Trying to tame my grass

Grass tamer
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
June 29, 2016 2:40pm CST
Britain has always been known for its changeable and unreliable weather, but recently it has been less predictable than ever. Most days we have experienced intermittent rain and sunshine, which is certainly having a major effect on my grass. It is sprouting up at such a ferocious rate that I am in danger of getting trapped as I try to cut it and it regrows behind me, thus fencing me in. In fact I can almost hear it growing. I could probably use the help of a goat at the moment, or maybe I should buy a stool and a whip and try to fight it back like a lion tamer.
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@LadyDuck (458212)
• Switzerland
30 Jun 16
If you find a way to tame the grass, please let me know Barry, because I have the same problem. I like your animated picture.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
I could not resist attempting to create something appropriate for the post.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
@LadyDuck We keep having rain on a regular basis, which is a major contributor to my grass becoming so savage.
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@LadyDuck (458212)
• Switzerland
30 Jun 16
@Asylum They are very good. I would like to go out and mow the lawn this afternoon, but it has rained about one hour ago, I believe that with this high humidity there will be even more mosquitoes. I will wait until tomorrow.
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• United States
29 Jun 16
It must be lovely so my friend. But yes a nuisance to have to cut it so much. Ah the lovely green, we cant stop it growing. Nothing but dry dusty weeds here my friend.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 16
Right now I would be happy to swap because dust is easier to control.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jun 16
@Asylum I suggest the goat then you could have some delicious goat cheese and your grass would be in order
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• United States
29 Jun 16
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
29 Jun 16
Maybe you could train the cat's to mow the grass? No, your right, cats are notoriously difficult to train. I think work for food would be a good idea for those unemployed cats.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 16
Now you may have an idea there. I could spray the grass with a fine coat of cream.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 16
@BelleStarr If only I could attach a small scythe to their tails.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
29 Jun 16
@Asylum Add a little cat nip and they will be coming in droves.
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
30 Jun 16
ha ha - get a goat - that is hilarious and sounds like something out of Africa for sure. In SA we have to mow the lawns twice a week as the lawns grow at an alarming rate even in the winter. We mowed last week but this week the frost as arrived, so to prevent the roots from dying, mowing has ceased till August, when we scarify and then the new lawns start to sprout.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
Mine seems to be thriving at the same alarming rate at the moment. I cannot mow it twice a week because I fill the garden waste bin too quickly and have nowhere to put it.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
@Inlemay I prefer to completely get rid of it.
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
30 Jun 16
@Asylum compost - make it a green area
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• West Haven, Connecticut
30 Jun 16
Cool pic lol maybe if you throw some meat on the grass it will be tamed
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
At the rate it is growing I would need to feed it vast amounts of meat every day.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
@BACONSTRIPSXXX The cow would fertilise the grass and make it more difficult to handle.
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• West Haven, Connecticut
30 Jun 16
@Asylum jejeej you could just buy a cow and have it eat it away,atleas youll have milk and loads of poop on your grass jejeje
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• United States
30 Jun 16
Half way through reading this, I was thinking about suggesting renting a goat. You beat me to it. Is such a thing possible?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
An interesting question and I have no idea. Maybe I could attract a swarm of locusts.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
@ElizabethWallace At least they would keep the grass under control.
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• United States
30 Jun 16
@Asylum They would be harder to control than goats.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 16
I love the animation you've put on this post, it's great. My lawn is also spurting up, but it hardly stays dry long enough to get it mown.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
I have had to play hide and seek with the rain as well. The animation was something that I could not resist.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 Jul 16
Go for the goat. That way you will have milk and can churn your own butter or make your own cheese! (Yuk)
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
2 Jul 16
Goat cheese is something that I have never tried, but it does not sound appealing.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
2 Jul 16
@garymarsh6 I have no idea what goat tastes like.
@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 Jul 16
@Asylum I would save yourself the waste of money not only that it tastes of goat!
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Jun 16
We noticed this in Ireland. Anything standing still quickly gets taken over by the vegetation.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
That certainly includes my garden. The grass had become so tall and dense that I have had to cut it in stages, filling my garden waste bin and waiting for it to be emptied. I can already see a vast difference between the patch that I cut yesterday and the patch that I cut last week.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Jun 16
@Asylum It's incredible how much growth occurs in a short space of time.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
@JudyEv Also very undesirable in the case of grass.
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@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
29 Jun 16
Goat, cow and carabao is a big help :))
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 16
Assuming that you mean caribou, I could not afford one because they are certain to be deer.
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@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
30 Jun 16
@Asylum aww. It is.a.water buffalo--carabao. We have a lot here and its meat is much sweeter than cow. :))
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 16
The owner of the garden flat below mine was redoing her garden when I moved in here at the beginning of the month. She had just mud with no grass but she's put seed down and now it looks like a fully mature lawn...never seen grass grow that quickly beforeit's like a jungle down there now
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 16
That is precisely what is happening to mine and I am wondering whether I may find some lost tribe once it has been removed.
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@NJChicaa (116003)
• United States
29 Jun 16
I like your picture with this.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 16
I could not resist creating something silly to display with the post.
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• United States
7 Jul 16
A goat sounds like an excellent idea. Think of the happy life it would have with all that lush grass to dine on.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
7 Jul 16
It would probably get lost somewhere in the middle.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
7 Jul 16
@Jeanniemaries This is true because if they ate grass the way that they eat cat food then it would be gone in a couple of hours.
• United States
7 Jul 16
@Asylum It's too bad the kittens don't eat grass.
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• New Delhi, India
29 Jun 16
Sell the grass to cow or goat owner's
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 16
I would happily give it away, but do not anyone who would accept it.
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
2 Jul 16
A goat might work. Poultry as well can take care of some it. Sheep I hear like grass. The changeable weather is affecting things differently I guess. The grass and things that live in the grass are having a field day.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
2 Jul 16
I dread to think what may be lurking in my grass, maybe a few buffalo or pigmies.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
2 Jul 16
@Bluedoll Or maybe buy a flame thrower.
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
2 Jul 16
@Asylum yep that is getting a little long. Better sharpen up that sickle.
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@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
1 Jul 16
More goats needed for help .
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
1 Jul 16
The way my grass is growing I may need to start breeding goats.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
2 Jul 16
@shshiju Maybe I could email some of it to you.
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@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
2 Jul 16
@Asylum O Lol. Here there is no grass for our cow. It is really difficult to find. Its a pleasure to get your untamed grass. Lol
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