[plum crumble]

my lawn's scared enough as it is..........

actually it is totally rubbish - we were going to lay a new one anyway, so will as soon as the weather is suitable. It's only a tiny lawn anyway - most of the garden is taken up with raised shrub/flower beds, as it is impossible to dig down - used to be a farm on this site and we think we are on top of the old yard!!!

[compostqueen]

I use my hens as scarifiers. They're brill at getting out moss    I put some in my compost bin but had to take it out again as it was not rotting at all. 

[viettaclark]

 I have chickens too but they seem to favour one particular area which gets totally wasted while the rest gets overrun with moss! They are spreading out a bit now we've got rid of some and the grass is growing.
Has anyone else found this year extremely bad for moss?

[compostqueen]

My lawn is all moss   

[gypsy]

Yes there is an awful lot of moss about this spring. Do the chicks not eat the grass as well as the moss?

[viettaclark]

They don't eat the moss, just the grass, which is why I'm scarifying!!!

[Hobnails]

Could the moss and thatch from the lawns be of any use buried in bean trenches as a moisture retainer?

[JayG]

Could the moss and thatch from the lawns be of any use buried in bean trenches as a moisture retainer?

That's exactly what I did with mine after retrieving it from the compost bin (after a year it looked pretty dead but you could still tell it was moss!)

Have turned the bean trench over since then and there's no sign of it so it does take the hint eventually!

[madcat]

Cutting your grass???      I would skid the lawn mower on the mud and then it would just get stuck!  Get away - you are joking.      Aren't you??   

[plot6b]

Cutting your grass???      I would skid the lawn mower on the mud and then it would just get stuck!  Get away - you are joking.      Aren't you??   

It's true Madcat I've already cut mine and there looking rather neat with nice crisp edges

[plum crumble]

oi, Nige are you really an aging Rock Star? Well, you know the saying, A Rolling Stone gathers no moss.....................

I'll get my coat.........

[plot6b]

  I wish plum. I'm normally a stripey person but I use a Hovermower for the first cuts

[kingston boy]

You all seem to be forgetting to spike and aearate the lawn.
Cut it, scarify it then spike it. The lawn needs air too.

[madcat]

It's true Madcat I've already cut mine and there looking rather neat with nice crisp edges

Grief ....!  but you have given me hope that maybe summer will work its way in our direction.   

[DavidT]

We are cutting the grass here in Wales too.