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Title: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 06, 2026, 02:35:50 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 06, 2026, 02:35:50 PM
Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Do you do that or is it hired / paid in rent, fees, etc.?
Do you do that or is it hired / paid in rent, fees, etc.?
Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: Stottie Girl on April 06, 2026, 02:39:14 PM
Post by: Stottie Girl on April 06, 2026, 02:39:14 PM
Well I mowed it myself yes but my lawn is only about 15 feet long by 8ft wide! I have a tiny garden! Bijou one might say!
I hate mowing and I hate lawns to be honest but they are a necessary evil I suppose.
I hate mowing and I hate lawns to be honest but they are a necessary evil I suppose.
Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: Lori Dee on April 06, 2026, 04:57:47 PM
Post by: Lori Dee on April 06, 2026, 04:57:47 PM
I live in the desert.
My yard is sand, gravel, and rocks. Decorated with Texas Red Yucca plants and barrel cacti.
I do have a few rose bushes, but I don't let them get mowed.
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My yard is sand, gravel, and rocks. Decorated with Texas Red Yucca plants and barrel cacti.
I do have a few rose bushes, but I don't let them get mowed.
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Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: Rochelle on April 06, 2026, 05:04:34 PM
Post by: Rochelle on April 06, 2026, 05:04:34 PM
Not yet. I need to remove left over leaves and probably shortly after that.
Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: KathyLauren on April 06, 2026, 05:05:58 PM
Post by: KathyLauren on April 06, 2026, 05:05:58 PM
Lawn??? :D We do mow some of the ground cover in our yard, but very little of it is lawn grass. It's mostly forest floor without a forest. But (a) very little of it is green yet, and none is long enough to mow, and (b) we practise "no-mow May".
No-mow May is a program to protect pollinators. April doesn't count, because nothing is growing yet. By May, some lawns are getting high enough to cut, but there are very few flowering plants. Pollinators, mostly bees, have very little to eat. What there is is dandelions. Lots and lots of dandelions. The program asks people not to mow in May in order to protect the dandelions, to protect the bees. By June, enough other flowers are out that it is okay to mow dandelions.
They also ask us to leave the leaf litter from last fall until after that first mowing in June, to provide habitat for a lot of beneficial insects that haven't woken up from hibernation yet.
When it is time to mow, I do it myself.
No-mow May is a program to protect pollinators. April doesn't count, because nothing is growing yet. By May, some lawns are getting high enough to cut, but there are very few flowering plants. Pollinators, mostly bees, have very little to eat. What there is is dandelions. Lots and lots of dandelions. The program asks people not to mow in May in order to protect the dandelions, to protect the bees. By June, enough other flowers are out that it is okay to mow dandelions.
They also ask us to leave the leaf litter from last fall until after that first mowing in June, to provide habitat for a lot of beneficial insects that haven't woken up from hibernation yet.
When it is time to mow, I do it myself.
Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: Jessica_Rose on April 06, 2026, 06:12:14 PM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on April 06, 2026, 06:12:14 PM
Our lawn is feral. No mowing. I occasionally use a weed trimmer near the mailbox if the vegetation gets too tall.
Love always -- Jessica Rose
Love always -- Jessica Rose
Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: Dawn Kellie on April 06, 2026, 06:28:29 PM
Post by: Dawn Kellie on April 06, 2026, 06:28:29 PM
I have to mow every 2 to 3 weeks. It takes about 4.5 hours with a ride mower
Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: Lori Dee on April 06, 2026, 08:17:51 PM
Post by: Lori Dee on April 06, 2026, 08:17:51 PM
Quote from: Jessica_Rose on Yesterday at 06:12:14 PMOur lawn is feral. No mowing. I occasionally use a weed trimmer near the mailbox if the vegetation gets too tall.
Love always -- Jessica Rose
Tell the whole story, Jess.
You have nine lawnmowers working out there.
Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: BlueJaye on April 06, 2026, 08:38:45 PM
Post by: BlueJaye on April 06, 2026, 08:38:45 PM
No. I have never had my lawn mowed. I do it myself. But haven't had to yet this year.
Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: Jessica_Rose on April 06, 2026, 09:36:33 PM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on April 06, 2026, 09:36:33 PM
Quote from: Lori Dee on Yesterday at 08:17:51 PMTell the whole story, Jess.
You have nine lawnmowers working out there.
Ok. I do have several large autonomous four-legged bio-mechanical herbivorous life forms who manicure and fertilize our yard on a regular basis. They work cheap, just an occasional bucket of drinking water.
Love always -- Jessica McNair
Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: Paulie on April 06, 2026, 10:30:40 PM
Post by: Paulie on April 06, 2026, 10:30:40 PM
I thought we covered this subject last month under the subject "Do you Womanscape"?
Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: Lori Dee on April 06, 2026, 10:34:53 PM
Post by: Lori Dee on April 06, 2026, 10:34:53 PM
Quote from: Paulie on Yesterday at 10:30:40 PMI thought we covered this subject last month under the subject "Do you Womanscape"?
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Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 06, 2026, 10:45:07 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 06, 2026, 10:45:07 PM
Quote from: Paulie on Yesterday at 10:30:40 PMI thought we covered this subject last month under the subject "Do you Womanscape"?
Well I have done that.
Title: Re: Have you had your lawn mowed yet this year (Northern Hemisphere)?
Post by: Tig58072 on April 07, 2026, 05:59:40 AM
Post by: Tig58072 on April 07, 2026, 05:59:40 AM
Still got snow on it. I got a kobota with a 60 in deck and a loader on it. I take the deck off in the be winter so I can scoop snow.