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General => The Shed => Topic started by: Steven on April 08, 2005, 22:14:56

Poll
Question: What sort of lawn mower do you own???
Option 1: Hover votes: 5
Option 2: Rotary votes: 9
Option 3: Cylinder votes: 2
Option 4: Hand push votes: 1
Option 5: Goat votes: 0
Title: Lawn mowing
Post by: Steven on April 08, 2005, 22:14:56
Just curious to know whats the most popular type of lawn mower used by peeps here. ;D
Title: Re: Lawn mowing
Post by: Roy Bham UK on April 08, 2005, 22:32:14
 :( Don't have any grass  :( just water and slabs I'm afraid 8)
Title: Re: Lawn mowing
Post by: Mrs Ava on April 09, 2005, 13:11:12
It's a lot less bovva wiv a hova, apparently.  Has to be quick and easy and light for me as I am usually mowing the lawn around the kids playing.  Maybe when they leave home I can get myself a cylinder and have a bowling green lawn with lovely stripes, like the man down the road (big envious face) but for now, speed is of the essence.
Title: Re: Lawn mowing
Post by: tim on April 09, 2005, 13:32:55
If you have no weeds. a hover is great - just leave the mulch on the ground. Good too for uneven ground . Banks etc.

If you want stripes without effort, or have long grass, a rotary is the thing.
Title: Re: Lawn mowing
Post by: BAGGY on April 09, 2005, 13:56:14
Our lovely neighbour does our lawn with a hovva.  It is very uneven as we have a tree in one bit and the roots make the lawn wiggly.  Also very dippy where we had some subsidence work done.  Wehave loads of pretty weeds in the lawn such a clove, self-heal and daisies.  I like our lawn as it is and the bees love the self-heal and clover.
Title: Re: Lawn mowing
Post by: Doris_Pinks on April 09, 2005, 15:58:36
We have Guinea Pigs! They keep the one bit of lawn I didn't remove trimmed! ;D
Title: Re: Lawn mowing
Post by: Mrs Ava on April 09, 2005, 16:09:11
Our hovva hoovas as well!  Gives me plenty of grass to get on the heap to get it toasty. ;D
Title: Re: Lawn mowing
Post by: Steven on April 09, 2005, 18:53:58
I was curious to know what is the most popular type of mower because when i was a child,my dad loved his lawn and used a petrol cylinder mower to get the shortest cut.Can still hear him swearing though when the thing wouldnt start-which you dont get with electric,but he didnt like them.

I used a Flymo for years,but last year decided to treat myself to a new Qualcast Concorde cylinder mower which is very very light and cuts beautifuly with stripes!





Title: Re: Lawn mowing
Post by: Merlins Mum on April 11, 2005, 19:25:46
A rotary for me although I must say a goat does appeal  ;D
MM
Title: Re: Lawn mowing
Post by: Clayhithe on April 14, 2005, 17:21:05
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Title: Re: Lawn mowing
Post by: derbex on April 14, 2005, 17:33:12
See MrGrim in the Gallery for mine  ;D

Actually, at home I use a rotary -although I envy Clayhithe his robot (mind you I'd want it to bag up the clippings, take them down to the allotment, and mulch the spuds, trees and no-dig bed then bung the rest on the heap and turn it too :)

Not sure about the goat -when I was a student I lived in a row of terraces with a goat next door. It got udder-rash once and kept us up for nights bleating, fair do's we kept it up with parties I suppose :D

Jeremy
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