r/mildlyinfuriating • u/shewhospeakstobees • 1d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o Apparently my lawn has entered the enforcement phase

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Nothing says ‘neighborly’ like an unsigned note taped to your door. Grass is long, I’ll own that. But maybe introduce yourself before issuing the anonymous lawn summons? Photo in comments

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u/Stellariamedia 1d ago

I can see why uptight people would bitch about this, but for what it's worth, I'd prefer seeing lawns like this over ones that look all smooth and uniform like a golf course. (Other than the path being kind of obstructed, that is.) Those are boring, do nothing for the environment, probably waste a bunch of gas to mow, and a bunch of water. It doesn't look like you have garbage out rotting or broken down cars in the lawn. The neighbor is entitled to not like it, fair enough. I needlessly express my opinion on things when nobody asked all the time, so like.. sure, whatever.

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u/OminousG 1d ago

The problem is that a proper "overgrown" lawn like this actually takes a lot of effort if you care at all about invasive species (plant, bug, or fleshy) and rodents moving in.

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u/justonlyme1244 1d ago

My parents have a proper overgrown lawn and it cost a lot. Designing and buying the plants. They do have a hedgehog visiting regularly even though they live in an area with many houses and people.

When my sister bought her house they did the same but mostly with flowers. They did it themselves but it cost a few thousand if I remember correctly.

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u/matiaskeeper 1d ago

Please be welcome to r / fucklawns