Well, it’s not really a garden as such – it was a ploughed field, so it’s not completely flat, and there are some wide parallel humps in it. However, it looks really nice when the (wild) grass is cut.
The main problem is that it’s afflicted with holes and uneven bits where rabbits have dug burrows, moles have excavated tunnels, and sheep have trod in it up to their knees when the ground was soft. It makes walking on it when pushing a mower quite unpleasant – I can see me twisting a knee or something. Also, the lawn mower’s wheels can dip down into hollows or holes, making the mower either cut into the grass/soil, or miss the grass completely.
I’m not looking to turn it into a billiard smooth lawn, but it would be nice to get rid of the worst damage. I was thinking about buying a garden roller, filling it with water, and pushing it over the grass when the ground was damp. However, I’ve just read that rolling a lawn is bad for it, and I’m not even sure if it will be effectual.
I don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to it, plus I don’t really enjoy gardening anyhow. It’s a fair skelp of land, and I don’t want to get anyone in to work on it.
I’m just looking for a quick way to do a half-decent job.