. Sure let it alll hang out..

tanko

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Do you live in Dunshaughlin?? Is your neighbour called Gonzo??

Calahonda52

My Neighbours Dad is Stone mad. He is mowing her lawns already and they are not even long like WTF

I think the OP is referring to HER lawns, should go Brazilian in Spring, make for a better summer of content.

corner of hells

Is he cutting the grass at night or daytime ?

Larbre34

Is isn't Spring.

Meteorological Spring begins on 1st March. Astronomical Spring begins with the Equinox on March 21st.

Mrs OBumble

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120208562#Comment_120208562

The bees would disagree.

jmreire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120208473#Comment_120208473

I'm still in hibernation mode myself, TBH, and the last thing I want or need right now is to disturb the mower ( it needs its rest too!! ) But the lawn I have is a about 2/3's of an acre, and by God, if or when it gets out of control , getting it civilized again is some dose, I can tell you!!! It happened a few years ago, I was away for the mth of September, and it had grown into a meadow when I got back. I had a big Viking 6 with a 50" cutting deck, and 7 height settings. No good,,,would need a tractor with a cutting bar, which I did not have. So all hands on deck with strimmer's and after several days we got it back under control. But I swore, come hell or high water, it was the last time that I would allow it to happen. I understand where you are coming from, and I agree with you, but as soon as my grass gets to cutting height, I'll be cutting it. None the less, Thanks for the information 😊

Mild winter? Thought winter was fooking freezing. Particularly the couple of weeks coming up to Christmas.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120208763#Comment_120208763

This. February is winter. (Not having a go at people cutting the grass though - bizarre complaint).

Leg End Reject

My grass badly needs to be cut, it needed to be cut in November but the ground was and is too wet.

I'll leave it as long as possible and leave as much clover and dandelions as I can, but there's a tipping point where the house starts to look neglected and forlorn.

Annasopra

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120209774#Comment_120209774

Mild apart from very cold early december

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120209774#Comment_120209774

Exceptionally mild, but damp. Only one constantly cold week around here.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120210201#Comment_120210201

It was more than early December. Mid December.

Yeah the damp made it feel cold.

EmmetSpiceland

I’ll have to cut mine soon. It’s a nightmare letting it get anyway long when you’ve got a dog dumping in it.

Heard a lad years ago comparing a handjob he got from a woman to be like starting an old petrol lawnmower after a cold winter.

Lewis_Benson

I have the mower serviced last week.

Cutting will start in he next 2 weeks, not sorry OP - suck it up.

GreeBo

If something comes up when you go over it with the mower, then it can be cut.

Doesnt matter what the calendar says.

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120210733#Comment_120210733

How much did that set you back, L? I’ve a Briggs & Stratton on mine, very old piece of kit but the blades are a bit buckled, or something, so not easy to use.

Tempting to cave in and just get a Flymo but really don’t fancy bringing a cable into the “mix”.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120210884#Comment_120210884

Get a rechargeable mower. That's what I am getting next time.

mod:

thread reopened after review.

i called it wrong, apologies.

Lucas Salmon Rainfall

(sorry it didn’t reopen earlier!)

bottlebrush

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120210962#Comment_120210962

I have a cordless mower and it's great. I did consider cutting the grass today, definitely will tomorrow if it doesn't rain in the meantime.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120230203#Comment_120230203

Don't cut too low, if the Beast from the East 2 is going to hit in a couple of weeks.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120230274#Comment_120230274

Na that's not going to happen. They are just trying to scare us into buying fuel or whatever. I will believe it when I see it but believe it is not going to happen.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120230203#Comment_120230203

What one have you got? How long does it last for?

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120230354#Comment_120230354

I said "If".

And Conspiracy Theories =====>

bottlebrush

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120230359#Comment_120230359

I have a Sovereign 18V. My garden is small though. I get about 4 cuts out of every charge with nine of the nuisance of having a power cable.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120230423#Comment_120230423

No craic with that. You want good old noisy petrol job to annoy the neighbours early on a Sunday morning.

josip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120211027#Comment_120211027

Did you also think the thread title referred to something else? I've heard "mowing the lawn" used as a euphemism before now, but with the dad involved, thought it unlikely.

On the topic the OP raised, the brother mowed the neighbour's lawn last week. He has a ride on and remarked how firm the ground was under the grass. Very unusual for this time of year.

bottlebrush

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120230459#Comment_120230459

As it happens I have a noisy neighbour who cuts his grass at 8.00 on a Sunday morning with a noisy petrol lawnmower. He's a lad that can't stay still for two minutes. If he's not up a ladder, he's digging, hammering, drilling, sawing, powerwashing. If there's one thing worse than living beside somebody who keeps their place tidy and unkempt, it's living beside somebody obsessed with perfection.

HBC08

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058283138/my-neighbours-dad-is-stone-mad-he-is-mowing-her-lawns-already-and-they-are-not-even-long-like-wtf

No issues cutting grass at any time of the year.Its often 12 degrees in June and often 12 degrees in December.

HBC08

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120209774#Comment_120209774

It was cold for about 6 days in mid December, other than that and a few days in January a very mild winter.

Leg End Reject

It's a sad week chez Leggy, the ground is now dry enough for me to have to arm wrestle with the lawn mower. The grass really needed to be cut in November and is now rather long and straggly. So, there's a high setting cut then, weather permitting, a lower setting cutting in my immediate future.

Thoughts and prayers for me please.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120230574#Comment_120230574

I'm not being funny but if you have an electric hedge trimmer it does work and stops the flaffing about clearing the blade of grass.

Either way your body will be "broken"...best of luck 😜

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120230610#Comment_120230610

I have resigned myself to having to take to the bed when it's done. 🤣

Lewis_Benson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120210884#Comment_120210884

It cost me 150, that was collected from my front door, serviced, power washed and dropped back.

Not a bad service, I only bought it last year so have to keepnet serviced to keep the warranty in check.