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it makes contact with the soil before giving the whole area a good water.It will take a few weeks for your lawn to establish and in that time it's essential you don't let the turves dry out; so water it regularly. Start mowing when the grass is 2.5cm - 5cm

After the frantic time of summer holidays, when it's as much as I can do to remember to mow the lawn occasionally or throw a bucket of water on anything that's drooped dangerously, we are edging back to the normal routines of work, school and ... a

're of the edible or poisonous variety.Following the wet weather we all experienced through August I've been mowing off mushrooms ever since. It does seem a waste at a time when we're all looking at ways to grow more fruit and veg at home to keep our food bills down

-clinging and therefore require no supporting wires. The disadvantage of this is that they can cause a bit of damage to brickwork, especially in older houses with softer mortar.On a separate topic you might be interested to see the latest episode of Three Men Went to Mow

for the Daily Telegraph. You can see him explaining things here.Parsnips or not, I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and look forward to seeing you here in the New Year. While I have your attention, here is the link to the Three Men Went To Mow Christmas

. She's not sure where in the shed they are nesting, but robins are known for choosing odd places such as car engines and coat pockets. Perhaps they've built the nest in the lawn mower? Wouldn't that be a nice excuse not to mow the lawn?At first, both

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found two hedgehogs in it last year). In amongst this shredded stuff we put all vegetable waste, old leaves and cleanings out of chicken houses (and, when we had such things, hamster cages). I also add the lawn mowings but, in order to stop it becoming a

ripping out the lawn and a whole herbaceous border - to be replaced by a gravel path, three raised beds and a greenhouse. No more mowing of the lawn (or arguments about why it hadn't been mown). If you're a busy person, it makes more sense to have

weeding every year (I'm sure she does it deliberately so she can take time off work to watch Wimbledon). Last week she sliced her thumb open deadheading lavender.It's any wonder we go out into our gardens at all, with the dangers of lawn mowing, pruning