Worcestershire man "mowing lawn three times a week"

A MAN is at his wits’ end after mowing his lawn a sixth time in his front garden in just over two-and-a-half weeks.

Kevin Mickleton, of Evesham, Worcestershire, is sick and tired of having to mow the lawn all the time caused by the local yobs, who poured an extremely high amount of lawn fertilizer all over his garden, which is now causing his grass to grow extremely fast at the front of his property on Forest Gate.

As well as the regular electricity bills for running his Flymo Sprintmaster, Mr Mickleton said he is now unable to sell his house and is worried that the postman could trip over, making him liable for legal action, if the grass grows too long.

He is now finding himself mowing the lawn three times a week and it's getting extremely tiring.

Mr Mickleton said: “I woke up one morning and looked out my window. The grass was extremely long and it was absolutely shocking. It was like a forest had grown itself in my garden overnight.

“The grass was about 30cm high, it must have grown about 3cm per hour overnight, which is an abnormal rate for grass to be growing. I had to get the Flymo out and mow the entire front garden, which, due to the high length, took me just over two hours. I know it is due to the lawn fertilizer that the yobs put there, but I have no idea how to get rid of it.”

Worcestershire County Council carried out tests on the garden which revealed an extremely high amount of fertilizer from underneath the grass, clear cut evidence that is what is causing Mr Mickleton's garden to grow so fast, however the council have refused to do anything about it.

Joe Thompson, Worcestershire County Council spokesman, said: “We have taken Mr Mickleton's concerns very seriously and carried out various tests on his garden. However that is all we can do really, it's not our responsibility to get rid of the fertilizer. We are on a tight budget and cannot be wasting it on things like that."

Kevin Mickleton said he plans to do something about his fast growing grass "one way or the other".