Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 64, Issue 27

**K* M* <k*@iol.ie>**

Two and a half to three inches in most conditions. One should never  
cut more than a third of the grass blade. If one mows frequently and  
allows the mowings to fall then the microherd will very quickly  
convert them back to lawn feed and aerate the lawn at the same time.  
Mowed at that height the grass will tiller well and crowd out the  
weeds. Obviously conditions vary enormously from one climate to  
another so there are no hard and fast rules.

Our own lawn was created from a ploughed, tilled and leveled field by  
simply taking the mower across it regularly. I'm not advocating this  
method unless one has a lot of patience - it took about three years  
before we had a really good lawn - but it is now almost too good for  
my tastes with far less meadow flowers than I would like to see. Once  
we had it established we let most of it go wild again and just cut  
paths through to admire the wild flowers. At the moment Lady's Smock  
is giving way to vetches and buttercups and I'm pleased to see the  
first signs that the orchids will flower this year. Cow parsley under  
the hawthorn hedges and later on the meadow sweet - and all for the  
price of a mower - ride on in our case since we manage almost all the  
garden with it with less than an acre being woodland or slightly more  
formal plantings

Kathryn

On 20 May 2008, at 17:46, Mary Henry wrote:

> What's the right height to mow for dandelion control?
>
> Mary Henry
>
> On May 19, 2008, at 10:20 AM, gardenwriters-request@lists.ibiblio.org
> wrote:
>
>> And what's wrong with dandelions anyway? Not that I see many either
>> in my own garden or Sonairte's because both garden's are mowed for
>> lawn weed control. In fact I have to head for local hedgerows if I
>> want to make dandelion wine
>>
>> Kathryn
>
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