France in Focus

Hot as hell here so this morning I was debating, with myself, whether I could be arsed to get the grass cut today without getting sunburnt or heatstroke.
At 9-30 this morning I bit the bullet, got the mower ready & wazzed around the bumpy lawns as fast I my back would stand it.
By 10-30 I was back inside having achieved a rough but OK job.
That must have beaten my previous record.

L Austin France,
Lucky you to get it done so quick.
With our 3/4 of a hectare I used to do it in one go during half a day.
Now in my old age and after a hip replacement I mow in three separate stages.
For the last five years Ive left a third till autumn for all the wild things including hundreds of wild archids.
When it's very wet my farmer neighbour cuts it with his tractor then it all goes onto a massive compost heap.

Doug wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:30 pm L Austin France,
Lucky you to get it done so quick.
With our 3/4 of a hectare I used to do it in one go during half a day.
Now in my old age and after a hip replacement I mow in three separate stages.
For the last five years Ive left a third till autumn for all the wild things including hundreds of wild archids.
When it's very wet my farmer neighbour cuts it with his tractor then it all goes onto a massive compost heap.

I've got about 0.25 hectare minus flower beds of garden grass to mow so probably about 0.2ha of grass. With my 0.95m cut Stiga frontal mower it's possible to make a neat job of trimming around the many flower beds but that takes time & didn't get done this morning.
Conversely I've about 2.5 ha of horses field which I cut about twice a year. The largest parcel of about 1.5 ha takes about 3 hours with my 2m cut axial broyer & tractor.
Grass is nice stuff to look at & feed nags but I sometimes wish it didn't grow as fast.

Well done - it's too hot to mow, and I haven't got the energy. I'm getting to quite enjoy looking at stinging nettles. I should have a good crop of wild blackberries as well.