Just in case...

[Fozzer]

...like me...

You forgot... ...!

Its now British Summer Time!.... ....!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Summer_Time

The clocks suddenly shot forward one hour whilst I was still fast asleep!

Lighter in the evenings now!

...and probably getting warmer.... ...!

Paul.... ...!

[Shadowcaster]

...and probably getting warmer.... ...!

Paul.... ...!

Definitely is down here in Cornwall, a beautiful day as was yesterday , only downside is I had to dig out the Lawnmower (Not a Briggs & Stratton)which is running a bit rough. Time to get the tools out for a change of oil, a new spark plug and sharpen and balance the blade.

Cheers
Rich

[Anthindelahunt]

I have an electric mower.No sparkplugs or
oil change.

We are having an Indian summer after all the rain.
Blasted grass is growing like a weed.Ahhh.The lawn
is nearly all weeds and little grass.

I would think Rich, that you and Fozzer have mostly grass.

Anthin.Trying to put off using the mower...

[Shadowcaster]

Anthin I keep forgetting that down under your hurtling towards winter, I hope it's not as wet as ours was.

I would think Rich, that you and Fozzer have mostly grass.

Anthin.Trying to put off using the mower...

If only it were so at the moment I seem to have a lot of bald patches so will have to get some lawn repair stuff. I've still got the wilderness at the back of the house to do, so lord knows what I'll find there (at least I won't come across a funnel-web spider ) Then there's the shed roof to repair and gutters to fix and clean (when I scare myself witless climbing up the ladder, I hate heights )

Cheers
A very busy Rich

[Sinkrate]

I put mine clocks forward in the evening and went to bed an hour earlier - ZZZZZZZZZZZ

Been mowing my weeds for the last two weeks here in sunny Gloucester. B&Q generic plastic mower has never been maintained – mean time to failure = 5 years and counting. It runs on ULP and optimism with a little oil added once in a blue moon.

Soon there will be no time for simming and gaming, no time for writing or browsing t’internet. It will be nose-to-the-grindstone battling real life for the next seven months or so.

I HATE SUMMER!

[Fozzer]

...talk to me about GRASS...Early Spring....Growing Fast...and Cutting/Mowing...

My back garden at the moment with the grass growing like wildfire!...>>>

You want grass?.... :rolleyes: ....!

I'll give you GRASS!..... ...!

My back garden, taken from my back bedroom window....

20th March 2017, Early Spring in the Northern Hemisphere!

....and the grass is growing like wildfire!

...and its soaking wet!

Spring flowers sprouting in the grass!




...and my next door neighbours back garden.....

She has already cut her grass!




..and that's not to mention all the grass in my front garden!

My Briggs and Stratton petrol mower is going to be very busy when the grass dries out!

I use my electric (Flymo) mower for my front garden grass, but my back garden needs a ride-on petrol Mower to do the job comfortably....

...my Briggs and Stratton petrol mower has no seat or drive mechanism....but its better than one of these heart-attack-creators...>>>



I've set the blade on my Petrol Mower the highest settings for the first cut of the year...

The grass is starting to get full of beautiful wild flowers at the mo' cos of all the recent the rain and warmer weather!

My little Park will look lovely when I've tidied it up a bit for the Summer!

Grass, trees, and flowering shrubs...no Veg...(that comes from the Supermarket!)

Paul....Watching the grass grow...very quickly!.... :unsure: ....!

[Anthindelahunt]

Fozzer.Your backyard at least looks green.
My front and back garden is all brown.
In the first pic,it looks like there is a cryptic message
written in the grass on the right side of the picture.
Maybe it is a message from your fairy god dude,trying
to contact the aliens.LOL...

Anthin.Losing the plot...

[Fozzer]

Fozzer.Your backyard at least looks green.
My front and back garden is all brown.
In the first pic,it looks like there is a cryptic message
written in the grass on the right side of the picture.
Maybe it is a message from your fairy god dude,trying
to contact the aliens.LOL...

Anthin.Losing the plot...

Anthin....

The message says....

...."MOW ME!"..... ... ....!

I've mowed the grass now, taking advantage for the last couple of days of dry weather so it looks a lot tidier now.

The grass is getting covered in Spring flowers now, so I have to mow around them, in clumps.

...I haven't got the heart to mow them down!... .....

Paul.... ...!

[Anthindelahunt]

I'll take flowers any day over mowing.

Flowers give one hope of better things to come,
such as Spring.

For me.Winter and rain.

Anthin...getting ready to bring out the heaters.
Dreading Electric bills....

[H]

...talk to me about GRASS...Early Spring....Growing Fast...and Cutting/Mowing...

My back garden at the moment with the grass growing like wildfire!...>>>

You want grass?...

I'll give you GRASS!..... ...!

My back garden, taken from my back bedroom window....

20th March 2017, Early Spring in the Northern Hemisphere!

....and the grass is growing like wildfire!

A bit inquisitive having been a farm boy from NH, an area somewhat linguistically seperated from yours in the late 1700s, do you have 'lawns' ? Our lawns may have shrubbery and flowers skirting them and occasion a shade tree or so in their midst but, for the most part, are void of anything but grass and our orchards may be grass-covered but have rows of fruit-producing larger bushes and/or trees. Nevertheless, our basic gardens are for producing vegetables and larger-sized beds of flowers; grass is treated as a weed in our gardens and is, for the most part, removed.

This is quite familiar to me, Foz...
Try shoving one of those around when you're seven-years-old. Early years on our farm we concentrated on converting, then replacing, our originally horse-drawn machinery for use with our tractor. I believe I was in my teens when finally familiarized with a combustion-engined lawn mower.

I must also comment concerning 'growing like wildfire' -- frequently used on this side of the big puddle in similar manner. We have a national forestry/nature symbol named Smokey the Bear. About four miles down the road is a Smokey sign that displays the potential for an actual 'wild'fire. Now, I realize that the reference is to something that gets out of hand and much larger; the irony is that a wildfire is something that destroys what is growing (including grass), leaving a mostly barren, blackened expanse...

[Fozzer]

@H.....

Nowadays, we mostly have grass covered Lawns with flower beds surrounding them.

During, and just after the War, with vegetables in very short supply, most gardens were cultivated and used for growing various vegetables; Potatoes, Cabbages, Beans, Onions, Swedes, Turnips, Parsnip, etc.
When vegetables became more available in the shops, the area of vegetables became less, and taken over by grassy Lawns for the family to play in, and enjoy.
When I first moved here in early 1960, (a new housing estate), together with my new neighbours, I cultivated most of my garden, and grew vegetables, whilst many other folks rented Allotments for growing their vegetables, and still do.
The area to the right of my neighbour's garden, in the pic above, is a very large Allotment owned by the Council, where the local Householders grow their vegetables, and just use their own gardens for pleasure!

England is called "A Green and Pleasant Land" (mostly because of the bloody rain!), 'cos it has lots of grass growing between miles and miles of hedgerows and garden fences!

One thing missing from our green countryside now, are...Farm Animals!
We have miles of countryside hedgerows to contain them, but with no animals in the fields!
Herefordshire used to be arable farmland many years ago, also containing various Farm animals; Cows, Sheep, Pigs, etc....

Tractors, Ploughs, Seeders, Combine Harvesters, etc.....

Now..the countryside is mostly bare, and deserted, with crumbling wooden Farm buildings!

Everything seem to be imported from abroad now!

I miss the familiar Farm animals which I used to enjoy, after getting evacuated from the City of London in 1940, at the start of the WW2 Blitz!

England is now becoming a giant Housing Estate....for imports from abroad!.... ....!

Paul...missing the; "Olden Days" from my yooof!.... ...!

[Fozzer]

...and....

@H....

Re: Farm animals, and their buildings...

I spend many hours watching my fellow Motorcyclists on You-Tube, roaming the rural roads of New England and the North-Eastern Seaboard, NY, PA, WV, VA, NC, SC, TN, etc.... and the countryside there seems to be mostly devoid of Farm animals!

Maybe they are all contained in; "Cowboys States" like Texas, Yee-haaa!...etc.... ... ...!

Some wonderful countryside up in the North-east....but not many farm animals!

The Countryside in my part of the World...>>> http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp5lKG ... shelf_id=0

Make friends with a Sheep.... .... ....!

Paul.....Baaaaa...... ....!

[Anthindelahunt]

Down here downunder,is a great place for rearing
Fozzers famous funnel web spiders.Great also for
redback spiders.(black widows),poison centipedes,
snakes,and insane sport fans.

I will stick to growing Roses and weeds.

Anthin.

[Fozzer]

Down here downunder,is a great place for rearing
Fozzers famous funnel web spiders.Great also for
redback spiders.(black widows),poison centipedes,
snakes,and insane sport fans.

I will stick to growing Roses and weeds.

Anthin.

"Arachnids", I can cope with, Anthin..... ....

..its the dreaded; "Sports" and; "Sports Fans" that infest us here in the UK.... ...!

Football Fields, etc, and the surrounding area, are covered with them!

I just wish that a generous application of a generic Weed-killer would remove them completely.... ....!

Maybe spraying the TV with a Weed-killer would eliminate them as well?... ....!

I imagine Sports Fans being collected as I mow my Garden Lawn, and disposed of as Garden Compost!

Time to cut the grass again!.... ...!

Paul.... ... ... ....!

[Anthindelahunt]

Thanks for the great advice Fozzer.I just might try
your suggestion.Killing two birds with one stone.

Time to cut the weed patch and do some serious
weed spraying and saying to myself.Arachnids,
Sports fans,Snakes and other Biting things.

Anthin..Hitting the sack and dreaming of above...