The time of year now where people start to care about their gardens again. I went to cut my grass and my lawnmower blew, which is bloody annoying! I have a small/medium size lawn, so whilst I want the petrol mower I think an electric one makes most sense (petrols are bloody expensive!). Open to feedback but probably looking at Cobra MX3440V 13" Lithium-ion 40V Cordless Lawnmower. Around £200 so I am worried that it won't be that good. A must have for me is some sort of rear roller. If anyone has suggestions of what to go for then feel free to share. Also looking to sort of the divets that my garden has. Having 2 kids has left to looks of random low points. I think ill do this the quick and cheap way of scarifying it, then getting a load of top soil, mix with some sand and seeds and then scrape it over the lawn with a long flat piece of word. In my head that'll work. Won't make the lawn level from front to back/left to right but it will sort the low points out. Again, any tips on that would be very welcome!
I started already. The lawnmower barely started. Bad petrol. I have had the small rotary mower, the electric which is a pain and the petrol and i am sticking with petrol to get the fastest and most relibale results. The cost the last time i bought a lawn mower was massive to even get a passbale quality one. I would say rake in the sand/soil mix and use the back of the rake to level it out and then compact a bit and hopefully the grass will grow right through again. It depends on the size of the divots. Probabaly do that a couple times to get it just so. and then put the seed down. Mine is a disaster zone and the kids are still at it. You could rent a roller? I suspect that Like me you don't want to buy one and be left with nowhere to store it. My power hose has a burst hose off the hot exhaust and i got a new one but never emptied the petrol either. The probelm is the fuel goes off quick over the winter with these eco additives. I have to clean the carb out totally and spray WD40 through to get the ports to vent and feul to flow. The probelm with electric is they dont have the guts.
I just dont think I can justify the £600 cost for the petrol lawnmower. I have 2 kids that wreck it anyway so I don't think ill reap the rewards. As long as the lawn is green and well fed then the stripes are okay. Cobra RM4140V 41cm Cordless/Battery Push Rotary Rear Roller Lawmower looks good but again, high (to me) cost involved. I haven't actually looked at a roller itself. Storage is an issue though. I only have a fairly small shed. I was going to do it the way you suggested. Seems like the best way. A frustrating factor is that I live mid terrace, so I can't just get a ton of soil and be done. I have to buy the bags so that I can carry through the house. Probably a daft question but what sand do you use for the lawn?
I'd say go to b&q and get a washed fine sand and some compost and mix that (as a guess) probably you need to talk to someone on your type of soil you've got and what you need but you just don't want lime going in as it'll kill grass.
My garden is like a marsh, terribly water logged, need to sort some drainage out when the weather gets better. Cant mow it will it dried out a bit, which given its raining every bloody day these days, may be a while. I have a compacted lawn with heavy clay soil underneath it, which holds the water in the wet winters we have. This year I'm going to get the lawn aerator out and then throw a shed load of gardening sand over it, helps break down the solid soils to make it less water holding. This winter has been a nightmare, having to mop up every time the dog goes in the garden and comes in with very muddy feet.
I live in an apartment so unfortunately don't have a garden, but I have a fair few indoor plants, that I'm proud I've kept alive for almost 5 years now! I have some year-long plants that are pretty easy to maintain, but now that spring is settling in, I've got some herbs growing which I'm excited to cook with. I'm also excited since I've never planted garlic before, so I did so late last year. I thought it was gonna be a dud as nothing was happening, but over the past week some greens have started sprouting. It has a few more months before I can check if the bulbs fully formed, but I'm excited to see the progress. This is my main tool, no batteries/gas needed
Our patch requires something a bit more robust now that I'm not up to swinging the scythe or struggling on with the brushcutter.
I've dug my borders over twice & planted 2 new rose bushes , the yellow climber seems to grow around an inch a day whereas the red one is only just showing a few shoots & I've edged off the grass around the borders however , even though the grass is probably 6-8 inches deep I'll leave that until the end of May so as to give insects , bugs & other creepy crawlies along with natural plants a bit of time to thrive & maybe flower & give nature a bit of a helping hand .
Who needs a lawnmower when got these gorgeous creature to keep the grass nice and short. Friends with benefits.
If there are 2 things we agree on in our house it's that Gareth hates 'gardening' and I hate housework so we 'outsource' these jobs so we don't have to kill each other Fortunately where we live for the gardening element there is a never ending stream of industrious teenagers who want to earn money and I have absolutely no problem with encouraging and supporting child labour (my brother and I cleaned cars for everyone in the area we called ourselves 'Swinging Buckets' and made an absolute killing at it) Yesterday teenager number one turned up on his bicycle with a trailer to carry the patio cleaning equipment and for nearly 4 hours work and the use of our petrol mower to do the grass he earned himself £80. On the 10th we have another one who has had us planned in since January for few days of Fence & Shed painting / treatment and I think with 2 coats, both sides of the fencing will be 3 maybe 4 days of really hard work - he should earn himself somewhere between £350 and £400 for that.
You need to bring all your own equipment and take all the rubbish to the dump afterwards - travel costs are also not included
Funnily enough I was genuinely going to cut the grass today, been nice and dry all day but thought what if it does rain so had a dirty beer instead. Great minds think alike.
