Hey Heather and Newboy, £80 is way out of my budget, and you can get a lawnmower for £40 from argos! I don't have a B&Q or a Wilkos locally to me, and I have no transport. I used to love wilkos! Not ashamed to say a lot of my house things came from there when I used to live near one. My local Homebase is 4 mile round trip, which I did yesterday to get a nice watering can at the insistence of my OH, the £1.50 plastic one from ASDA wasn't do it's job well enough apparently
This £5 flymo one ends in a few hours, and I'm hoping to hear back from the seller beforehand to arrange collection from the station, if not I'll just bid on it when it ends and try and arrange a favour from my manager who lives locally!
My thoughts are that if I was the landlord I'd think it was in my interest to provide a cheap lawnmower.
Trouble for a Landlord is unlike supplying things like fridge (aka plug in, turn on, if it tips over on you that's because you were most likely doing something dodgy) is if a person injured themselves using a lawn mower provided to them where does the Landlord stand in terms of not being sued that it was unsafe / they weren't risk assessed / trained to use it and all other sorts of daft things that stand in the way of common sense? The law is often so wishy washy and people are scared of getting sued over the silliest of things that its often easier not to bother.
My thoughts are that if I was the landlord I'd think it was in my interest to provide a cheap lawnmower.
Trouble for a Landlord is unlike supplying things like fridge (aka plug in, turn on, if it tips over on you that's because you were most likely doing something dodgy) is if a person injured themselves using a lawn mower provided to them where does the Landlord stand in terms of not being sued that it was unsafe / they weren't risk assessed / trained to use it and all other sorts of daft things that stand in the way of common sense? The law is often so wishy washy and people are scared of getting sued over the silliest of things that its often easier not to bother.
Point taken - in that case, my thoughts are that if I was the landlord I'd either mow it myself, pay someone else to mow it or pave or gravel the lot!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Given its petite size I would treat yourself to some top quality artificial grass. The best are amazing and you will never have a problem again. All it will need is a sweep or hoover a couple of times a year if you want it ultra tidy.
I wouldn't be allowed to do that Georgie, I don't much fancy having my deposit docked for new turf and the cost of labour either! It's what I'd do if I ever do own a lawn though, I can't say i'm much into grass, probably because I don't have kids!
However! Next door had their gardener over this afternoon, minutes after us returning from town, they'd obviously forgotten to mention us to him, so we pretty much pounced on the chap! Anyway, £5 down the line we have a mown lawn, a bag of grass cuttings to compost, and learned that this man keeps bees, and in turn learned a lot about bees which are absolutely fascinating!
I am still going to try and 'win' this mini mower on ebay though, simply because it might be handy should we move in three months time to a place with a lawn too.
It looks so good mown though, I almost see the appeal!
I was going to suggest you join your Worcester Freecycle Group on line and put a wanted add in, but then remembered you have no transport to collect anything.
About 35 years ago, I noticed an old chap in Goldhawk Road West London, come out of his front door with a scythe and cut his tiny lawn, I just stood there with my mouth open; I had never seen anyone use a scythe. He gave it a brilliant cut, cleaned the scythe and went back indoors.
This is how the rolling acres of the big estates kept the grasslands cut.
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Hey Heather and Newboy, £80 is way out of my budget, and you can get a lawnmower for £40 from argos! I don't have a B&Q or a Wilkos locally to me, and I have no transport. I used to love wilkos! Not ashamed to say a lot of my house things came from there when I used to live near one. My local Homebase is 4 mile round trip, which I did yesterday to get a nice watering can at the insistence of my OH, the £1.50 plastic one from ASDA wasn't do it's job well enough apparently
This £5 flymo one ends in a few hours, and I'm hoping to hear back from the seller beforehand to arrange collection from the station, if not I'll just bid on it when it ends and try and arrange a favour from my manager who lives locally!
Trouble for a Landlord is unlike supplying things like fridge (aka plug in, turn on, if it tips over on you that's because you were most likely doing something dodgy) is if a person injured themselves using a lawn mower provided to them where does the Landlord stand in terms of not being sued that it was unsafe / they weren't risk assessed / trained to use it and all other sorts of daft things that stand in the way of common sense? The law is often so wishy washy and people are scared of getting sued over the silliest of things that its often easier not to bother.
Point taken - in that case, my thoughts are that if I was the landlord I'd either mow it myself, pay someone else to mow it or pave or gravel the lot!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
He's gravelled half Dove!
Given its petite size I would treat yourself to some top quality artificial grass. The best are amazing and you will never have a problem again. All it will need is a sweep or hoover a couple of times a year if you want it ultra tidy.
Oh. and of course you can take it away with you if you move!
I wouldn't be allowed to do that Georgie, I don't much fancy having my deposit docked for new turf and the cost of labour either! It's what I'd do if I ever do own a lawn though, I can't say i'm much into grass, probably because I don't have kids!
However! Next door had their gardener over this afternoon, minutes after us returning from town, they'd obviously forgotten to mention us to him, so we pretty much pounced on the chap! Anyway, £5 down the line we have a mown lawn, a bag of grass cuttings to compost, and learned that this man keeps bees, and in turn learned a lot about bees which are absolutely fascinating!
I am still going to try and 'win' this mini mower on ebay though, simply because it might be handy should we move in three months time to a place with a lawn too.
It looks so good mown though, I almost see the appeal!
Glad you have your lawn sorted now SweetPea.
I was going to suggest you join your Worcester Freecycle Group on line and put a wanted add in, but then remembered you have no transport to collect anything.
Hope you win the eBay item though - good luck
About 35 years ago, I noticed an old chap in Goldhawk Road West London, come out of his front door with a scythe and cut his tiny lawn, I just stood there with my mouth open; I had never seen anyone use a scythe. He gave it a brilliant cut, cleaned the scythe and went back indoors.
This is how the rolling acres of the big estates kept the grasslands cut.
Keep an eye out for auto-jumbles SP. Pubs with carparks sometimes host them in built-up area's, there's quite a few gardening tools at them.