Lawn Mower for winter

[Witterings]

I have a Hayter 56 with a roller and whilst it's brilliant in the summer we get a lot of worm casts in the winter and it's totally useless as one length of the lawn and the roller completely clogs up with mud, I'm sure it can't be doing it any goof either as it's constantly trying to drive with heavy resistance.

 

My choices are either sell it and get one with wheels instead or buy a cheap mower for either side of the summer that works reasonably well, I try and keep the lawn fairly short and use it to pick up leaves in the winter as we have 2 dogs and it's really hard to find their poop if the grass is long or covered in leaves.

 

If anybody's got any recommendations for something relatively "cheap'ish" that ,may be OK appreciated.

Edited October 24 by Witterings

[NJA]

Go over it with a garden roller first to flatten them?

[peds]

Wildflower meadow?

[Stere]

Dawgs pissing/shit etc makes any ground really fertile

[pleasant]

Admittedly a rear roller mower isn't great for mowing lawns all year round- they are more of a finishing mower- just like the old cylinder mowers used to be. Draw back to using a wheeled mower when the ground is damp and spongy at this time of the year is you will get tramlines in the lawn which looks unsightly and adds ridges to the surface. If you have worm casts, then yes using a roller mower may be messy, but the roller is doing its job by flattening them down...which is a benefit.

[Witterings]

3 hours ago, NJA said:

Go over it with a garden roller first to flatten them?

 

Hadn't thought about a roller 1st, if I'm honest though I'd probably rather change the mower than create the extra work.

 

2 hours ago, peds said:

Wildflower meadow?

 

Though about a meadow for part of it but it'd only cover a small part of the problem area and would make it even harder to clear up after the dogs, wouldn't want to just let it accumulate, it'd be a nighmare with flies in the summer.