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Grass-cutting at the first sign of sunshine

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  • #32
    The Backwards Man
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    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.


  • #33
    The Backwards Man
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    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.


  • #34
    FullblownRose
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    ..was joking about the horse tethered to the lawn, btw!...:O


  • #35
    Sir Arthur Daley
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    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.


  • #36
    Badly Drunk Boy
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    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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  • #37
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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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! :)


  • #38
    gazzer
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    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


  • #39
    kowloon
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    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.


  • #40
    [Deleted User]
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    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...


  • #41
    MonstaMash
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    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 :D


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  • #42
    Santa Cruz
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    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


  • #43
    Pumpkinseeds
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    I think large lawns are a waste of gardening space tbh.


  • #44
    FullblownRose
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    He's wasting his time in that case pumpkinseeds..am incorrigible


  • #45
    Sunny Dayz
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    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!


  • #46
    kowloon
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    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.


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