Errogie
21-Apr-07, 22:28
O.K. so it's that time of year when you dig out the lawnmower from where it's been buried under a heap of other irems at the back of the shed and wheel it out for battle with a prayer that it's going to start without too much hassle.
Now I have to point out that my lawn has become so mossy that it is like a deep pile carpet to walk on and even more delightful to sit or lie down on. The colour admittedly is tending more towards yellow than bright green but so what, this is more than compensated for by the texture and the plus side is that the moss slows down growth by grass.
What really gets up my nose however is the garden centre/lawn moss removing industry which blatantly wants you to scarify your lawn, plant more seed, feed it more fertiliser, grow more grass, buy more lawn mowers and spend more money on their ridiculously unnecessary products. Why, Why, Why?
This is one of those Emporer wears no clothes situations where for so many good reasons, from reducing your carbon footprint, providing a wildlife habitat to having another hour in bed on a Sunday morning a whole way of thinking and being made to feel lawn guilt by the so called experts in mega buck earning garden centres has to be challenged.
Come out and be proud of your mossy lawn. Roll on it, sleep on it, wriggle your bare toes luxuriously through it. Pull it up to wipe clean a paint brush or blow your nose with it. Moss is your soft, welcoming friend and can be really useful, but don't be taken in by the ethnic cleansing profiteering tactics of so called lawn experts.
Mosspride rules O.K. ! Does anyone else think this way, we might form a subversive organisation to destabilise grass lawns called Mossit.
Now I have to point out that my lawn has become so mossy that it is like a deep pile carpet to walk on and even more delightful to sit or lie down on. The colour admittedly is tending more towards yellow than bright green but so what, this is more than compensated for by the texture and the plus side is that the moss slows down growth by grass.
What really gets up my nose however is the garden centre/lawn moss removing industry which blatantly wants you to scarify your lawn, plant more seed, feed it more fertiliser, grow more grass, buy more lawn mowers and spend more money on their ridiculously unnecessary products. Why, Why, Why?
This is one of those Emporer wears no clothes situations where for so many good reasons, from reducing your carbon footprint, providing a wildlife habitat to having another hour in bed on a Sunday morning a whole way of thinking and being made to feel lawn guilt by the so called experts in mega buck earning garden centres has to be challenged.
Come out and be proud of your mossy lawn. Roll on it, sleep on it, wriggle your bare toes luxuriously through it. Pull it up to wipe clean a paint brush or blow your nose with it. Moss is your soft, welcoming friend and can be really useful, but don't be taken in by the ethnic cleansing profiteering tactics of so called lawn experts.
Mosspride rules O.K. ! Does anyone else think this way, we might form a subversive organisation to destabilise grass lawns called Mossit.