No Mow May

[NWICY]

Town I’m in has a rule that you can get fined if the grass is over 6 inches tall. The council member who was the biggest jerk about that and would turn people in is the one south of the weed house I showed. His lawn is routinely over that now since he got a different job. This is also a guy who cried when he resigned from council due to wanting to work on his marriage after his 4th or 5th affair (or at least that people know of).

So have you turned him if for the long grass? LOL

 

[BCClone]

I've let mine grow pretty long mostly from not being home at all in the evenings, and it raining so much. But it's pretty out of control now. What's the minimum time you'll go after a rain before mowing? The yard is just so wet right now.

I’ve mowed while it rains. Sometimes you do what you gotta do when its a commercial property that they want taken care of but not immaculate, just decent, and you have 4-5 of them at 3-4 acres each.

 

[BCClone]

So have you turned him if for the long grass? LOL

I’ve thought about it, seriously. Dudes an ***. The former police chief told me every Monday that he had to hand a police officer a ruler and a list of yards to go measure. Took half a day.

 

[Remo Gaggi]

It seems there is an abundance of people in my neighborhood this year that are letting the lawn go nuts. Seems like a good way to kill your mower and the rest of the lawn laying that much grass back on top when you finally do cut it.

It’s a perfect definition of virtue signaling. And it’s misguided. Get some flowers at Lowe’s or plant some bee and butterfly friendly perennials.

 

[cyfan92]

I think my perennial plants I put in are going to do a lot more for pollinators than the dandelions. I mow away and spot spray my weeds as needed. I have a person in my neighborhood that rarely mows and when they do, they can't even get it complete in one time. Their mower is currently just sitting in their half mown yard and hasn't moved in 4+ days. People in the neighborhood don't like the lawn. My son who is five said "look at all the snow" for all the dandelions in the yard. I laughed pretty hard at that. They also don't really maintain their house or area very well either. I am so glad I don't live next to them.

Sounds like my backyard neighbor... Of course it became a rental with a slumlord owner after we were under contract

 

[RustShack]

No mow may is dumb. Encourage people to plant flowers instead. Whether it’s perennials in the ground next to the house or a few pots on the deck/patio or whatever. Mow and fertilize/kill the weeds. You can have a nice yard and encourage pollination at the same time.