Tuesday 5 June 2018

A Combination of Circles and Straight Lines


17th May 2018, First of the Circles

Three weeks ago this year's early summer pattern on the quad lawn began to be cut into the grass, circles and straight lines. In previous years curves, straight lines, diagonal lines, wavy lines and circles have all been seen individualy but never a combination of two of them until now.    


Since the first cut on the 17th May the pattern has become more defined as the lawn is cut two to three times a week. This pattern is created using two differant mowers, the circles are cut using the Allett Buffalo 24, the 24inch cylinder mower and the straight lines using the Honda HRX476, the 19inch rotary mower, the 24inch and 19inch are the width of cut. However, the circles are not just one width of the cylinder mower but four. To create them the mower is pushed round in the same direction four times and, at the end of each full circle, the mower is moved to the edge of the previous circle until the end of the fourth when the mower is turned around and pushed in the opposite direction. This pattern will remain on the lawn until the end of June when it will be changed to another pattern for the rest of the summer. (Below is a short clip of Joss mowing the quad lawn to create the quadruple width circles, click to play).



The Pattern From A High Vantage Point




UPDATE

For a sample of previous spring/early summer patterns click on the following links:

26th March 2012 'Round In Circles'

26th March 2012

28th April 2014 'A New Pattern On The Quad Lawn'

28th April 2014
9th May 2014


17th April 2015 'Creating A New Pattern On The Quad Lawn' (This pattern was quickly replaced by the 'Triple Width Diagonal Lawn Pattern' of the 3rd June 2015).

17th April 2015

  3rd June 2015 'Triple Width Diagonal Lawn Pattern'

3rd June 2015


4th August 2016 'Views Of The Quad Lawn From The Roof Top And Ground Level'

4th August 2016


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