Or you could get ahead of the rising temperatures and eliminate the mowing at the same time by xeriscaping. (I changed landscapers when the one I had spelled that “zeroscaping” and assumed I meant arrangements of different colors of pebbles and rocks.)
The beauty of not living in an HOA neighborhood. Since I don’t have to maintain a green lawn, I don’t have to water it. If I don’t water it, it won’t grow. If it doesn’t grow, I don’t have to mow it. Bonus, I save time and money not having to water or mow it.
Given the recent extreme heat in central VA we haven’t needed to mow and many of us couldn’t get out to do it, but there wasn’t much grass left anyway. Even watering in the late evening hasn’t helped much. But, being the average homeowner, I have begun listing the seeds, fertilizer, etc, and laying out the usual plans for cultivating through the winter. Hope dies slowly, but sometimes the weather can speed up that process.
My wife never needs to bug me to mow the lawn. After a lifetime of pushing around various devices, I finally sprung for a riding mower, which makes the chore far less onerous. Money well spent!
Nature has kept me from having to mow the lawn for more than 6 weeks now. The fall rains have started, however, and I doubt I have more than another week before I have to mow again.
Lawns do have an affect on the environment. Normally they are not pollinator friendly. Then there are the chemicals you have to put on them and the water needed to keep them green.
I have a lawn, but it is not traditional grass. It is whatever grows naturally without extra water and without artificial fertilizers. It looks good when I mow it.
If I didn’t mow it, it would revert back to forest like the rest of my property.
I have a “wild patch” in back that I don’t mow, but do weed. It seems to be a combination of clover and ivy.
We also have flower boxes that are fertilized with compost and I do water these when needed. These keep the bees, butterflies, humming birds and some other critters happy.
I totally agree. As a matter of fact, I’m not going to mow my lawn today either. Let’s all go natural for a while. …umm, not to natural, if you know what I mean.
Americans and their obsession with lawns have done a lot of environmental damage. Using too much water, fertilizer run off.Better to have, as someone mentioned, a garden or xerioscaping using native plants and low growing ground cover
There are electric powered lawnmowers. Not only are they expensive and not particularly efficient, but you have to buy multiple batteries because one does not hold enough charge to do the entire lawn. However, they do burn with a beautiful blue and green flame that cannot be extinguished with water and creates lots of toxic black smoke. Kind of like a Tesla only smaller.
I was a vegetable gardener for over 40 years, till this year. I’m not sure why, perhaps the effects of climate change, but my production is way, way down. So, I gave up. Canned is just as cheap and tastes good, too.
One really crazy option to mowing I’ve begun is carpeting. That’s right, I carpet a good portion of my backyard. The section near the pool doesn’t grow much grass, and the section that does grow grass my dog has destroyed under her paws. So, I picked up tossed carpets and have strewn them over these sections of the BY. The dog loves them, I like them, and mowing has been cut down by half.
I tried something similar. I cut the grass but left the clippings on the ground. “It’ll make a good mulch!” I said… Later, after I raked up all the clippings, I rethought my approach to yard work.
I tried that once. Unfortunately, I was a young enlisted guy living in government housing. They didn’t approve of the long grass, and they notified me of their displeasure. Bought an old manual push mower to take care of their problem.
I’m not a big “save the planet” type, but I’ve thought for years that the “well-groomed lawn” was a societal oddity we could do without. Unless you’re going to be playing croquet or something. Supposedly, short grass keeps the vermin away, but unless your hiding trash in the grass, or putting out food and/or water that you wouldn’t with short grass, tall grass isn’t going to produce or attract rats or anything like that.
The neighbor across the street had moles, and got rid of their whole front yard. They replaced it with plants and various stones. It looks like heck now, and will look even worse after the winter. Cheap is not a good option
Some of Frank Luntz’s focus groups a few decades back revealed that the phrase “global warming” sounded scary to people, but “climate change” wasn’t so much; more like “yeah, yeah, weather tomoro’s gonna be a bit different than today, so what?”. So promptly all the Republicans, plutocrats, and right-wingers adopted the less worrisome wording, and the clueless Dems just went along with the flow. Well, time to turn the tables. I’m abandoning “climate change” and hereafter going with “climate crisis”. You should, too!
saobadao about 1 year ago
Now in our CA drought we’re just letting our lawns go to seed
sirbadger about 1 year ago
She wants the grass to be short enough that she can see snakes. Interfering with nature is bad unless nature is venomous.
hagarthehorrible about 1 year ago
Nature and wifes have this unique feature to make the lazy souls do some foraging, be it for food or for aesthetics.
lalapalooza Premium Member about 1 year ago
plant a garden, buddy, and you will never have to mow again!
AllishaDawn about 1 year ago
I feel you, brother. I like mine tall, too.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 1 year ago
A well manicured lawn is an environmental disaster.
79nysv about 1 year ago
Cover the yard with wildflowers
Kaputnik about 1 year ago
Although if you’re worried about pollution, then maybe use a reel mower. They actually work quite well if you can keep the blades sharp.
Doug K about 1 year ago
She’s a force of nature.
sergioandrade Premium Member about 1 year ago
Tried that, kept getting notices from local government treatening fines unless I got the lawn mowed.
cmxx about 1 year ago
Or you could get ahead of the rising temperatures and eliminate the mowing at the same time by xeriscaping. (I changed landscapers when the one I had spelled that “zeroscaping” and assumed I meant arrangements of different colors of pebbles and rocks.)
zmech13 Premium Member about 1 year ago
The beauty of not living in an HOA neighborhood. Since I don’t have to maintain a green lawn, I don’t have to water it. If I don’t water it, it won’t grow. If it doesn’t grow, I don’t have to mow it. Bonus, I save time and money not having to water or mow it.
sandpiper about 1 year ago
Given the recent extreme heat in central VA we haven’t needed to mow and many of us couldn’t get out to do it, but there wasn’t much grass left anyway. Even watering in the late evening hasn’t helped much. But, being the average homeowner, I have begun listing the seeds, fertilizer, etc, and laying out the usual plans for cultivating through the winter. Hope dies slowly, but sometimes the weather can speed up that process.
cdward about 1 year ago
Get rid of the yard. Lawns are bad news.
Teresa Burritt (Frog Applause) creator about 1 year ago
Homeowner associations (HOAs) get to decide how nature is allowed to behave.
The Old Wolf about 1 year ago
My wife never needs to bug me to mow the lawn. After a lifetime of pushing around various devices, I finally sprung for a riding mower, which makes the chore far less onerous. Money well spent!
Droptma Styx about 1 year ago
Yep. That’s me in a few hours.
Carl Premium Member about 1 year ago
Nature has kept me from having to mow the lawn for more than 6 weeks now. The fall rains have started, however, and I doubt I have more than another week before I have to mow again.
dflak about 1 year ago
Lawns do have an affect on the environment. Normally they are not pollinator friendly. Then there are the chemicals you have to put on them and the water needed to keep them green.
I have a lawn, but it is not traditional grass. It is whatever grows naturally without extra water and without artificial fertilizers. It looks good when I mow it.
If I didn’t mow it, it would revert back to forest like the rest of my property.
I have a “wild patch” in back that I don’t mow, but do weed. It seems to be a combination of clover and ivy.
We also have flower boxes that are fertilized with compost and I do water these when needed. These keep the bees, butterflies, humming birds and some other critters happy.
Gen.Flashman about 1 year ago
A lawn mower puts out as much air pollution as car and then you have noise pollution.
Jim about 1 year ago
have some pride in your home’s appearance… mowing the lawn is a start.
david_42 about 1 year ago
We have some clover that never needs mowing, but mostly garden.
wgaboda about 1 year ago
Get rid of the lawn and put in native plants!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 1 year ago
I totally agree. As a matter of fact, I’m not going to mow my lawn today either. Let’s all go natural for a while. …umm, not to natural, if you know what I mean.
Mainesailah Premium Member about 1 year ago
If you don’t have a lawn to mow, trim, blow, fertilize and water, how will you be able to constantly annoy your neighbors?
Redd Panda about 1 year ago
I wanted to get some goats to munch the lawn, boss shot that one down real fast.
Too many people treat the lawn, as if it was the living room rug. Too much fussing.
appleplus2 about 1 year ago
Just pull weeds, fertilize, water and pull lots more weeds
SusieB about 1 year ago
Americans and their obsession with lawns have done a lot of environmental damage. Using too much water, fertilizer run off.Better to have, as someone mentioned, a garden or xerioscaping using native plants and low growing ground cover
unfair.de about 1 year ago
You need to change that fossil fueled mower! Go electric – and set up a solar roof and fence!
Amra Leo about 1 year ago
I mow my grass when I start losing sight of dogs in it…
Count Olaf Premium Member about 1 year ago
There are electric powered lawnmowers. Not only are they expensive and not particularly efficient, but you have to buy multiple batteries because one does not hold enough charge to do the entire lawn. However, they do burn with a beautiful blue and green flame that cannot be extinguished with water and creates lots of toxic black smoke. Kind of like a Tesla only smaller.
morningglory73 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Sorry Wiley, you still have to mow but maybe put on a pair of shoes next time.
preacherman Premium Member about 1 year ago
I was a vegetable gardener for over 40 years, till this year. I’m not sure why, perhaps the effects of climate change, but my production is way, way down. So, I gave up. Canned is just as cheap and tastes good, too.
One really crazy option to mowing I’ve begun is carpeting. That’s right, I carpet a good portion of my backyard. The section near the pool doesn’t grow much grass, and the section that does grow grass my dog has destroyed under her paws. So, I picked up tossed carpets and have strewn them over these sections of the BY. The dog loves them, I like them, and mowing has been cut down by half.
ladykat about 1 year ago
Gallant effort.
DM2860 about 1 year ago
There have been numerous suits against HOAs to allow lawns to go au natural and the HOAs have lost some.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 1 year ago
I tried something similar. I cut the grass but left the clippings on the ground. “It’ll make a good mulch!” I said… Later, after I raked up all the clippings, I rethought my approach to yard work.
robin.axten Premium Member about 1 year ago
Don’t forget to tune your lawn mower! Lots of lawnmowers make lots of pollution. Or you could always get a goat!
locake about 1 year ago
Women can actually mow a lawn too !
pflutke59 about 1 year ago
I tried that once. Unfortunately, I was a young enlisted guy living in government housing. They didn’t approve of the long grass, and they notified me of their displeasure. Bought an old manual push mower to take care of their problem.
DaBump Premium Member about 1 year ago
I’m not a big “save the planet” type, but I’ve thought for years that the “well-groomed lawn” was a societal oddity we could do without. Unless you’re going to be playing croquet or something. Supposedly, short grass keeps the vermin away, but unless your hiding trash in the grass, or putting out food and/or water that you wouldn’t with short grass, tall grass isn’t going to produce or attract rats or anything like that.
Kilrwat Premium Member about 1 year ago
Ditch the bag, let the clippings fertilize the lawn rather than toxic chemicals.
Alverant about 1 year ago
Getting rid of lawns will help. Lawns are a big waste of water. Grow native plants.
willie_mctell about 1 year ago
Get a rototiller and solve the problem. Good for water conservation.
Bilan about 1 year ago
You may not be able to fool Mother Nature, but it’s even harder to pull one over the wife.
mindjob about 1 year ago
The neighbor across the street had moles, and got rid of their whole front yard. They replaced it with plants and various stones. It looks like heck now, and will look even worse after the winter. Cheap is not a good option
T... about 1 year ago
Velly cleber cartoon man…
anomaly about 1 year ago
We’re a part of nature. What else would interfere with nature besides nature itself?
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 1 year ago
And some husbands will try this.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 1 year ago
Some of Frank Luntz’s focus groups a few decades back revealed that the phrase “global warming” sounded scary to people, but “climate change” wasn’t so much; more like “yeah, yeah, weather tomoro’s gonna be a bit different than today, so what?”. So promptly all the Republicans, plutocrats, and right-wingers adopted the less worrisome wording, and the clueless Dems just went along with the flow. Well, time to turn the tables. I’m abandoning “climate change” and hereafter going with “climate crisis”. You should, too!
TwilightFaze about 1 year ago
I mean, he’s right! But then again, so is she! lol
Amanda El-Dweek creator about 1 year ago
I’d try, too. I hate mowing the lawn!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 1 year ago
We already have interfered with the ways of Nature why we have a ginormous problem of altered climate. We done did it ourselves to ourselves.
hagridogre 10 months ago
Less lawn, more perennials and groundcovers.
wordsmeet 2 months ago
I saw the same gag, slightly different, on this Non Sequitur strip a few days ago.