It's November... the lawn is still growing

[Mannginger]

Having to keep mowing until November is new. Still, at least it saves me having to rake the damn leaves!

[tr7v8]

Mine too, problem is it's too wet to mow!

[Silvanus]

tr7v8 said:

Mine too, problem is it's too wet to mow!

It's annoying, I need to do a cut but it's all so damp and now there are leaves to contend with.

[normalbloke]

Spooky, I’ve literally just emailed our gardener.

[hotchy]

Thinking that myself. Looking a bit untidy.

[Monkeylegend]

I have been sitting here waiting for the rain to stop but no luck.

Never had to cut mine this late in the year before.

[8-P]

I cut mine all year if it’s dry enough.

[Fallingup]

Our lawns usually get a last, light cut in November. Quite normal.

[DexterMorgan]

This is a conundrum I was contemplating only yesterday. Our garden is looking a little unkempt due to the lawn and my last cut I did was slightly longer than usual due to it being a little damp. Now it's continuously damp and really needs a trim, but I know in doing so i'm going to regret it.

[Chrisgr31]

Cut mine last weekend and needs doing again.

Raked up the leaves first then cut the grass with blades set one notch up. Worked ok but is a rotary mower

[Simpo Two]

Lawn growth depends on temperature rather than day length, so if it was really mild it would grow all year round.

[8-P]

My neighbour is mowing his lawn right now. He has a deafening flymo, it must be knackered as he goes over it back and forth like he’s hoovering the carpet. Takes him 30 mins or so to complete what is a 10 minute job(we have the same size smallish garden).

[CloudStuff]

8-P said:

My neighbour is mowing his lawn right now. He has a deafening flymo, it must be knackered as he goes over it back and forth like he’s hoovering the carpet. Takes him 30 mins or so to complete what is a 10 minute job(we have the same size smallish garden).

You people have neighbours?

[Snow and Rocks]

One "advantage" of living halfway up a North facing hillside in Aberdeenshire is that my last cut was weeks ago and that'll likely be it until well into May.

[geeks]

Mowed ours last weekend, was a bit wet but just about got away with it, was hoping it would be the last mow for the year but alas no, I did plan to cut ours today as it was just about dry enough yesterday but woke up to drizzle knocking around so that's stopped that. Hoping it will be dry enough tomorrow as we have people over next weekend and SWMBO wants the place looking tidy (can't say I disagree to be fair)

[sfella]

Last year our grass never stopped, for us it's a positive in that we can rotate grazing easier and grass is still coming through. The downside/playoff however is disease survives the winter in the ground so can reinfect the flock.

We'd really like a cold spell/winter to kill off some disease rather than more growth this year. We've a shed full of hay so can supplement as and when needed knowing the cold is doing a Good job

[megaphone]

Silvanus said:

tr7v8 said:

Mine too, problem is it's too wet to mow!

It's annoying, I need to do a cut but it's all so damp and now there are leaves to contend with.

Pick up the leaves with the mower, that's what I'll be doing tomorrow. Two jobs at once

[Silvanus]

megaphone said:

Silvanus said:

tr7v8 said:

Mine too, problem is it's too wet to mow!

It's annoying, I need to do a cut but it's all so damp and now there are leaves to contend with.

Pick up the leaves with the mower, that's what I'll be doing tomorrow. Two jobs at once

I have rather a lot of lawns to cut

[thepritch]

Snow and Rocks said:

One "advantage" of living halfway up a North facing hillside in Aberdeenshire is that my last cut was weeks ago and that'll likely be it until well into May.

Similar topography - but I am very tempted to mow ours again in the next few days as temps are 12-15 and it’s been pretty dry this week. I missed the opportunity of the ‘last cut’ a few weeks back.

[cayman-black]

tr7v8 said:

Mine too, problem is it's too wet to mow!

Cut mine yesterday and it was soaked kept blocking the cubcadet up.