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August 2017
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The growth rate of Japanese lawn grass in my yard has reached its peak
since the end of the rainy season.
If the lawns aren't taken care of , they are just weeds which damage the
landscape of the yard.
So, in the summer season when the growing of lawns is full of vigor, the
frequency of mowing became high and two times a month.
[Note] mow ; (草などを)刈る、lawn mowing ; 芝刈り
Japanese lawn grass ; 日本芝＝高麗芝、taken care of 〜 ; 〜の手入れをする
damage the landscape ; 景観を損なう、be full of vigor ; 元気旺盛である
frequency ; 頻度
The growth rate of not only lawns but also weeds becomes high.
I have to sprinkle water to the lawns everyday because the turf become
dry in the heat.
It's just a season I have to spend much time and energy on the
maintenance of the lawn.
[Note] sprinkle water to 〜 ; 〜に散水する、turf ; 芝土
Now, I always mow the lawns after making sure of the timing the sun
goes down.
I do that with an electric lawn mower taking about an hour a day and
little by little over a few days to complete.
I use an electric lawn clipper only when I mow the lawns at the narrow
place where the lawn mower can't be used, around the curb and at the
edge of the building.
[Note] the sun goes down ; 日が傾く(沈む)、making sure of 〜; 〜を確認する
lawn mower ; 芝刈り機、over a few days ; 数日かけて、lawn clipper ; 芝生バリカン
curb ; 縁石
I already finished mowing the frontyard yesterday.
Today I mowed the backyard.
[Note] mowing the frontyard ; 前庭の芝を刈る
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| The lawns in the frontyard that were finished mowing (2017.08.05_16:32) |
Since I have skipped the maintenance of the lawns in the backyard,
they are growing straggly.
If I don't mow the lawns sometimes, they look ugly.
Before mowing, I usually perform a preprocessing of pulling weeds.
The following picture is the condition of the lawns after preprocessing.
[Note] skip ; さぼる、straggly ; (植物などが)不規則に成長した、不格好に広がって
pull weeds ; 雑草を抜く
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| The condition of the lawns in the backyard before mowing (2017.08.05_16:33) |
The following picture is the condition of the lawns after mowing.
Though I have to mow the lawns grown around the curb after that, I will
do that from tomorrow.
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| The condition of the lawns in the backyard after mowing (2017.08.05_17:35) |
It's said the lawn has the charcteristics of growing laterally when it
is
prevented from growing upward.
We can not only maintain the beauty of lawns with them trimmed to a
uniform length but also can help them to grow and the density of their
leaves to increase.
I use a lawn mower to mow the lawns.
I sometimes mow the lawns below their growing point because of my
mistake.
In Japanese, it is called “Jikukari.”
Jikukari means deep mowing that all part of leaves are mowed.
Since the lawns are less able to perform an important photosynthesis for
the plants due to it, they stop growing and die.
In other words, it is “toragari (stripe-pattern haircut)” in terms of
haircut.
It makes bad appearance.
For some time in the future, I will be interrupted by the maintenance
of
the lawns.
It's unavoidable to make beautiful lawns.
[Note] laterally ; 横方向に、be prevented from 〜 ; 〜するのを妨げられる
help something (someone) to grow ; 物(人)の成長を促す、growing point ; 生長点(植物)
Jikukari ; 軸刈り、be (get/become) less able to 〜 ; 〜することができなくなる
perform photosynthesis ; 光合成を行う、
toragari (stripe-pattern haircutting ?) ; 虎刈り、in other words ; つまり、要するに in terms of 〜 ; 〜の観点から、〜の言葉で言うと
for some time in the future ; 今後もしばらくの間は
be interrupted by 〜 ; 〜に時間を取られる、unavoidable ; 避けられない、やむを得ない
Japanese Diary / No.816−2017.08.05 / 「庭の芝刈り」
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