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Turf horror stories?

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @M33R4 I feel I must just mention this... Will you struggle to mow your lawn with all the angles?
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • @M33R4 @GardenerSuze is right.  Those angles will make it more difficult to mow.  I would have sweeping curves instead.  Easier to mow and more pleasing on the eye.
  • M33R4M33R4 Posts: 291
    edited March 2023
    @M33R4 I feel I must just mention this... Will you struggle to mow your lawn with all the angles?
    It was worse before @GardenerSuze and @rossdriscoll13 - the mower was missing lots of areas around the raised and curved flower beds. Hence I created straighter lines this time to give the mower more of a chance (if only I had a mower that did close edge to edge cutting that would be bliss). I will also use an edging tool as the area is not particularly large.

    I wish I could garden all year round!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's not so much the angles - it's the height of the edging that'll create the problem. My front lawn is straight lines and angles, but the edging is lower to allow for that.
    It'll be very difficult to get a mower right to the edge of the grass, unless the soil level is going to be increased a fair bit. 4 - 6 inches or so. 
    The grass/turf should be slightly higher than the edging, so that you can run the mower wheels over/along the edge without scalping the grass. Too high and you can't get near the edges, too low and you catch the edges of the grass, and have to hold the mower up to avoid that.
    If the base of the grass/turf is roughly the same level as the edge, that's usually about right. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    A strimmer will get the bits the mower won't reach.
  • M33R4M33R4 Posts: 291
    It will simply be like mowing around raised beds.
    I wish I could garden all year round!
  • M33R4M33R4 Posts: 291
    Thought I'd update you on the Turf journey of my garden.

    It was perhaps the best time of the year to lay it as it's been cool and wet, and within 2 days of laying it, when I lifted some sods, the rooting  system was well underway  :)

    Day after I laid the turf:


    8 days after I laid the turf and we had a break in the rain:


    I've avoided walking on it. My old dog Jack has become a pooing machine since this new turf though  :disappointed:

    I'll give it another week before running a high mower over it. 
    I wish I could garden all year round!
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