Hasn’t been a new topic for, oh, many minutes now and I was just inspired to start this one.

Only because I’m tired and I don’t wanna mow. But if I don’t the grass’ll be really really really long next time. Not just really long. And besides if it rains lots soon then next time might be a really really really long time away. I could cope with mowing on the weekend but if it rains that won’t work.

I’m over all the rain.

I want a lawnmower man. Who does it for free because he likes mowing.

And add a cleaning lady.

If I stay here tapping away long enough it’ll be too dark to mow.

Yeehah said:

Hasn’t been a new topic for, oh, many minutes now and I was just inspired to start this one.

and what is your input. what is gardening about this topic?

trichome said:

Yeehah said:

Hasn’t been a new topic for, oh, many minutes now and I was just inspired to start this one.

and what is your input. what is gardening about this topic?

the freedom of this forum is that we don’t have to talk about gardening. one of the reasons we like it. It is informal and friendly, and we get off topic frequently, but it suits us.

Yeehah, I know what you mean. I have a lot of grass here at my new place and no mower of my own, so I have to pay someone to do it. I can’t afford to keep doing that so I will have to come up with another solution before too long, as it is growing fast!

bluegreen said:

Yeehah, I know what you mean. I have a lot of grass here at my new place and no mower of my own, so I have to pay someone to do it. I can’t afford to keep doing that so I will have to come up with another solution before too long, as it is growing fast!

Will you need a ride-on BG? I had a look at some of your pics earlier on and thought that there was a lot of potential for garden beds in future (i.e. lotsa grass!).

Yeehah said:

bluegreen said:

Yeehah, I know what you mean. I have a lot of grass here at my new place and no mower of my own, so I have to pay someone to do it. I can’t afford to keep doing that so I will have to come up with another solution before too long, as it is growing fast!

Will you need a ride-on BG? I had a look at some of your pics earlier on and thought that there was a lot of potential for garden beds in future (i.e. lotsa grass!).

in it’s current configuration a ride-on would be the least labour intensive. as for potential, I definitely have plans of converting grassed areas to productive beds. But that won’t happen overnight so I have to deal with the grass for now. One thought is to raise a lamb for meat, and while it is growing it can keep the grass down, but I don’t want to rush into livestock and find myself unable to care for it properly so will research before acquiring.

trichome said:

Yeehah said:

Hasn’t been a new topic for, oh, many minutes now and I was just inspired to start this one.

and what is your input. what is gardening about this topic?

My input is as above. Felt like a chat so I did.

Chat is the most prevalent topic here.

If all we wanted to do was talk on-topic all the time we wouldn’t be here on this forum!

And besides, what is not gardening about mowing grass?

Unless they’re tiny or half full of paving or concrete, most gardens have lawn, usually grass lawns, seeing as chamomile lawns don’t quite cut the mustard for most people.

The only time I had no grass to mow I lived on a 25 acre bush block and we were too busy building the house to get the fences up to keep the roos out of any garden beds. So no garden and no grass. Was great not having to mow but I sure as heck missed having a garden.

Darn. Wandered off-topic in a kinda on-topic sorta way. How unusual.

trichome said:

Yeehah said:

Hasn’t been a new topic for, oh, many minutes now and I was just inspired to start this one.

and what is your input. what is gardening about this topic?

It doesn’t have to be about gardening, as is stated on the home page.

This forum is a place to ask all your gardening questions, talk about gardening achievements or just have a friendly chat about everything from pets, cooking, wildlife and photography to illness and weddings!

With all the rain lately I haven’t had a chance to mow, and it’s getting out of hand.

I tried to do it today but the ruddy mower wouldn’t start and now it’s raining again.

Ours is growing about half an inch a day. Sonny Joe mowed the buffel out the north east quadrant, he said big clouds (put your arms out straight in front of you and move them parallel from your knees and over your head) of mosquitoes were rising out of that lot. The mosquito count has dropped dramatically (but the sandflies and midges remain). It’s all Scotch Grey mosquitoes at the moment, not those ‘orrible little black disease carriers…I’ve been tipping out the water holders (ice cream containers) as I go around, and binning most of them…just looking out the back, the grass needs mowing again and it was only mowed on Saturday…we like to keep it short to keep the mosquitoes and snakes away from the house…

We are mowing with the mulcher mower, I get one catcher per mow for the compost and the rest is “recycled” on the ground lol!

bubba louie said:

I tried to do it today but the ruddy mower wouldn’t start and now it’s raining again.

Don’t you hate that?

bubba louie said:

This forum is a place to ask all your gardening questions, talk about gardening achievements or just have a friendly chat about everything from pets, cooking, wildlife and photography to illness and weddings!

This is more of a community really, which is kind of where we fell foul of the original ABC forum… plus that one was not moderated properly ( and now it’s over-moderated, IMHO).

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

This forum is a place to ask all your gardening questions, talk about gardening achievements or just have a friendly chat about everything from pets, cooking, wildlife and photography to illness and weddings!

This is more of a community really, which is kind of where we fell foul of the original ABC forum… plus that one was not moderated properly ( and now it’s over-moderated, IMHO).

Odd how a question about whether or not this topic related to gardening, has got us off topic LOL!

Dinetta said:

Odd how a question about whether or not this topic related to gardening, has got us off topic LOL!

Odd that we got off topic? Get a grip, lol!

Yeehah said:

Dinetta said:

Odd how a question about whether or not this topic related to gardening, has got us off topic LOL!

Odd that we got off topic? Get a grip, lol!

No, odd that the question, how is this topic related to gardening, got us off the gardening aspect of the topic…

Getting off topic is par for the course, I believe I am (was) one of the worst offenders…

Dinetta said:

Yeehah said:

Dinetta said:

Odd how a question about whether or not this topic related to gardening, has got us off topic LOL!

Odd that we got off topic? Get a grip, lol!

No, odd that the question, how is this topic related to gardening, got us off the gardening aspect of the topic…

Getting off topic is par for the course, I believe I am (was) one of the worst offenders…

Guilty as charged.
If we didn’t go off topic we would still be tied to the other place over there—————> and wouldn’t be here :)

But to keep it on topic, sort of, yeah we too have to mow the lawn every 3 days or so. I say ‘we’ because he mows but I do the pre clean, hoses away ect, and post clean sweep up :)

The Estate said:

Doesn’t animate on the phantasztic phone – glad I clicked on it now I’m at work, on the computer.

PS really I AM working – have been on hold to a bank for 5 mins … la la la ..!

Yeehah said:

The Estate said:

Doesn’t animate on the phantasztic phone – glad I clicked on it now I’m at work, on the computer.

PS really I AM working – have been on hold to a bank for 5 mins … la la la ..!

me too I lurk and odd posts in between other stuffs :)

I have been a professional gardener for 20 years now…. meaning someone has paid me to do my job, and I think I have mowed a lawn on the odd occasion during that period of time.

If you lived in the mountainous parts of PNG or even coastal Qld Yeehah, you could try Sogeri Grass or Broad Leaf Carpet Grass or Qld Buffalo Grass because it can survive without mowing. I have seen it in places like Efogi (half way mark of the Kokoda Trail) and there is not a Victa nor a Scott-Bonar to be seen for miles, yet that grass always looks like a lawn. Just need to bushknife the seed-heads from time to time.

Yeehah said:

Dinetta said:

Odd how a question about whether or not this topic related to gardening, has got us off topic LOL!

Odd that we got off topic? Get a grip, lol!

that’s the second time i’d had a giggle from this topic…..and i hate mowing.
i’ve been a week in nz and it’s rained 18mm here – more than christshurch in the same period and … wait for it … it’s colder here than in nz.

it was probably the newcomer questioning that made us examine what we have got. a bit like an overseas trip really.

pepe said:

i’ve been a week in nz and it’s rained 18mm here – more than christshurch in the same period and … wait for it … it’s colder here than in nz.

Are you back already?

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

i’ve been a week in nz and it’s rained 18mm here – more than christshurch in the same period and … wait for it … it’s colder here than in nz.

Are you back already?

7 day trip. shortest o/s trip i’ve ever planned/had. but all went well.
it was long enuff. we went to west coast and filled each of the days well.
i learnt the language – “it was a jim of a place”
photos to come on my new canon.

morning dinetta.

Veg gardeners, dads buying a new ride on, Reckon its about time. Needs a new starter Motor but dads decide just to buy a new Mower all together, No Point fixing the old one due to dad was thinking about one any way. One of those Zero turn mowers with the out the front deck Extra Wide. Veggie Wishes it had a Extra wide Deck, Wont fit in between garden beds or Car ramps witch are due to be removed.

And the Lawn Needs Mowing some time before the weekend.

pepe said:

it was probably the newcomer questioning that made us examine what we have got. a bit like an overseas trip really.

My garden got a compliment yesterday. I think my response was “really?” :D

Mind you, I think our visitors were just pleasantly surprised to see a “big” garden on a full block – getting rare these days. Mind you, to the standards of all of us it’s definitely small to medium!

Veg gardener said:

Veg gardeners, dads buying a new ride on, Reckon its about time. Needs a new starter Motor but dads decide just to buy a new Mower all together, No Point fixing the old one due to dad was thinking about one any way. One of those Zero turn mowers with the out the front deck Extra Wide. Veggie Wishes it had a Extra wide Deck, Wont fit in between garden beds or Car ramps witch are due to be removed.

And the Lawn Needs Mowing some time before the weekend.

A new Christmas toy for veg.

Veg gardener said:

Veg gardeners, dads buying a new ride on, Reckon its about time. Needs a new starter Motor but dads decide just to buy a new Mower all together, No Point fixing the old one due to dad was thinking about one any way. One of those Zero turn mowers with the out the front deck Extra Wide. Veggie Wishes it had a Extra wide Deck, Wont fit in between garden beds or Car ramps witch are due to be removed.

And the Lawn Needs Mowing some time before the weekend.

Nice work Veg’s Dad. Mind you a starter motor shouldn’t be too exxy and pretty easy to replace. You should shell out the greens veg and keep the old one as a tractor, rip off the cutting deck and hook up a trailer to it.

pain master said:

Veg gardener said:

Veg gardeners, dads buying a new ride on, Reckon its about time. Needs a new starter Motor but dads decide just to buy a new Mower all together, No Point fixing the old one due to dad was thinking about one any way. One of those Zero turn mowers with the out the front deck Extra Wide. Veggie Wishes it had a Extra wide Deck, Wont fit in between garden beds or Car ramps witch are due to be removed.

And the Lawn Needs Mowing some time before the weekend.

Nice work Veg’s Dad. Mind you a starter motor shouldn’t be too exxy and pretty easy to replace. You should shell out the greens veg and keep the old one as a tractor, rip off the cutting deck and hook up a trailer to it.

Mr fix it (dad) fixed the mower, Jumper lead from Battry to starter motor, Due for an Upgrade any way PM, Couple more Months and well be using a new mower, Got the Old massey 65 for a tractor and then we have a skidsteer.

I’ve decided I just plain don’t wanna do anything after work on work days.

It’s not just mowing, lol!

Yeehah said:

I’ve decided I just plain don’t wanna do anything after work on work days.

It’s not just mowing, lol!

lol

Wash the car or mow the rest of the lawn? Hmmm…..

Yeehah said:

Wash the car or mow the rest of the lawn? Hmmm…..

Mow and get sweaty.

Wash car and get the dirty sweaty mowing clothes soggy.

Toss clothes in washing machine and self in shower.

Sounds like a plan.

Put plan into action? Oh bother ….

Yeehah said:

Yeehah said:

Wash the car or mow the rest of the lawn? Hmmm…..

Mow and get sweaty.

Wash car and get the dirty sweaty mowing clothes soggy.

Toss clothes in washing machine and self in shower.

Sounds like a plan.

Put plan into action? Oh bother ….

Mow first, wash car second. Hose yourself and clothes after lol

Happy Potter said:

Mow first, wash car second. Hose yourself and clothes after lol

Now, there’s a problem I hadn’t considered. The only outside tap is on the front corner of the house and I’m not sure if the hose I have will reach up to the back lawn where I was planning to wash the car.

Might just think about maybe doing the ironing instead, lol!

Yeehah said:

Wash the car or mow the rest of the lawn? Hmmm…..

Mow the lawn then wash down the lawn mower, Bit of polish wouldn’t hurt it.

Veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

Wash the car or mow the rest of the lawn? Hmmm…..

Mow the lawn then wash down the lawn mower, Bit of polish wouldn’t hurt it.

What the ??? Polish the lawn mower?

O.M.G. I don’t even polish the car, lol!!!

Yeehah said:

Veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

Wash the car or mow the rest of the lawn? Hmmm…..

Mow the lawn then wash down the lawn mower, Bit of polish wouldn’t hurt it.

What the ??? Polish the lawn mower?

O.M.G. I don’t even polish the car, lol!!!

I dunno dad wants me to polish the John deere.

Veg gardener said:

I dunno dad wants me to polish the John deere.

yeah, but it is brand new, but!

Yeehah said:

Wash the car or mow the rest of the lawn? Hmmm…..

all lawns go edged and mowed here today!

Yeehah said:

Wash the car or mow the rest of the lawn? Hmmm…..

Do you want it to rain? If yes, wash the car.

pain master said:

Yeehah said:

Wash the car or mow the rest of the lawn? Hmmm…..

all lawns go edged and mowed here today!

Ended up getting it all done after 6pm. Mowed the rest of the lawn (with catcher on!) and washed the car too.

Car got serviced and rego-checked this morning for less $ than I’d budgeted, so I’m happy about that.

Mowed my lawn yesterday. With the catcher on. And mulched some beds. Looks lovely when it’s done, as if somebody gives a damn! Will have to write the landlord/s a letter, though. The standard roses along the front path are getting all leggy from being under a big shady tree. I’m guessing that the tree has grown since they first planted the roses, and the roses aren’t at their best in the shade. Plus, there’s a tree fern up against the front steps and it’s obviously very happy – overhanging the front path and drenches me when I brush past, if it’s dewy or been rained on. But it’s so lovely I’d hate to “prune” it, would look lopsided … will suggest they dig it up in the winter and relocate it somewhere with more space.

A week or so ago I sprayed weeds with glyphosate – the rented garden is not really set up with mowing edges or edges that are easily whipper-snipped, looks like it’s always had the edges sprayed so I’m just going with the flow. Plus the real estate told me I had to spray after the inspection a couple of months ago. Anyway, the crazy cracks in the concrete drive are no longer nurturing the beginnings of a garden bed and it’s looking tidier.

(Just wanted to post something to indicate that I do indulge in some garden-type activities and thoughts occasionally!)

On the weekend I had a bit of a cleanup in the rental garden. Nothing startling.

I don’t know what kind of grass makes up my lawn, but it’s perfect. Doesn’t get long and leggy after a couple of weeks, stays short, only about a couple of inches high, before it sends up seed heads (don’t know if it’s paspalum but that’s what the seed heads remind me of).

The downside of the undemanding lawn is that I look at it being a tad untidy a week after mowing and go “meh, no hurry, next week is soon enough”. The seed heads get to my ankles in the morning dew if I go to hang clothes on the line in the morning before work, though, so I actually mowed on the weekend. I think it’d been a month!

As I mow I use the catcher and spread grass clippings under the shrubs and trees.

Along the front picket fence there are some plants that have grown through and have made an informal garden bed effect (no edging in place) – English ivy on one side of the gate, a perennial on the other – so when I mow I mow off a couple of inches of the protruding plants and shake the clippings along the “edge” and press them clippings back into the plants. Then in a month’s time when I get around to repeating this, the clippings have died down a bit and have kept the weeds/lawn from growing up through the bedding plants, the bedding plants have grown over the clippings a bit and I mow my couple of inches off again and repeat. Very little effort for a neat and tidy edge that should keep passers-by, and the landlords, happy that I’m keeping the garden tidy.