The grass has been growing steadily this winter thanks to the relatively mild temperatures and it’s generally been way too wet to mow it, so the lawn and grass in the vegetable plot were starting to look like a jungle.
Sunday proved to be dry however, and once the dew had mostly evaporated, my daughter was out with the mower.
We have a 1m x 1.8m-ish (3’x6′) trailer that we use for dragging “stuff” around the property and she managed to fill it three times, even jumping on the clippings to pack them down and get more in. Usually once is enough mow the entire area. Once the trailer was full the grass was layered with shredded paperwork, the last of my son’s A Level notes and old newspapers in the compost bin. We left it full to overflowing.
It’ll be interesting to see how much it sinks over the next couple of days.