Toulouse area??

[Kevrob9]

Anyone down in the Toulouse area of the South of France?

 

[johnb5177]

About 2.5 hrs away north of Perigueux mate.......

 

[Kevrob9]

cool you know of many members down here?

 

[CliveG]

Hi,I'm up in the Gironde,not far from Bergerac:thumb2

 

[jonela]

I think with Kevrob9 it's just the four of us now in France, there was a member called cateringcoll but not heard of him in a while . And I'm all the way up in Brittany,a long way from all of you , but nearest to the UK:augie

 

[Kevrob9]

ok cheers guys,
going off subject any of you guys know when I can expect to stop cutting the grass October and I am still pushing the mower round the garden lol

 

[emjaybee]

Heard someone on Gardeners QT ask a similar question a while back (not my regular listen, but DAB site radio was in for repair, so no Planet Rock).

They said that if the grass keeps growing, keep cutting.

I realise that might not be what you want to hear!

 

[Paultrol]

Heard someone on Gardeners QT ask a similar question a while back (not my regular listen, but DAB site radio was in for repair, so no Planet Rock).

They said that if the grass keeps growing, keep cutting.

I realise that might not be what you want to hear!

Got to be Planet Rock :thumbs

I was cutting the grass in December last year, that's a first.

 

[rustic]

Re grass growing...
You can buy something to spray on it, to slow it down, but in the long run, mustn't be good for the lawn.
We are expecting a few more cuts yet, at the moment every two weeks.
Our last cut might be when the trees have shed all the leaves so another month yet I guess.
We started one year in early March, may have been late February, only topped it though.

Sodium Chlorate works well, you'll never have to cut the grass again for several years...
Before you consider this one....It kills the grass and kills anything else growing for a year or two... It stays in the soil... Eventually the soil recovers, usually the weeds grow back first lol:doh

 

[emjaybee]

Re grass growing...
You can buy something to spray on it, to slow it down, but in the long run, mustn't be good for the lawn.
We are expecting a few more cuts yet, at the moment every two weeks.
Our last cut might be when the trees have shed all the leaves so another month yet I guess.
We started one year in early March, may have been late February, only topped it though.

Sodium Chlorate works well, you'll never have to cut the grass again for several years...
Before you consider this one....It kills the grass and kills anything else growing for a year or two... It stays in the soil... Eventually the soil recovers, usually the weeds grow back first lol:doh

Beat me to it...

...I was going to suggest Glyphosate!

:augie

Much better, only kills everything for one season.

:sly

 

[Kevrob9]

looks like i am going to keep cutting not sure the landlord will be to happy if i kill all his grass lol

 

[johnb5177]

Ok, this is where I can advise........for once......Sodium Chlorate is not nice stuff.....mixed with innocuous household products....it goes bang.......it will even spontaneously combust on the deck, in hot weather, if applied at too high a concentration.
Glyphosate is a systemic herbicide that translocates to the root system and kills off the entire plant......any anything else as well (only vascular plants, it will give woody shrubs a bit of a shock though). In theory it is supposed to break down into Carbon and water on contact with the ground. There is a strong movement out here to drastically limit the overuse of Glyphosate, as it is perceived to be carcinogenic......a bit worrying as I have been using it correctly and professionally for 35yrs +..........:nenau
Grass continues to grow until the temperature drops below 5deg C, I have cut grass on Christmas Day out here!
I maintain quite a few properties, and cut right through, all year, not too short in the winter, but enough for it not to be a horror in the Spring, on what would normally be the `first cut`…

 

[Kevrob9]

xmas day oh dear
could be a long winter, i currently borrow my father in laws mower was trying to put off buying my own till spring, looks like i best buy one soon lol

 

[johnb5177]

I actually don't mind mowing grass, compared to some of my other tasks, it is relaxing and relatively non strenuous......you just don't need to view it as a chore, rather a way of improving the appearance of your property. If you get the correct mower for your lawn area, it's a doddle.....
Having mown so many hectares of grass over the last 40 years, I suppose I have a different viewpoint......:nenau

 

[Kevrob9]

its not the cutting the grass i too quite enjoy it, its the expense of buying a mower now rather than in spring, maybe i am just tight

 

[johnb5177]

Hahaha.......I totally sympathise......at home I used third hand rebuilt 75€ mower for 4 years until it died, and I was forced to buy a decent Honda engined self propelled beauty.....and less than 300€ from BricoMarche, and it is brilliant.....:thumb2

 

[emjaybee]

its not the cutting the grass i too quite enjoy it, its the expense of buying a mower now rather than in spring, maybe i am just tight

And coming in from left field...

...if you have an enclosed garden...

...see if you can borrow a couple of sheep!

NOT as daft as it sounds. A chap in our village went on a cruise for a month and got a friend to graze a couple of sheep in there.

:thumb2

 

[johnb5177]

Couldn't agree more......but have to write up a clear contract, otherwise out here they can claim rights over your own land.......:nenau

 

[emjaybee]

Couldn't agree more......but have to write up a clear contract, otherwise out here they can claim rights over your own land.......:nenau

Please tell me you're kidding!

 

[johnb5177]

No, I'm not.......you have to be very very careful, to have an exact contract, and ensure you throw them out off your land for a week a year, so as not to grant them adverse possession (squatters rights).....quite a few folks, thinking it was a great deal, lost the title to their own land.......:nenau