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It's a Lawn - or is it?

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited April 2023
    I'm leaning towards gwass. I might well tip over.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    I like that too @B3 but I keep thinking of Jonathan Ross!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    Plantminded said:
    I like that too @B3 but I keep thinking of Jonathan Ross!
    I'd rather not think of Jonathan Ross!!  :#

    The SSSN still gets my top vote though. It's often the quick ideas that hit home so well.  B)
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    I like SSSN too but no-one else has mentioned the clover yet. On my "patch " it's a competition between clover and moss for dominance.  Mosclover? 
    AB Still learning

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I like the rather old-fashioned "flowery mead". To me it conjures up the image of a smooth green sward studded with low-growing flowers like violets and daisies that sit below the level of the mower blades.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I have a flowery mead out the front and SSSN out the back.I
    "The flowery mead needs mowing ". I like the sound of that.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Allotment Boy said:
    I like SSSN too but no-one else has mentioned the clover yet. On my "patch " it's a competition between clover and moss for dominance.  Mosclover? 
    My SSSN is clover heavy. The dog loves rolling in it. I'm not sure if he likes to smell of clover or if he just like annoying the bees though.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Mine is just grass - I don't call it a lawn as that conjures up people lazing around in sunglasses,  drinking Pimms [or similar] and maybe having a game of croquet - a well known sport that many folk partake of in Scotland...

    Bit mossy just now, as is always the way, but will be grassy once it warms up a bit. Then it'll just be business as usual -  green grass until autumn.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    In this part of the world my lawn would be called Fauchage Tardif.
    Which is what I do. 😊

    Luxembourg
  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    Thank you @coccinella
    My French is almost non-existent, so I took the opportunity to check with my resident French tutor. My wife!!

    The translation I got was "late mowing", which I am told is what some people do to encourage biodiversity.

    What a lovely idea. We British have brought so many words or phrases from the French language. Another one would not go amiss.
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