Mowing preparations

9 06 2006

If you have six acres of grass to mow, then most people in Britain would expect you to use a tractor and mower, or at least a ride-on mower.

But not us. Thanks to the water crisis, we had no money left for a tractor and mower, not even for a sickle bar for the rotovator.

We did try asking a few farmers if they could top the field for us, but despite being offered cash the responses ranged from general disinterest to "it's too small a job". Read the rest of this entry »