First time....

[Chris Plumb]

.... I've ever had to mow the lawn in December!

 

C.

[Ken L]

I've just looked in on AN immediately after checking the weather. We're a day from midwinter, it's an hour and forty minutes after sunset and it's 14.2 degrees outside.

I did say a while back that it was going to be hard to predict whether we'd have a mild or a harsh winter this year, but I wouldn't have predicted this,

[JV44]

There were plenty shouting about coldest winter in 100 again and in fairness there is still plenty of time but this is stupidly mild

[Ken L]

There's usually a 4 to 6 week lag between midwinter/midsummer and the coldest/hottest weather of the year. We could have a cold snap but it's unlikely to be another 2010, when we had seriously cold weather from early November.

[Newt]

We are having a strange Winter here as well. A few nights below freezing but it never lasted long and Christmas week looks to be positively balmy.

 

[Sportsman]

Ihad to cut the grass last week and while I was out there I picked around a pound of fresh raspberries

[Vagabond]

.... I've ever had to mow the lawn in December!

 

C.

I haven't mowed my lawn for the last ten years.

 

Peter does it once a fortnight between April and October usually (November the last cut this year)

 

Peter and his machine appear to be tobacco-powered. A supply of roll-ups is made, then Peter is off - up and down (we slope to the south) in perfectly straight lines, and puff,puff,puff blue smoke - reminds me of the B4 I used to use for shunting at the Bluebell.

[Bobj]

Ihad to cut the grass last week and while I was out there I picked around a pound of fresh raspberries

Usually have to cut the grass twice a week in December due to the Wet. This year, however only cut it once, thanks to El Nino...But managed to cut 3 bunches of bananas and pick 15 mangoes...mainly from other gardens, well, the owners are on holidays and we don't want the mangoes to rot on the ground, do we?

[Chris Plumb]

Second time - this year!

[chesters1]

Blimey mine needs a cut but the mower isnt waterproof .

I miss my sit and ride not only cut grass it picked up leaves from the drive and tennis court and its trailer carried it all away .Honda Mat brilliant machine !

Vagabonds post reminds me of the time i worked for an American jewish buddist film producer .I finished his lawn and i had mown double wide stripes as the lawn was wide .He pulled up as i was leaving ,i said i had cut his lawn to resemble the american flag ,he remarked wheres the stars i told him they would appear tonight lol

Edited December 20, 2023 by chesters1