Ravendale House

Regular readers of this blog, if indeed such things exist (I could have been talking to myself for the last 3 years) will know that I like to write about ‘firsts’. That is to say, things that I have seen or done for the very first time. Take today for example.

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Today I cut the grass with the big mower for what I hope will be the last time this year.  My last ‘cut’ in 2010 was 25th October and in 2009 27th October, so I’m there or there abouts.

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‘Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home your house is on fire  – – – -‘  is the opening line of the old children’s nursery rhyme. One of my earliest recollections as a child was appearing, as a ladybird, in a Sunday School concert. I must have been about 7 or 8 years old.

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Now that the hedges are cut there are lots of other things that need attention, so today I had a proper gardening day. What with my knee, my shoulder and the weather, these ‘proper’ days have been a bit thin on the ground this year. It’s a wonder things look as good as they do.

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Having been out of action for what seems like an age, I decided to cut the grass, as this doesn’t involve lifting my arm higher than it will go. I knew it would be hard, everything is when you can only use one arm properly, but I thought I was up to it.

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That’s one of Peter’s favourite phrases. Being a self-taught website designer he encounters new problems every day which he has to solve. He’s learnt a huge amount over the years but still insists “every day’s a school day”, and so it is with lawnmowers.

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We all know it’s been a hard winter, but I feel it may have been harder than we realised for some of our little furry friends.

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Yesterday I decided to try out the newly mended lawn mower. The weather was warm, the grass dry, but I’ve had a ride-on mower long enough to know that things are never that simple.

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So there we are, I’ve said it. 2010 is officially my worst gardening year ever.

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We have quite a lot of grass here, and for someone of my diminutive stature and great age, to cut it all properly takes 3 days. There are 3 elements to the process.

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