On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:00:36 GMT, "Cicero"
wrote:


"MM" wrote in message
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Been away for a few days and the lawn is now covered in long-ish
grasses! When I go over with the hand mower, these foot-long blades of
grass are simply pushed flat, then spring up again after an hour or
so.

I'm thinking of buying a rechargeable (thus cordless) hedgetrimmer and
use it like an Allen scythe to cut these long grasses down to size.

Any other ideas? I could get down on my hands and knees with the
shears, but it would take two days to cover the whole lawn like that.

MM

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A pressed steel sickle ( not 1/4" thick steel blade type) works for me. You
can buy one quite cheaply at 'Focus' etc but remember to buy the sharpening
stone as well.

Yes, I had contemplated one of those, too. But my father used one in
the 1950s and I tried it (I was 11 at the time) and it was darned hard
work! Not sure whether I can stoop that low any more. I want to mount
the cordless hedgetrimmer on a wheeled dolly, by the way, then push
the dolly across the 'lawn'.

MM