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Old 12-03-2014, 05:30 PM posted to uk.d-i-y,uk.rec.gardening
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On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 22:09:25 +0000 (UTC), Adrian wrote:

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:34:48 +0000, Vir Campestris wrote:

We've had a pocket handkerchief for the last mumble years, but this
one's a little larger - about 50x25 metres.

I'm not really into stripes. Suggestions for a mower please?


We were in your position last year.

A small ad for a mildly used Viking (Stihl) 17" rotary got jumped at. We
were ambivalent about stripes, too - but this one has the roller, so
shrug

On balance, with somewhat lumpy ground in places, I think it scores over
wheels, since it doesn't drop one rear wheel into a hollow and scalp the
hummock.


On my 'lawns' I rely on the scalping to keep the dimmocks under control -
the dimmocks are made by ants, especially in v. wet weather.
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