7 h. ago Monty Don explains why gardeners should not cut the grass too short when mowing the lawn this spring

BBC presenter and gardening guru Monty Don has warned against making a common lawn mowing mistake this spring.

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10 h. ago Monty Don warns gardeners which major mistake to avoid when mowing the lawn this spring

BBC presenter and gardening guru Monty Don has warned against making a common lawn mowing mistake this spring.

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44 h. ago Monty Don's urgent warning to people mowing lawns after March

Gardening expert Monty Don says mid-March is the best time to start mowing the lawn after winter, but people shouldn't overdo it for an important reason

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3 d. ago Garden expert reveals 'exact' weather temperature to cut grass and avoid damage

Keep your eye on the thermometer before venturing out with the lawnmower

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3 d. ago Exact date you should cut your grass for first time after winter

Mowing your lawn too early can stress and weaken the grass - here's the best time to get the lawnmower out after winter

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3 d. ago Exact time to mow your lawn and how long to leave the grass as spring arrives

Goodbye winter, hello spring. As the temperatures start to warm up, this means that gardening tasks will be piling up - and the lawn is one of the first things to tackle

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4 d. ago The savage suburbia of Helen Garner: ‘I wanted to dong Martin Amis with a bat’

Over 50 years, she has become one of the most revered writers in Australia. Is she finally going to get worldwide recognition?In early January, the Australian author Helen Garner decided to cut back an unruly bush in her garden. Garner lives in a Melbourne suburb in the adjoining house to her daughter, son-in-law, three grandchildren, some chickens and a dog. The family were away at the beach for the holidays and Garner found herself alone, in an off-kilter frame of mind. She’s 82, her beach days are over, but she felt her family’s absence. Her grandchildren were growing up, the youngest now 18. Garner realised she was on the brink of a loneliness not felt since she’d moved to live alongside them 20 years ago, after the end of her third and final marriage, to the author Murray Bail.Missing her family, feeling adrift, she went outside with some secateurs and “pruned the shit” out of the bush in such frenzied bursts that the next day, when she looked out of the window, she saw a scene...

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1 week ago Wellness guru ordered to take down garden fence which blocked elderly neighbours' from being able to mow the lawn of their £1.8million home

Claire White and her partner told the elderly neighbours to drag their mower through their house in Ditchling, East Sussex instead.

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