I much prefer meadow to manicured lawn. My neighbors all pay illegal aliens to shave their lawns weekly and pour chemicals on them. I have not been able to mow the lawn due to water in the gas in lawn mower, rain on weekends and lack of incentive. I was afraid that the local Gestapo would complain so I cut it on Saturday.
Here is the beautiful before picture. I love the paths through the high wildflowers.
Here is the after picture. Mundane and uninteresting.
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Is that your backyard or front?
If that was your front yard here in Edmonton, Canada post wont deliver your mail without a cement walkway to your door. The work around is to have a mailbox out front.
This is great – I have the same problem; what’s funny is that I also call my lawn a “meadow” and I also refer to the authorities that give me a violation notice every year (mmow lawn or go to jail) the “Lawn Gestapo”.
I don’t understand why everyone must be forced to conform to the same stupid standard. If I wanted a shaved lawn, I’d astro-turf it. I LIKE my tall weeds and wildflowers and dandelions and buckhorn plantains and clover. So do the bees and butterflies and field mice and all the insect critters that call it home. I love to see the tall grass and other stuff swaying gently when there’s a nice breeze. It’s indigenous foliage. It’s Nature. What’s the problem with that?
My lawn doesn’t commit any crimes. It’s quiet, and it minds its own business. I just wish the Lawn Gestapo would leave me alone to enjoy my own home and yard.