CROQUET IN THE GARDEN? (CONTINUED) What about maintenance? Low maintenance is needed. A decent leaf blower should be used to clear any debris. Monthly, the lawn should be brushed to keep it upright. Annually, it is advised to top dress with sand and brush in. The turf has a life expectancy of 15-25 years with a 10- 15 year guarantee against UV and breakdown.
What do we use it for? We purchased a set of Sunshiny balls from CqE to enable many practice routines including hoop attempts from all distances up to 7 yard boundary, angled hoop attempts, dolly rushes, splits, take offs and rolls. The lawn can be used all year round and great for half hour sessions during the cold winter months. Could anyone afford this? The total cost including VAT was £2,700. The way we looked at this was to make a choice, either think about going on holiday OR install a croquet lawn. To us, although a holiday is always attractive it only lasts a week or two. Hopefully the croquet lawn will give us many years of pleasure thereby proving to be good "value for money". Pictures show progress over the two days and the lawn in use.
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