Alan Gould wrote:



Spring raking is not usually necessary unless you have a lot of
winter leaf fall or other stuff on the surface which might affect the
mower.snipped

I raked this morning (didn't see your posting till Saturday PM), got a
lot of dead stuff up and moss so it was worth doing. I also oiled and
cleaned my trusty manual mower which seems to give a better overall cut
and quicker too than my neighbours electric.

Simon