Backyard Bushveld

03/12/2025

Celebrating my 5th year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

21/11/2025

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21/11/2025

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Recorded on 21Nov2025I managed to get the kikuyu down to about a solid 6mm and thinned out really nicely. Now, it needs to grow in. I’ll bring the HOC up to ...

21/11/2025

Wondering how my LM section is doing? Not bad. Got a little kikuyu infestation after the last heavy scalp, and still recovering from a very heavy top dress to raise some levels.

20/11/2025

This evenings mow took it a lot further!
Now we’re talking!

19/11/2025

Even with deeper scalping last night, the green is trying to push through! I have high hopes!

16/11/2025

My latest vid is live on YouTube! Check it out!
https://youtu.be/emd8UpyL_s0?si=NYn99GTBTiw7LbgI

Taking my kikuyu lawn down to sub 10mm. The process didn’t need to be this slow but I first wanted to see if mild intervention would have got me the result I...

10/11/2025

Another post-work shave! That last bit of green density is simply too much for Frankenstein to get through, even with me running both the groomer and verticutter through it in multiple directions! This will have to be done with a scarifier or rotary mower that can get that low.

10/11/2025

Now that my lawn is short again, I’ve identified some trails that occurred overnight. Who can tell me what this is? I know what it is, but I want some good guesses!

09/11/2025

Blade needs a grind.
Backlap will do for now!
…Yes, I backed off the blade to bedknife contact you trolls

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09/11/2025

I may have done a thing.
And I’m in the mood to take it further!
Tired of tall lawns now. On the road to a sub 10mm kikuyu lawn!

28/10/2025

Syngenta Casper (post emergent herbicide) applied yesterday and the Oxalis is already starting to show signs of stress. So far, only the oxalis is recurring in a few small patches. No other broadleaf w**ds visible anywhere! Still a patch or two of paspalum to deal with manually, but overall very good w**d control results this season!