I don’t really feel like I need the compost and it’ll be mainly grass so probably not that fertile. But if the heap of clippings starts to look useful then I might formalise it a bit.
Really, mulching ought to be the way to go but I reckon I’d want to cut it twice a week to make that work and I can’t be arsed.
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Just piling it up and leaving it over winter makes pretty good fertiliser - mrs mik grew tatties & beets last year in pretty much this alone.
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The pile of rotting grass clippings is slippery to walk on and the bits which stick to your boots look like cow pats when you walk them round the place.
I did end up using all four mowers today, and my feelings about the HRH have been reinforced; it’s not for me. I think I’ll keep it until Honda do stop making petrol mowers though, to avoid the depreciation.
Dinny, here is the clippings pile after 3 cuts. That starting from a bare patch of grass last month.
Here’s how I do the front lawn - the small Izy and chuck the clippings into the trailer to take them to the pile:
I did end up using all four mowers today, and my feelings about the HRH have been reinforced; it’s not for me. I think I’ll keep it until Honda do stop making petrol mowers though, to avoid the depreciation.
Dinny, here is the clippings pile after 3 cuts. That starting from a bare patch of grass last month.
Here’s how I do the front lawn - the small Izy and chuck the clippings into the trailer to take them to the pile:
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Whilst I applaud you ownership of 4 mowers, I’m not going to lie, I’d be paying someone to do it if I had your place.
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I had to do our old house yesterday as well and that’s why I’m knackered. It takes as long to mow there as it does the new one despite being 1/3 the size due to the awkward bits round the edges, and it’s more tiring because of all the manoeuvring. But you’re right, I may find someone to cut it;
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The sale of our old house should complete in about 2 weeks so I can then stop looking after the garden. It was more pleasurable when we got the benefit of it I have spent many hours today mowing and gardening - twice as long at the old place.
I nearly brought my favourite mower back from it but there is a fair chance it’ll need another mow before the sale completes. So I left it and used the small Izy to do the edges and front lawn at our new house. It seems to be running a lot better than the last few times; I suspect the fuel was mostly old even though I’d topped it up with brand new super unleaded. Anyway, today it didn’t feel sluggish at all and it did a cracking job. Still prefer the GCV170 engine which did an excellent job at the old house, so I’m very much looking forward to having that as a permanent fixture.
I nearly brought my favourite mower back from it but there is a fair chance it’ll need another mow before the sale completes. So I left it and used the small Izy to do the edges and front lawn at our new house. It seems to be running a lot better than the last few times; I suspect the fuel was mostly old even though I’d topped it up with brand new super unleaded. Anyway, today it didn’t feel sluggish at all and it did a cracking job. Still prefer the GCV170 engine which did an excellent job at the old house, so I’m very much looking forward to having that as a permanent fixture.
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In case you mow too low;