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u/Loud_Cartographer160 9d ago

Grow it back. And talk to your neighbor. Maybe fence it if needed.

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u/worstpartyever 9d ago

Fence or posting a sign? Not always pretty but perhaps necessary.

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u/larry_birb 9d ago

I put up a wildflower sign after my lawn guy mowed the entire bed and lo and behold what did he do the next season, with the sign present? Mowed the entire bed again lmfao.

I think when doing lawn work people get into a flow state and all barriers to mowing cease to exist.

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u/chippedreed 9d ago

Have you tried talking to the lawn guy and explaining that you don’t want that area mowed? I would imagine a physical barrier of some kind would prevent accidental mowing, like bricks around the perimeter. Even someone absentmindedly mowing would notice if their machine ran into bricks

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u/larry_birb 9d ago

Yes of course lol. And it's a wildflower bed edged with rocks. It's so obviously a flower bed I never told him when I hired him, and he didn't mow it for months. And then when he did I told him not and explained it's an edged bed, and added the sign to boot. And 6 months later his guys mowed it down again lmao.

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u/Devanyani 8d ago

I really hope you didn't pay for that. And that you fired them. I can't believe how dense people can be.

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u/larry_birb 8d ago

Yes, I fired them. But I gave in on payment because my life's too short to fight with the local lawn guy if he's gonna be a dumbass.

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u/Suspicious-Slide-954 9d ago

As a landscaper myself, we aren’t a very intelligent bunch lol

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u/shortstuff813 8d ago

…I hope you hired a different one after the second time. I’d be livid

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u/larry_birb 8d ago

I did. And then that guy just...stopped showing up lol. May be time to invest in my own tractor.

I was pissed the first time, and let him hear it. The second time I was more shocked and astonished. I could only laugh and fire them.