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 14/06/2008, 7:55
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woody234
 
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what happens when you dont cut the grass for a year, doesnt it just grow in the summer then die or bio-degrade in the winter and does grass grow all year round
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14/06/2008, 8:05
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Pads
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Grass does grow all year fast in the summer and very slow in the winter... if never cut it will grow tall and fall over this will in the end become a like a mat the grass will become weak underneath and yellow from lack of light , but will still continue to grow, but you will get dead patches, it will eventally compost away, not a good idea if you do one day want to use the land as unless you have a tractor or rotorator , it become very hard to clear... if you have a good size either get a farmer to put sheep on it or cut it for hay.. its a bit of extra income
Dirty Tom =^..^=
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14/06/2008, 23:18
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buckdendave
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We have a place near Limoux and our plot is 1000m2 in all, and the area of grass is about 600m2. We live in England most of the time and only get to France a few weeks per year.
It costs me 70Euros per session to get the grass cut and a bit of strimming around the bushes, etc.. When last over (a couple of weeks ago) I had to pay for 5 cuts - that is 350Euros since April. A wet spring / early summer is very expensive!
Dave
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20/06/2008, 0:32
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woody234
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people on the black means people you pay for in cash for building work and things like that, cutting grass is different, the first year i paid for 3 cuts at 40 euros each (2003) for 5000 m2, 2nd year i paid for 4 cuts at 40 euro each cut (2004), 3rd year i paid for 6 cuts at 50 euros each cut (2005), i said to the french person who was cutting it why does it keep going up all the time and he said the more it rains the more it grows, I said i cannot afford 300 euro per year to get the grass cut anymore, and it has not been cut ever since, food and shelter comes before cutting the grass with me, it would probably be 10 cuts at 60 euros this year to cut the grass if i had carried on with it, some french people think that because you are british you are loaded and naive and fair game, i dont blame them for thinking that
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20/06/2008, 8:10
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zeb
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 woody234 wrote: | | people on the black means people you pay for in cash for building work and things like that, cutting grass is different,
first year i paid for 3 cuts at 40 euros each (2003) for 5000 m2, 2nd year i paid for 4 cuts at 40 euro each cut (2004), 3rd year i paid for 6 cuts at 50 euros each cut (2005), i said to the french person who was cutting it why does it keep going up all the time and he said the more it rains the more it grows, I said i cannot afford 300 euro per year to get the grass cut anymore, and it has not been cut ever since, food and shelter comes before cutting the grass with me, it would probably be 10 cuts at 60 euros this year to cut the grass if i had carried on with it, some french people think that because you are british you are loaded and naive and fair game, i dont blame them for thinking that |
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Only 6 cuts a year? I hope he was using your equipment and not his!
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20/06/2008, 13:38
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woody234
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good point pierre, make sure the people cutting your grass have there own insurance or they may try and sue you in court if they get injured, especially the local people that dont speak english if you know what i mean
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