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Real talk though the big baddies here are the HOA
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When I moved in, I told my neighbor I only mow my yard once every 2 weeks. Something I read that said it would help the bees. He’s done the same to match. We also have lightning bugs now, which I didn’t notice the first year.
Are you supposed to do it more? When I lived with my parents and had access to a yard that's about how much we did it (cause it was annoying to do it more)
Some people mow twice a week. Lawn is basically their hobby.
Is your neighbor Hank Hill by any chance?
If Hank Hill was my neighbor he would probably ask if he could take care of my yard just so he wouldn't have to look at it.
I usually have to mow once a week when we're not in drought, otherwise the lawn gets too high, but during the heat of summer I don't have to mow at all because the grass goes dormant.
what exactly is "too high"? because if you mowed once a week here you'd be tilling the fucking soil
Too high for me is when even at the tallest setting my lawn mower struggles to cut which is probably like 6+ inches as a guess. Usually the first mow in the spring is difficult if I attempt "no mow may".
I don't understand how you'd ever be 'tilling the soil' unless you don't know how to adjust your mower height, maybe you could elaborate?
What zone are you in?
My grass is ready to be cut by march and now mow may only results in not waist high grass IF I mow it April 30th
Your experience relative to my experience can show how the other persons experience can be so drastically different too
5a. Grass grows like crazy from May into July. August it usually goes dormant because I don't have irrigation and then I don't have to mow until it cools down again.
Probably why. Here in canada, same as this guy, literally have to mow it every week or it gets too long and the mower stops working well.
5 inches at a minimum, at least in most spots
Much, much less. The city I live in wants to promote biodiversity and has adapted their mowing schedule for this. Large parts of public greenery are only mowed once or twice per year. Other parts 6 times a year. Some parts are mowed 20 times a year, e.g. fields for kids to play on, or where it would be a safety issue (e.g. high growth blocking view around a corner), but that’s just a small portion.
Also in some parts they only partially mow, to create spaces where there are different heights of greenery. They also sowed a lot of mixed flowers, which looks really nice.
Before I bought a house, I only knew once a week when I was growing up. Seemed to be based on the neighborhood (upper Midwest).
I aim for once every 2 years lol.
I think my neighbor doesn't like me, but I got butterflies for days