Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Columba Aug 2021 9:48pm, 10 Aug 2021 21,234 posts	0 Columba Finally managed to mow the lawn, after 36 hours without rain.
Hanneke Aug 2021 9:56pm, 10 Aug 2021 77,549 posts	0 Hanneke Same here. Only managed half though.
Dvorak Aug 2021 10:36pm, 10 Aug 2021 23,086 posts	0 Dvorak The lawns have grown so little, there's hardly any point in mowing. Even with the recent rain, they've not done much. Which did not stop the council from coming round (on, I presume, a schedule) and close-cutting grass which absolutely did not need it and now looks a scalped mess in some areas. It's almost like they are trying to compensate for leaving it for months last year.
Hanneke Aug 2021 10:05am, 11 Aug 2021 77,552 posts	0 Hanneke My grass has been growing... Too well in fact! May have something to do with my biodynamic growing methods of everything else...
Fragile Do Not Bend Aug 2021 10:36am, 11 Aug 2021 8,640 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Our grass won’t stop growing but I suspect that’s due to the rain
Mandymoo Aug 2021 12:29pm, 11 Aug 2021 12,302 posts	0 Mandymoo Ours too Frag
Eynsham Red Aug 2021 4:57pm, 11 Aug 2021 7,844 posts	0 Eynsham Red We’re not cutting our grass more than once a month. Leaving it a little on the long side allows the clover etc to flower and still provide protection for the froglets. Sadly, the cats are quite fond of pooing in the long grass, so we need to be careful where we walk.
Hanneke Aug 2021 4:59pm, 11 Aug 2021 77,589 posts	0 Hanneke ER that is an excellent thing to do! It sequesters more carbon than planting trees!
Eynsham Red Aug 2021 6:37pm, 11 Aug 2021 7,845 posts	0 Eynsham Red Thanks H, I didn’t know the carbon sequestering fact.
Columba Aug 2021 6:40pm, 11 Aug 2021 21,235 posts	0 Columba ER, I too have that problem with neighbouring cats. How much grass do you have to abstain from cutting in order to sequester more carbon than how many trees?