I'm grinning as I'm typing this, cos it soooo reminds me of the uppity neighbours at my last house. Admittedly, it was a deed restricted subdivision on a golf course, with all kinds of rules...but my neighbours took the cake. PERFECTLY manicured lawn. Bagged EVERY cutting. On their knees with hand scissors trimming around the actual house. And more chemicals dumped on that perfect lawn than you would believe...heaven forbid ONE dandelion ever grew!
I mowed with my mulching mower and weed wacked on a weeky basis & swept the little bit of grass residue on the driveway and bagged it in one of those brown lawn bags from Home Depot and called it good. I was more interested in my flowers than my lawn. My kids played on my lawn...it wasn't a showpiece to me...that's what the golf course behind me was for