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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  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!  |
LOL, you just described my Dh, but we are far from uppity up. I give him a lot of slack about his lawn, but I can say, in the 10 years I have lived here I have not found one flea on my dogs. So, I do appreciate that.
I agree, if I were you I would mow however it suits you. My dh is obsessed with his lawn, but that's only because it's his hobby. He likes to do it and takes great pride in having a perfectly manicured lawn. In comparison, he takes care of his yard like I do my dogs, and I want the best for my dogs. On occasion I do have to listen to him gripe about what the neighbors do. Hubby spends a lot of money keeping his yard nice so he does not appreciate the neighbors letting their mowers blow their clippings (and dandylion seeds and other weeds) onto his lawn for him to pick up. He edges around sidewalks and the drive and he sweeps that up and bags it. As far as the grass, sometimes he catches and bags it, sometimes if it is not too long he just lets the mower mulch it back into the ground. However, all our neighbors do things different. Some blow their clippings out into the street for the wind to carry off. Sometimes though, I think there are some people who like to complain (yeah, my dh is one of those, I admit it, LOL) about every little thing and no matter what you do they won't be happy so if you feel you are doing the best you can then that should be good enough for anybody. My dh would never approach anyone about it, he just grumbles to me, so my insight is just from his POV.