Lawn Mowing

This grass needs mowing

The Moosey Garden loves lush green grass lawns - they are so easy on the eyes. The problem with grass is that to keep it green it needs to be watered. Then when it's watered it grows. Funny, that...

There's over half a hectare (1.25 acres) of lawn scattered throughout the garden (not including the grass verge alongside the road-side - another half acre). In the spring and early summer they need cutting twice a week, keeping the resident lawnmower man very busy.

Lawnmower Man's assistant.

Enjoy the Garden!

The Lawnmower Man tries to split the mowing up into areas so that everything does not need to be cut at once. We have a couple of ride-on mowers (and an old rustic push mower). Thus the mowing is a not too strenuous activity and can be quite enjoyable. The Lawnmower Man gets to look at and enjoy all parts of the garden.

For areas where lawnmowers cannot reach (alongside the water race) he has a brush cutter. This could best be described an 'industrial' weed-eater, although using it involves considerably more effort than using the ride-on.

Mowing top lawn

Water Means Work

Later in the summer when things have dried off considerably, the person in charge of irrigation tries to balance regular requests for garden irrigation ('The garden is so desperately dry!'). There is a modicum of self interest here too, since if the amount of irrigation can be rationed to a level where the grass stays green but doesn't grow too much, the Head Gardener is more or less satisfied. Phew! Lawnmower Man can relax and enjoy his long weekend reads of the newspaper.

From the Head Gardener's point of view, you can never water too much. The Lawnmower Man would beg to differ!