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One man went to mow.....

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    #11
    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    Scarified the back green Yesterday. Last year I filled 2 wheelie bins with the moss and this year got that down to a couple of buckets.
    Tried composting my rakings last year. Moss does not break down at all well.

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      #12
      Originally posted by pacharan View Post
      Moss does not break down at all well.
      Trust me, a couple of hours in your company being regaled with your 'fascinating' tales and it'll be sobbing its heart out.

      "I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith

      On them! On them! They fail!

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        #13
        Originally posted by Incognito View Post
        Trust me, a couple of hours in your company being regaled with your 'fascinating' tales and it'll be sobbing its heart out.

        "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
        - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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          #14
          Originally posted by pacharan View Post
          Tried composting my rakings last year. Moss does not break down at all well.
          You tried composting
          Doing the needful since 1827

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            #15
            Originally posted by Incognito View Post
            Trust me, a couple of hours in your company being regaled with your 'fascinating' tales and it'll be sobbing its heart out.

            Fair (and funny)

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              #16
              I mowed my lawn today. Tedious. Then tried to strim the edges and got pissed off with the string spooly thing that kept falling off and hurled the strimmer at a concrete wall. Serves it right. Things can annoy me for 5 minutes then they are toast. Why do we not equip toddlers with nuclear weapons? World problems would be sorted much quicker.
              bloggoth

              If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
              John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                #17
                This criticism is most unfair as there are very few things in life that are more fascinating than the composting of moss. Only the other day I began a unique scientific experiment to determine which composted fastest:

                a) Moss
                b) Used bog paper
                c) Memories of the 2009 August episode of Big Brother
                d) Interest in the referendum on AV voting .

                Watch this space.
                bloggoth

                If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by pacharan View Post
                  Tried composting my rakings last year. Moss does not break down at all well.
                  I have been leaving it out for the tits (honestly) nesting. I'll stick it in the brown bin tomorrow and dump some fertiliser on the grass.

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                    #19
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                    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
                    I have been leaving it out for the tits (honestly) nesting. I'll stick it in the brown bin tomorrow and dump some fertiliser on the grass.
                    Need to be careful with fertilizer in this hot spell. Can burn the foliage. Make sure you water it in well after the sun has gone down.

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                      #20
                      I've given up on my lawn, the ants have taken oven and after 3 years of trying everything (bar digging it all up and re turfing) I have thrown in in the trowel (excuse the pun).
                      "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

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