ᐅ Rough maintenance – approximately 8 months until construction starts, about 16 months until landscaping begins
Created on: 18 Jun 2013 21:53
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Irgendwoabaier
Hello,
even before landscaping the garden, some basic maintenance is necessary to prevent everything from becoming overgrown. At the current height of the meadow, a rotary push mower is unfortunately not suitable, so the tool of choice is a scythe. You don’t want to disturb the neighbors unnecessarily at night, and with the heat, mowing is only bearable late in the evening.
What should you consider when choosing a scythe?
Also, should the cut grass be removed, gathered together, or left lying on the mown area?
How do you maintain the tool? I’m not experienced with scythes (and certainly not an expert!), and my property still needs to survive until construction starts...
Regards,
I.
even before landscaping the garden, some basic maintenance is necessary to prevent everything from becoming overgrown. At the current height of the meadow, a rotary push mower is unfortunately not suitable, so the tool of choice is a scythe. You don’t want to disturb the neighbors unnecessarily at night, and with the heat, mowing is only bearable late in the evening.
What should you consider when choosing a scythe?
Also, should the cut grass be removed, gathered together, or left lying on the mown area?
How do you maintain the tool? I’m not experienced with scythes (and certainly not an expert!), and my property still needs to survive until construction starts...
Regards,
I.
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Irgendwoabaier19 Jun 2013 22:31That’s right – Neighbor 1 is no longer working, Neighbor 2 starts much earlier in the morning, Neighbor 3 I don’t know yet, Neighbor 4 same, Neighbor 5 works rotating shifts. And on weekends I usually don’t have time at the moment – I have to take care of the other things coming onto the property 😉
So, with the heat, mowing would either have to be late in the evening or very early on weekends. But luckily it doesn’t need to be that regular, so I prefer to worry about it and then forget again. And a scythe is already on its way – hopefully it will be reasonably sharp! 😉
So, with the heat, mowing would either have to be late in the evening or very early on weekends. But luckily it doesn’t need to be that regular, so I prefer to worry about it and then forget again. And a scythe is already on its way – hopefully it will be reasonably sharp! 😉
If your lawn grows too tall, you shouldn’t leave it like that. Eventually, it will start to rot and can smell bad – plus, it blocks sunlight from the grass underneath.
Just as a side note: How big is your lawn? You could ask a local farmer if they would mow it for free in exchange for the green material (as feedstock for a biomass plant or as hay). Farmers are usually happy to get free areas to manage.
Just as a side note: How big is your lawn? You could ask a local farmer if they would mow it for free in exchange for the green material (as feedstock for a biomass plant or as hay). Farmers are usually happy to get free areas to manage.
Wastl schrieb:
... Eventually it starts to decompose and can smell...Yep, it composts and turns into humus... good for the soil, better than clear-cutting because that can cause soil to leach.
But I think the idea of a con artist is brilliant 🙂
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Irgendwoabaier21 Jun 2013 20:44So, the first work with the scythe is done – the farmers were not interested because the plot was too small, and the access route through the village was not very appealing. It still looks terrible, like a “micro-tornado” hit it, but it’s better than before. Now to sharpen the scythe again for the next use...
Still – once the garden is established, the scythe will be retired. Then a reel mower (also called a cylinder mower) will be used instead...
Still – once the garden is established, the scythe will be retired. Then a reel mower (also called a cylinder mower) will be used instead...