Re: Grass Cutting Service

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Grass Cutting Service

Paul King 02/06/2008, 21:19

Hi Everyone,

We have recently purchased a property near Villebois-Lavelette (16320- Charente) and have a grass section of garden on approx 600 sq mtrs. We only visit the property about 5 times a year and therefore require someone to keep the grass short so not to upset the neighbours and relieve a bit of the workload when we do visit - does anyone know how much it would cost or any people who could undertake cutting the grass one a month? We would be very grateful for any replies via PM. we are not looking for a perfect lawn just short grass!!

Many thanks

Paul & Maureen.

Re: Grass Cutting Service

dr orloff 02/06/2008, 21:45
I hope your grass grows slower than ours - we are currently cutting it twice a week. In a month it would be a couple of feet high.

Re: Grass Cutting Service

Cathy 02/06/2008, 21:51

When our house was a second home, we paid the neighbour to do it and he was very pleased. It kept the garden tidy and yet gave him some wine money.

I'll warn you. French grass really does grow quicker than English grass (except in high summer) - it's the warm and wet conditions.

Cathy
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Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.

Re: Grass Cutting Service

Paulaphillips 12/06/2008, 19:54

Hi Paul - we are near Villebois and our neighbour cuts our grass around the house for us regularly and we pay him - he welcomes the extra money. I do agree though it grows really quickly over there - our local farmer cuts the small field we have - which we found out was hay not grass - rolls the hay into big bales, stores it on our land and takes it for his animals - and just charges us a very nominal amout. Its worth asking around or check the small ads in Super U just up the road. Good luck - maybe we will bump into you!

Paula

Near Salles Lavelette

Re: Grass Cutting Service

woody234 13/06/2008, 8:44
whats the difference between hay and grass

Re: Grass Cutting Service

Ron Avery 13/06/2008, 8:50

whats (sic) the difference between hay and grass?

One is cut and baled for animal feed, the other you smoke Big Smile [:D] .

Why not post a sensible answer, people will appreciate it more

Re: Grass Cutting Service

woody234 13/06/2008, 11:49
no you dont smoke grass, you normaly cut grass, someone cut my grass and made it into bales, i thought hay was cut grass but maybe im wrong

Re: Grass Cutting Service

Pads 14/06/2008, 7:02
Hay is grass plus anything else that grows in your field like wild flowers etc.... that has been left to get long cut dried and baled... we have a field which is cut twice a year by a local farmer and he pays us for it to feed his animals, its a free way to get it cut plus making some money at the same time ... he also keeps the hedges trimmed..

Dirty Tom =^..^=
Where ever I lay my paw thats my home

Re: Grass Cutting Service

Scooby 14/06/2008, 7:12
We also pay our neighbour to cut the grass for us. The local guy who does the 'gardening' for the commune comes and cuts our hedges, prunes the grape vine etc and does the other heavier stuff or the things that require more 'gardening' knowledge - again for a fee. We tried to do it ourselves initially but the grass grew so quickly it wasn't sufficient - plus it was very frustrating to be spending most of our short time in France tied to the garden so this arrangement is much better. We don't have a huge garden in France (having over an acre here in the UK taught us that acres of land are not necessarily a good thing!) but even with a moderate sized garden it takes a lot of time to keep on top of it all.

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