Unpopular opinion: I let my grass grow tall on purpose for 3 months and it looked better than my neighbors manicured lawn

I stopped mowing my backyard back in June this year and just let everything go wild. I kept waiting for it to look like a mess but after about 6 weeks the clover and wildflowers took over and it was actually pretty with purple and yellow blooms. A guy next door complained to me that it looked neglected so I offered to walk him through it and he just shook his head. I did learn that you have to watch out for poison ivy creeping in though because I got a rash on my ankle after week 8. Has anyone else tried a managed natural lawn approach or am I the only one who thinks a little wildness beats boring green grass?

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the_margaret26d ago

Wait, was the neighbor actually mad or just making conversation? Seems like a lot of drama over some grass.

danielmason26d ago

Read somewhere that most neighbor disputes start over dumb stuff like grass length or parking spots. Could be the neighbor was just being chatty but the original poster took it the wrong way. Hard to tell tone over text or a quick yell across the fence.

paulw8718d ago

Grass drama is just people mowing their own graves, apparently...