Grass-cutting at the first sign of sunshine

FullblownRose · 28-03-2014 03:38PM #1

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!

28-03-2014 03:39PM

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 · 28-03-2014 03:41PM

Maybe he likes a tidy Garden

The Backwards Man · 28-03-2014 03:42PM

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 · 28-03-2014 03:43PM

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

padraig.od · 28-03-2014 03:43PM

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 · 28-03-2014 03:45PM

uch wrote: »

Maybe he likes a tidy Garden

nothing nicer than a well manicured bush

SeaFields · 28-03-2014 03:45PM

I love the smell of freshly cut grass

SEPT 23 1989 · 28-03-2014 03:46PM

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

Inspector Dhar · 28-03-2014 03:47PM

I fought the lawn and the lawn won.

Sir Arthur Daley · 28-03-2014 03:49PM

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 · 28-03-2014 03:50PM

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

FullblownRose · 28-03-2014 03:52PM

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 · 28-03-2014 03:52PM

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 · 28-03-2014 03:53PM

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 · 28-03-2014 03:56PM

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 · 28-03-2014 03:58PM

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 · 28-03-2014 04:00PM

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

Sir Arthur Daley · 28-03-2014 04:00PM

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 · 28-03-2014 04:02PM

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 · 28-03-2014 04:08PM

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 · 28-03-2014 04:14PM

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 · 28-03-2014 04:16PM

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 · 28-03-2014 04:17PM

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

28-03-2014 04:20PM

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 · 28-03-2014 04:23PM

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 · 28-03-2014 04:33PM

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

doolox · 28-03-2014 04:37PM

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 · 28-03-2014 04:38PM

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 · 28-03-2014 04:41PM

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

FullblownRose · 28-03-2014 04:45PM

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

Grass-cutting at the first sign of sunshine

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