Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat

Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: Lily on March 27, 2008, 09:44

Title: mower or strimmer?
Post by: Lily on March 27, 2008, 09:44

I would like some advice.
Our garden is about 800 sq.m (1/5 acre). It is really uneven and we are going to rotovate it.
I do not know if I need to buy a lawnmower (lawn is a big word for what we have) or a strimmer. We bought a strimmer last year but my father-in-law broke it when we were away.  :x
My husband is really not good at fixing things. :roll:
What would you recommend? What's best value for money? What makes to avoid?
Thank you,

Lily

Title: mower or strimmer?
Post by: compostqueen on March 27, 2008, 11:15

what are you doing with it once rotovated?

Title: mower or strimmer?
Post by: Clampit on March 27, 2008, 14:01

How about some rabbits?

Title: mower or strimmer?
Post by: Bigbadfrankie on March 27, 2008, 19:37

strim it then flame gun the stuble

Title: mower or strimmer?
Post by: Leaf on March 27, 2008, 20:25

ok why rotorvate? do you mean scarify?
it will take all day to strim 800 m2, ride on mower/paving or decking!

you can sort out dips with soil/sand mix and grass seed or turf.

if you want to relay you will need a turflifter, then rotorvate, level, turf,

Contractor would charge about £4500 to do it!
 you can buy turf for about £1.50 per M2

Title: mower or strimmer?
Post by: Bigbadfrankie on March 27, 2008, 20:35

petrol strimmer would do 800m2 in under an hour unless it a complete jungle then it would be another 30 mins :D

Title: Re: mower or strimmer?
Post by: agapanthus on March 27, 2008, 20:37

Quote from: "Lily"

My husband is really not good at fixing things. :roll:
What would you recommend? What's best value for money? What makes to avoid?
Thank you,

Lily

How about paying for a younger, muscular......really HUNKY gardener?????  ;)

Title: mower or strimmer?
Post by: Leaf on March 27, 2008, 20:52

like me? bit too far to travel

Title: mower or strimmer?
Post by: Lily on March 28, 2008, 10:23

I am not sure why my husband wants to rotovate. Our garden has a bit of a slope, no lawn whatsoever, it is just grass and weeds. Plus we have to children and a big dog.
We just want to make it neater, I guess.
My veg patch is out of reach anyway.

Title: mower or strimmer?
Post by: compostqueen on March 28, 2008, 12:16

I'd be suspicious. My husband decided to rotovate our huge back garden cos he felt like it. I was left with the whirligig marooned in a sea of mud as he removed the path to that  :evil:    :roll:   I had a new baby at the time and had to slither my way to the line with me lovely white washing.  It nearly ended in divorce, so make sure he has a PLAN  :D  :D

Title: mower or strimmer?
Post by: KingEdward on March 29, 2008, 10:01

how about a piccy of the task ahead?

Title: mower or strimmer?
Post by: Lily on March 29, 2008, 20:39

Good idea. I'll try and get one tomorrow.