When Mother Nature (and No-Mow) give you dandelions, you make Dandelion Wine 

My back neighbors did the no mow May in thing in their back yard. They had used a lawn service for a few years so it was very well fertilized with few dandelions...

They ended up having to rent a walk behind weed whacker to tame it. She was out a few days raking. I don't know what they did with the all hay but yesterday I noticed it's finally looking like an actual lawn again.

He apologized a while back about all the unsightliness of it all. I told him it wasn't a problem for me at all and I was actually curious to see how it went. He's like well, (our other neighbor) had more dandelions then we did and it broke my mower so we're not doing it again next year.

Just one Jimbo- but as you correctly surmise/imply; its a rearview mirror situation.

ST-

I respect and appreciate your ability to do right by your lawn and your planet. The main idea of no mow may is to allow the grasses and flowers to flower and provide food for pollinators. Of course the flowering and pollinating will lead to seed and more flowers (weeds...). I like the non-monoculture yard.

Jimbo wrote on May 7^th, 2022 at 2:55pm:


You crack me up, guys!!   

My lawn is fairly small, about 30 x 50.
I don't use any chemicals, never have.

I do this: (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

I use this to kill weeds: (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)


My lawn is lush, full of earthworms which the Robin's love. No toxic runoff after rains.

I don't have a choice, I have to cut my grass.
How I choose to maintain my lawn is up to me.
You can have a environmentally lawn, you just need to do some research and maybe a little extra labor or not. 

Solus wrote on May 6^th, 2022 at 11:02pm:


Ah, but the critical question here is: How many wives?

Jimbo   

Who knew that mowing, or not mowing, could get folks fired up? Kind of reminiscent of the old innie vs outie argument. Those were the days…

I've owned two houses in my life and zero lawn mowers.

The bad news for me is: the cutting never stops where I have now lived for nearly one year.  The good news is: I no longer do it myself, which is good because this Florida grass (alleged grass, anyway) requires industrial-strength equipment to cut.  My old MN mower (a John Deere) simply wasn't up to the task (giving me an excuse to have somebody else do it; and THEY got to deal with the Coral Snake vs. me dealing with it).

Mowing is required only 2X/month during what they consider "Winter" down here... and since it ain't me doing the mowing, I don't really care, anyway.

Jimbo   

P.S. I'm dead certain Solus is absolutely right re: the harmful effects of maintaining & mowing grass.  Alas, that is not now (and never would have been) a winning argument with my spouse.  Mow on, stalwart QJers, mow on!

HOA rules and recent rains mean I'm on my 6th or 7th cutting here in NOVA. My lawn is definitely not dead.  Agreed that chemicals and over watering are no bueno for the environment.

pd