One man went to mow (a meadow)...
1 GoodGymer made their way to help an isolated older person in Southwark.
- Friday, 26th of May 2023
Here's what Mr H of SE16 had to say about the mission:
Mr H's daughter called to say a huge thank you to Nick for his help - "if I could award five stars, I'd give him seven! He was phenomenal!"
Will "mowing the lawn for Mr H" really mean that, or will there be an unexpected twist - such are the unknown delights of GoodGym gardening missions. This one proved as described on the tin, except that Mr H (and his family) had previously, intentionally or otherwise, decided rewilding was the way to go on his outside grass areas, and so it was a small meadow that needed the decent haircut today.
Armed with a very effective flymo, I got to work on three outer areas at the front and quite quickly had them down to a reasonably consistent no.1 cut. Some shears appeared and these proved useful to trim and tidy up the edges and all the long bits that the machine (or its operator) had clearly missed.
After a quick breather, we then moved the mower into the garden itself and got to work on this patch - fortunately it was a regular shape, and apart from the odd branch and wooden spoon(!), nothing got between the mower and the long grass to upset it too much and before long the whole area was looking much tidier and sit-outable once again.
Mr H (and his daughter) were pleased to be able to tread on their lawn once again, and after a refreshing and much needed glass of water, I left them to enjoy a very sunny Friday evening.
Report written by Nick Moore
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Thanks so much for this report and the pictures
Great stuff Nick!
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