FFS I now need to buy a robot mower
I do want one of those also in the future
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I do want one of those also in the future
Soldato
I've been waiting for the parkside one to arrive in UK shores. They keep releasing their best tech in Northen Ireland only - and I don't fancy paying the re-seller mark ups.
Do you leave the clippings on the lawn or are you saying it's constantly promoting growth?
Soldato
Generally, if you keep cutting the blades of grass, it promotes lateral growth which is what gives a thick sward i.e. a "carpet" of grass.
If you cut your grass every 2nd day compared to weekly, you'd notice the difference over a few weeks. The robot mower is likely setup to cut every 1-2 days.
As it's taking off a mm of grass, you don't need to collect the grass as effectively mulches it back into the ground. How that affects thatch levels, I don't really know.
Permabanned
Just looked through the thread, these are some nice gardens. I am curious to know how much time and effort it takes to take care of them? Do you like triming the grass?
Soldato
I've got a ride on mower. I use it as a bit of a break from the day job staring at a computer screen.
Two bits of the garden that were completely covered in weeds and god knows what else, so dug everything up, put weed matting down and covered in 20mm stones..
These will be going in the patch in the above pic (they spread to about 1m each) along with some creeping Phlox and I'll plant similar in the other patch for zero maintenance gardening..
Next job is sorting out the slightly overgrown veg garden..
These will be going in the patch in the above pic (they spread to about 1m each) along with some creeping Phlox and I'll plant similar in the other patch for zero maintenance gardening..
Next job is sorting out the slightly overgrown veg garden..
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Soldato
Looking good
Caporegime
Not sure if this counts but it's my garden for the week at least
Caporegime
Found this Alien lifeform growing all over the place in a border, is it going to kill me?
Soldato
Found this Alien lifeform growing all over the place in a border, is it going to kill me?
Yes
Run
Run for your life !!!!!!
!!!!
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Found this Alien lifeform growing all over the place in a border, is it going to kill me?
Isnt that the first scene from the Last of Us?
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Soldato
Looks like mushrooms growing... I could be wrong though.
Google Images says it's Smoky Spindles fungus (Clavaria fumosa)
Google Images says it's Smoky Spindles fungus (Clavaria fumosa)
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Soldato
Clear as mud.
Soldato
Today's hail from the greenhouse
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Soldato
And chillies !
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Soldato
Another haul of tomatoes
And eggs
And eggs
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I was talking to my mother about the bottle gardens/terrariums my grandmother used to keep, and it turns out shes got a couple of the original bottles she used to use back in the day (60/70's).
So, after cleaning one up after it'd been sat in her garden for many many years..
It's massive and around 45 litres.
I grabbed some probably unsuitable plants from the local garden centre and lobbed in some gravel, charcoal and finally some compost and then the plants..
I hoping to seal it up and see if it'll outlive me.
Plenty of people have had similar survive for decades without any assistance.
So, after cleaning one up after it'd been sat in her garden for many many years..
It's massive and around 45 litres.
I grabbed some probably unsuitable plants from the local garden centre and lobbed in some gravel, charcoal and finally some compost and then the plants..
I hoping to seal it up and see if it'll outlive me.
Plenty of people have had similar survive for decades without any assistance.
