Is a green, well manicured lawn the measure of a man/woman?

"You have crabgrass", you'd reply with joy.. "I knew we'd have a lawn someday!"

One year we had so much rain the weeds popped up overnight at 3' tall!
Bought a lawn mower, cut them down and called it grass It was green
Sue

I had to wonder as with others down my block, the guy is single and never mows his lawn. As well, when my wife and I argue, I tend to go out and mow or do other things lol, my escape, can't hear someone yelling at me with the mower going. I don't know what the missionaries would say to that if they were on my block

It is strange how some things are determined in people's minds from what we see. No different than thinking someone is a better person because the have money or fame I suppose. Myself, I do like to keep a decent looking yard and such but not for others. If the guy next to me had a junk heap and weeds and a broken down house, to me, it's not my business how others live and I certainly don't judge by appearance. Unless someone was attracting rodents etc...then i'd say something. All's fair in lawn and war.

Paul

Years ago we also mowed about every three days. The previous owners had let the lawn go to pot, and it was mostly weeds. The rainfall was adequate, so we re-seeded. When the grass became established, it grew quickly due to the rain and the fertilizer. Later we did return to once-a-week

Grass gurus will say that it is good practice to mow in varying directions, rather than in the same pattern each time. Your neighbor might be a subscriber to Organic Gardening magazine (if it still exists), or has books written by various master gardeners.

Paul James on HGTV says that grass should be mowed at a higher setting than many people use, and that mower manufacturers now are offering higher setting. It's said that this encourages deeper root development, and helps keep weeds from germinating as the grass provides shade, My lawn tractor is set at the highest level. Believe it or not, but it looks less in need of mowing by the time it does need it.

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As per my crazy neighbor statement, he mows this way as well, different patterns although we see at least two a day. A higher setting too. See, I feel I have it beaten, I mow on lowest setting which tends to stunt growth and while not so green and lush, I only have to mow once every two weeks

Paul

....... the cost of the fuel to run his mower.

Mine hasn't been cut for 11 days. We got a teensy tad of rain yesterday. But the temps are to rise into the 90's by the end of the week. Debating whether or not to cut it today. Just decided to do it.

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He doesn't mind the gas price which is something I thought about as well.It's almost 4.00 a gallon where I am and I prefer not to spend 60 bucks a week mowing. Also, we currently have some of the highest utility rates in the U.S. and he waters even when it rains, just crazy stuff. Our other neighbor who lives next to him is mad as well, he keeps telling her to re-do her whole yard because it aggrevates him that it's got some weeds and such and mows on her side more and more. He was meowing "not mowing" meowing like a cat out the window at her last week so not sure where that comes in but i'm sure it was his anger over the lawn. She told me the other day she was wondering what lawn pattern she'll see when she gets back from work, lol. We finally got rain yesterday so i'll probably be mowing by Thursday.

Cheers,

Paul

....... just "Whistle A Happy Tune" that he doesn't live right next door to you.

There's a grouch and a troublemaker in every neighborhood.

Betcha his lawn is his only claim to fame.

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LOL, yes his lawn is the only claim to fame. The rest of us, we just have grass. I am laughing right now because he's out there sitting in the middle of his lawn picking weeds and dead grass. Last year he was nosing around the lady's house I mentioned and a group of hornets attacked him, lolll. I saw him running from her yard, arms flailing, yelling.... She was going to tell him to stay the heck out of her yard but she was laughing too hard. So with any luck we'll see this again

When I mow Thursday, no matter if he just mowed, he will mow again as if he's getting back at me, lol. It's really pathetic though so we can only laugh but some days it does get frustrating, he copies everything we do, stands in his driveway staring at out lawn, just creepy some days. Weird Al would have a blast with this guy. So to point, nope I would never judge a person by their lawn


Paul

I sort of did the same when I moved to my house, tried lime, etc...however in my case the soil was 90% sand which is all they use to fill in yards where I live so had topsoil brought in and filled the whole yard and I have a fairly large back and front yard, grass seed> used athletic mix and as you stated, it aint no prettier than the next but at least it's grass. I won't even get started on my nightmare but let's just say the soil was hard as cement, mainly silt and clay which ticked me off, grass won't grow too well in that kind of soil especially when walked on so it took 3 years for grass to thicken and fill in, even the weeds were welcome in this situation, need of organic matter if you know what I mean.

Paul

I see developments going up and usually the last item they put in is the grass. That of course is from pallets or rolls of grass.

I do know what you mean by the ground being not so good. I dug in people's yards to help put in water lines for pop-sprays and/or route electrical wires to some dang outlet on the lawn. I hit bricks, broken concrete, plastic and God knows what else at times. -----Willy