Last time I mowed my meadow (+/-1,5 acres) was in May 2022. The only opportunity I had in 2023 (I work abroad, now in Haiti) was in early September, but at that time it was so humid that when I tried, the wet grass blocked the flail mower after 20 yards (it catches the grass, and that sticky, wet mass stops up the machine).
We've had the wettest, darkest autumn, winter and spring here since meteorological observations began in the 1830s, but for the last six days it's been dry and windy , so tomorrow is M-day at last! After two years the grass is three feet high and very dense, with a mat of dead vegetation at root level and some brambles mixed in for good measure, so both the BX and the mower will get a good workout! The sky is clouding over though, so I'll make a human sacrifice to the weather gods for no rain, or at least not before tomorrow evening.
To prepare the BX, it'll get its 50-hour maintenance in the morning.
We've had the wettest, darkest autumn, winter and spring here since meteorological observations began in the 1830s, but for the last six days it's been dry and windy , so tomorrow is M-day at last! After two years the grass is three feet high and very dense, with a mat of dead vegetation at root level and some brambles mixed in for good measure, so both the BX and the mower will get a good workout! The sky is clouding over though, so I'll make a human sacrifice to the weather gods for no rain, or at least not before tomorrow evening.
To prepare the BX, it'll get its 50-hour maintenance in the morning.
