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Let Guru tell you a secret:
he did not open the door
to the rear grounds of
Guru Towers even once between
November and late March. Not to
pick up the patio furniture strewn
over the lawn by the wind. Not to
clear up the toys dumped there
by Gurus Jr and II, or to let in a
mewling cat too lazy to go around
to the front door. And certainly not
for any hard work.
Now that the sun is shining (and
Guru is unable to leave his grounds
owing to nature’s cruel whims) he’s
begrudgingly restarted garden
duties. His custom lawnmower shed
(a Keter Artisan 11x7, £1,099)contains one fancy orange ride-on
Stihl RT 4082 (£2,319) for his
largest lawns, a petrol-powered
Hyundai HYM510SPE (£450) for
when he wants to threaten those
smaller lawns with something that
looks like it escaped from a
Transformers film, and Honda’s
excellent robotic Miimo HRM310
(£1,400ish) for those regularmoments when Guru would much
rather sit on his rear than actually
do anything manual.
GaGu has spoken before of the
benefits of the scarifier, basically a
balls-out bladed turborake that
turns the horizontal cut of the
lawnmower vertical and rips up all
your undergrowth at the start of
the season – the Bosch AVR 1100
seems to be the best around. Sure,
you’ll kick yourself for spending
£180 on one, but you’ll unkick
yourself later when your grass has
been given enough light and
nitrogen to grow without the moss
hogging it all. Slap some seed
down, stop worrying, and enjoy.How can I revive my lawn?
TONY GUY, WEST LOTHIAN
Now that the sun is shining (and
Guru is unable to leave his
grounds) he’s begrudgingly
restarted garden duties
24 T3 JUNE 2020Horizon
T3’s outdoors and indoors expert
lets us into his shed of knowledge
ABOVE
The grass is
always greener?
That’s because
the other side
listened to Guru