Council Grass Cutting.

[pintor]

All this long grass is looking terrible around our towns and villages now, this is to save money, anyone knows that, get some of these fit young men on benefits trained up and ready to cut all these borders back, pay them so much on top of their dole to work a couple of days a week, same with litter picking, get things cleaned up and put some pride back into our area, plus it looks a lot better to visitors 

[cuttsie]

On 17/05/2023 at 16:07, hackey lad said:

That’s nice for you . Ours are full of dandelions.

Dandelions are flowers too

[hackey lad]

21 minutes ago, cuttsie said:

Dandelions are flowers too

Have you got them in your garden?

[pintor]

Where have all the guys who normally cut the grass gone?, have they laid them off, or are they paying them to put their feet up? 

[ads36]

On 19/05/2023 at 14:35, hackey lad said:

Have you got them in your garden?

a few, yes.

 

the trick is : let the grass grow properly long, that will shade out the dandelion leaves - they're ground level plants, not tall enough to compete for light in long grass.

 

The standard uk council approach to grass cutting - every few weeks - is *ideal* for dandelions, hence they get everywhere.

 

without trying (literally - zero effort!) our garden now has all sorts of things in it : teasels, foxgloves, alliums (of some kind), and a whole bunch of other stuff i don't know the names for (borrage, i think, and maybe even yellow rattle!)

[Findlay]

There are lots of reasons to let the grass grow in May.
There is a time though when it becomes dangerous near road junctions where drivers dont have the patience to stop and look properly.

You can use the council contact form to let them know when the grass gets to a dangerous height.

 

[Mossway]

Can someone remind me of the French word for dandelion ?

[Robin-H]

Don’t worry - as long as you don’t eat them you won’t wet the bed. 

[PRESLEY]

On 17/05/2023 at 16:07, hackey lad said:

That’s nice for you . Ours are full of dandelions.

Thats all good, you will be able to make a glass of Dandelion and Burdock.  Thats if you have got any Burdocks.