Lawn mower

[Wop/tpo]

Have this afternoon mowed the lawns for the first time this year. Think this is the earliest ever.

[Cugetit]

It is early, isn't it. I cut my lawns last week for the first time this year but the local authority has been cutting the public grassed areas for about a month. In a decade we may not get a rest from lawn mowing!!!

[shylock73]

I hope you set the blades at their highest for the first 2 or three cuts and then gradualy lower them. Give the grass a spring weed/feed in April for a healthy lawn.

[landscaper2]

Most lawns need 1 or 2 'winter cuts' if the weather is right although it does appear to be an early spring. Wouldn't panic too much tho, a couple of cold nights will slow everything down. I have a lovely Camelia that opened up on exactly the same day as last year(29th Jan), but I bet the Chancellor wont take that into account when the budget is announced!

[Wop/tpo]

Thanks for the advice. Which area do you gents live in. I am in the east midlands. Wife saw first bloom on our camellia
just yesterday, again early for us. High winds and rain today

[landscaper2]

Deepest Essex, bit milder down here - and certainly drier!

[Wop/tpo]

The 800 approx miles between north and south of the British Isles does make for differences in flowering times,
etc. Have a relative just moved to Rochford.