There are a few things you need for a perfect lawn.

Some nice grass.

A nice mower.

A fed lawn.

A cut lawn.

And an edged lawn.

We've been doing edging for a while using ever edge, check out our installation on the Ever Edge website.

Here's today's podcast.

Phil

Founder of All Gardening

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The Growing All Gardening podcast with Phil Argent.
Short personal stories, moments, ideas discussed.
Just you and me. No ads, no guests.

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So tomorrow is dad's funeral.

I'll be doing his eulogy.

For those that can't make it to the service, or funeral, here is the eulogy.

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Hello Friends, and hello Dad.
Let me speak for your four wonderful children Nick, Phil, Chris and Marianne and your eight grandchildren Jessica, Billy, Maddie, Angus, Blake, Dexter, Ellie and Bodhi.
Dad, you and Mum were married for over 50 years, you set the bar high with consistent commitment, connection, love and unity, and above all you relentlessly shared your life with your friends and family.
Dad, you prefer singing than to be silent.
You said it was easier to get enthusiastic about singing because you'd always feel like you could do your bit.
Well, Dad, you've done your bit, so let me take over from here.
In order to prepare this speech, I re-read lots and lots of notes from Dad, and notes from his friends to get a general picture of how Dad was regarded.
A great family man with tireless commitment and unwavering dedication, a larger-than-life character seems to have been the words people most connected with him.
A great leader also rang a lot of bells. He was so very committed and dedicated to his clubs and groups.
On the other hand, as a family, we knew him as a fun and caring dad, an adventurer, and a bit of a silly fool if I'm be honest, which I think he would have thought a good summary of his best bits.
You might have experienced him as the dancing horse for the Morris men, a rather strange commitment but one he dedicated 100% of himself to.
I think his dancing was more a gentle hop, his horse's head perhaps just a mask to give him the chance to live in a wonderous imaginary world.
Most of all, we seem to all think Dad, Denis, Coco the Clown, and Den Den had an enormous capacity for giving.
And expecting nothing in return.
I hope giving, joyful and larger than life is how you will all remember him.
Not gone, silent, only to be found near the church altar resting in a box.
Pick your favourite moment of him and remember him that way.
The most giving, caring, big-hearted, larger-than-life character, and funny fool any of us would meet.
As a family, we've pondered how we will remember him, well Dad had a passion for song and often said he had an Irish leg and loved the Dubliners...
So I'm going to hand it over to them for the last words.
Feel free to join in.
I've been a wild rover for many's the year
And I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer
But now I'm returning with gold in great store
And I never will play the wild rover no more
And it's no, nay, never
No, nay never no more
Will I play the wild rover
No never no more

Here's today's podcast

Phil

In 2006 I started to grow grass on my van.

I still do the same.

But it's not the grass you'd find on any of the lawns I work on.

Here's today's podcast

Phil

Founder of All Gardening

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The Growing All Gardening podcast with Phil Argent.
Short personal stories, moments, ideas discussed.
Just you and me. No ads, no guests.

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Fresh seed.

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So I've got some new grass seed in. 

I'm doing a handful of lawn renovations.

It's nearly May.

The seed I use is from Green Velvet, it's fresh.

How do you know when your grass seed is fresh? 

It will say it on the label, you can see on this label in the photo the date of bag seal 10/22. 

Why is fresh grass seed important? 

It will be more likely to germinate consitently.

Here's today's podcast

Phil

Founder of All Gardening

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The Growing All Gardening podcast with Phil Argent.
Short personal stories, moments, ideas discussed.
Just you and me. No ads, no guests.

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To be the best you have to live the life.

Play the long game.

Don't change what works.

Only aim to learn.

Here's todays' podcast

Phil

Founder of All Gardening

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The Growing All Gardening podcast with Phil Argent.
Short personal stories, moments, ideas discussed.
Just you and me. No ads, no guests.

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Yesterday was a new beginning.

A new clients lawn.

A lawn that just needs to start again.

Today I gave it its last cut.

Today I gave it a first moss treatment.

Oh and here's today's mowing forecast.

From: Fri 14th Apr at 06:00 UTC

To: Sat 15th Apr at 06:00 UTC

Wind

Cyclonic, becoming south or southeast, 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 later.

Ground condition

Warming, by wet under foot, getting worst later.

Weather

Showers.

Sun

Good early, occasionally poor after noon.

Chance of mowing 

Slight or moderate.

Here's today's podcast

Phil

Founder of All Gardening

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The Growing All Gardening podcast with Phil Argent.
Short personal stories, moments, ideas discussed.
Just you and me. No ads, no guests.

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Yesterday for no real reason I got thinking about the shipping forecast.

You know the one on BBC Radio 4.

Which got me thinking the wether is so up in the air (love that saying) that perhaps I should start the "mowing forecast"

So here it is:

Mowing Forecast

Valid

From: Thu 13th Apr at 06:00 UTC

To: Fri 14th Apr at 06:00 UTC

North Yorkshire

Wind

Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming southwest 3 to 5.

Ground condition

Warming, wet under foot.

Weather

Showers.

Visibility

Good, occasionally poor.

Pressure

990 falling slowly

Chance of mowing 

Slight or moderate.

Here's today's podcast (and mowing forecast).

Phil

Founder of All Gardening

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The Growing All Gardening podcast with Phil Argent.
Short personal stories, moments, ideas discussed.
Just you and me. No ads, no guests.

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Well I'd like to say the weather has got warmer, but it's got colder.

Chilly - at 3 degrees this morning.

3 degrees is not spring, that's winter weather.

Here's today's podcast

Phil

Founder of All Gardening

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The Growing All Gardening podcast with Phil Argent.
Short personal stories, moments, ideas discussed.
Just you and me. No ads, no guests.

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Days get warmer, slowly.

Today the day started at 6am, the temperatures 6 degrees.

Hang on, it's 11th April.

It's now 12 noom, it's sunny and warmer, but not by much 10 degrees.

Here's today's podcast

Phil

Founder of All Gardening

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The Growing All Gardening podcast with Phil Argent.
Short personal stories, moments, ideas discussed.
Just you and me. No ads, no guests.

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Hello friends, It's Phil.

I start each and every podcast with the same line, just 4 words, but they mean everything to me.

So yesterday I share some thoughts on the All Gardening Lawn Food Subscription page on the All Gardening website.

But today I mentioned the service to a new client that I'll be working for to renovate and level his lawn.

My client seemed very very keen to work alongside me, which is all part of the All Gardening Lawn Food Service.

Within the service there are 3 very significant elements, each I need some help shaping.

The first is I offer a 1-2-1 zoom session before any Lawn Food gets dispatched, I want to know more about your lawn and how you plan to look after it.

The second is the relationship doesn't stop after that first call, I give you access to my whatsapp number and you can share a video update on your lawn with me at any time.

The third element is I plan to aim to offer a bespoke lawn feed for your lawn, this means the first 2 elements need to happen often.

Now, I thought it would be a fun way to start building this by asking a few "lawn fanatics" to test the system.

To do that I've added a 15% discount off the subscription service, only when you subscribe, the discount is not for just a one off purchase.

If you'd like to be part of a small trial fanatic group then please use the discount code LAWNFANATIC  (No spaces between the words). 

Or use this link to get the discount code automatically apply at checkout.

https://www.allgardening.co.uk/discount/LAWN%2520FANATIC?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fall-gardening-lawn-food-subscription

Hope to chat to some of you soon.

Here's today's podcast

Phil

Founder of All Gardening

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The Growing All Gardening podcast with Phil Argent.
Short personal stories, moments, ideas discussed.
Just you and me. No ads, no guests.

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