General Chat

it's been so wet here that our lawns are now largely moss, especially on north facing areas.

.......... and where there was grass, it is all being pulled up by crows searching for food ..... the larvae of the European cockchafer beetle which has become a major infestation, with little control available. It began here about 3 years ago, and is just spreading "like wildfire".

Add raccoons and possibly skunks who come along and roll up the grass to get at the grubs ......... :-(

For once the weather folks got it right!
The last three hours a combination of snow and freezing rain continues to fall ... gently ... thus providing a tranquil white floor in every direction!
We are promised this scenario - at freezing temps - until Thursday evening.
Such Fun!!
However, this will not stop me cutting my laun ... dry into whites and darks to do the required deadly deed.
Oh, Rugger!

just had a go at mine - very sunny but grass far too wet :-(

its minus 2 here in the Boro :-( :-(

Its 30 degrees here as well. Fahrenheit.

Andy

Do you want to know that it's 30C and sunny here?

:-S :-S :-S

But!!! The grass (we don't have a fussy lawn, we have grass) grows so fast in summer, it needs cutting every week. Two sets of neighbours take turns with DH, so they each spend a couple of hours every three weeks, cutting three front "lawns".

We look after our own back gardens... no lawn in our back yard.

Too wet to do ours in Essex, it's turning into a quagmire and will want rolling before cutting where even the dog has churned it up by walking on it.

I have a local gardener to do mine. One of my little luxuries as it is on a slope and got too much for me to do.

At the moment it is far too wet. Also he will scarify it first because the wet weather has caused the moss to go mad!! :-( :-( :-(

First cut today in the sunny North East of England.

OH cut our two weeks ago in a comparative dry spell of two days or so.

heard lawn mowers around me this morning - might have a go at mine tomorrow - or alternatively find a herd of goats :-D

We got rid of our small front lawn some years ago

I would mow it every weekend and sometimes in the week too in the summer growing season . Would add lawn food and lawn weed killer BUT as the front is open plan got fed up with neighbours who did nothing but reluctantly mowed from time to time but let the weeds sow everywhere

We had the front remodelled and had the fancy concrete laid with a small bed in one corner and a raised bed on one side whic is planted with miniature roses

The concrete section is a parking for a car as we got fed up too with not being able to park as folks who live way up the road would park and leave their cars for days on end and not move it . This was a problem as hubbies mobility got worse .

Glad it's done as couldny cope now with mowing grass

A month earlier this year.....result, lawn ripped to pieces again and a mower clogged with mulched grass and moss.

Andy

Still haven't cut mine.
I wait until the tufts are quite big.
Also, despite being on chalky soil, my 'lawn' has acquired sphagnum moss around the edges. Could be because I'm on the the South Downs - well not exactly, but am the same height, and the South Downs Way starts less than 100 yards from my front door.

AND I have to jump all over the grass before I cut it, to make the sloworms move.

and it is about 9C and raining on this side .........


....... with about 50 cm of snow falling over the weekend on the road through one of the highest mountain passes to back East



only in Canada :-D

I just had to add to this thread because 2 weeks ago I wrote this:

"Oh you lucky people! My lawn is still under a foot of snow with a fresh fall yesterday. Temperature today is -10. It's going to be a while before I can think of mowing."

Today the snow is all gone, the temperature is over 25 degrees and it's too hot to work outside.

Only in Canada!!!

oh no!

IT'S SNOWING AGAIN!!!

This is just not acceptable!

it's pouring with rain here ................. but our lawn man did the first earlier in the week

OH has trenched and planted 3 rows of potatoes, has trenched and has ready a 4th row, and will prpeare the other 3 rows as weather permits this week ....... he's not a wet weather gardener :-)

Our everbearing Strawberry plants had fruit into December, and look ready to start again soon.



Mo and Margee ..........

..................... Nova Scotia is also still covered with snow. Daughter spent this morning (Sunday) trying to find places to dump yet more that had fallen over night.

She actually now has a 2 step pile of snow .................... throw the snow up onto the lowest level, climb on to that pile, and throw more shovel fulls up onto the high level :-)


Heaven knows what will happen when it all melts!

Lawns had first cut few days ago,

Alloment dug over and prepared for planting 5 rows of early potatoes in, 5 rows of peas under cloches 3 rows of onion sets plus some new strawberry plants.