My Neighbours Dad is Stone mad. He is mowing her lawns already and they are not even long like WTF

AMKC · 06-02-2023 2:46pm #1

Stone mad I tell you. Jeez give us a break. Lawn season is long enough and starts in Spring. It's not Spring yet is it?

Anyone else got any crazy neighbours doing crazy things?

Princess Calla · 06-02-2023 2:48pm

Maybe fix the title.

Yes it's spring.

Yes some people have started to cut their grass. (Whether they should or shouldn't is another conversation)

HeidiHeidi · 06-02-2023 2:51pm

What business is it of yours if your neighbour cuts their lawn 12 months of the year?

Yes it is spring, we've had an exceptionally mild winter (mostly) and stuff is starting to grow.

rolling boh · 06-02-2023 3:16pm

You can cut grass anytime of the year i have been told .

06-02-2023 3:35pm

I noticed grass had been cut in a few places this week.

Also full rows of daffodils already out !

Princess Calla · 06-02-2023 3:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120208387#Comment_120208387

Our daffs have been up since Christmas. They started sprouting the week of the really bad ice in December so their growth stalled but they've been bopping away all January.

screamer · 06-02-2023 3:53pm

I’ve a neighbour who cuts his lawn every Wednesday and every Saturday unless it’s milling rain. He has a ride on lawnmower and his large garden is like a football pitch, manicured to an inch of its life.

jmreire · 06-02-2023 3:55pm

Thats the difference when people start going by the calendar rather than by Nature.....if the grass need to be cut, then it has to be cut, end of story, regardlesss of the date. The way the climate is going at the moment, you have to be very flexible when it comes to gardens and gardening.

Jim_Hodge · 06-02-2023 3:56pm

Lawns can be cut at any time if it's dry enough. There was tremendous growth all winter. Plenty have been cut around here and mine would be too if the soil wasn't so damp.

screamer · 06-02-2023 4:00pm

I don’t cut my lawn in the summer very much, especially when it’s hot. My grass is nice and lush and green for the kids when everyone else’s is scorchio.

Lewis_Benson · 06-02-2023 4:02pm

I cut mine on Christmas day, great to get you in the mood for the dinner.

Princess Calla · 06-02-2023 4:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120208433#Comment_120208433

The thing is alot of nature is still hibernating.

Going around tidying up leaves etc is disturbing them.

Lawns don't need to be manicured to an inch of their lives. Dandelions are an important food source for pollinators etc.

At the end of the day each to their own , we don't cut ours until summer...even then it's after the wild orchids die off. So probably July , but our grass is fairly mossy so doesn't get too long

Tork · 06-02-2023 4:09pm

I hope it's a diesel-powered lawn mower, to really piss you off. There's many a person who'd be delighted to live beside somebody who bothers to look after their place.

The Continental Op · 06-02-2023 4:34pm

Cut my grass (about an acre) last week, though about cutting all again today but just ran over a couple of areas that had obvious new growth.

06-02-2023 4:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058283138/my-neighbours-dad-is-stone-mad-he-is-mowing-her-lawns-already-and-they-are-not-even-long-like-wtf

Ya I've a neighbour who keeps looking on over my wall while I mow my grass.

Crazy he dont mind his own bidness!

Bobblehats · 06-02-2023 4:52pm

Stone mad no less for conserving his garden’s integrity

One of the great unkempt brigade are we op. Sure let it alll hang out..

tanko · 06-02-2023 4:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058283138/my-neighbours-dad-is-stone-mad-he-is-mowing-her-lawns-already-and-they-are-not-even-long-like-wtf

Do you live in Dunshaughlin?? Is your neighbour called Gonzo??

Calahonda52 · 06-02-2023 5:09pm

My Neighbours Dad is Stone mad. He is mowing her lawns already and they are not even long like WTF

I think the OP is referring to HER lawns, should go Brazilian in Spring, make for a better summer of content.

corner of hells · 06-02-2023 5:50pm

Is he cutting the grass at night or daytime ?

Larbre34 · 06-02-2023 5:54pm

Is isn't Spring.

Meteorological Spring begins on 1st March. Astronomical Spring begins with the Equinox on March 21st.

Mrs OBumble · 06-02-2023 6:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120208562#Comment_120208562

The bees would disagree.

jmreire · 06-02-2023 6:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120208473#Comment_120208473

I'm still in hibernation mode myself, TBH, and the last thing I want or need right now is to disturb the mower ( it needs its rest too!! ) But the lawn I have is a about 2/3's of an acre, and by God, if or when it gets out of control , getting it civilized again is some dose, I can tell you!!! It happened a few years ago, I was away for the mth of September, and it had grown into a meadow when I got back. I had a big Viking 6 with a 50" cutting deck, and 7 height settings. No good,,,would need a tractor with a cutting bar, which I did not have. So all hands on deck with strimmer's and after several days we got it back under control. But I swore, come hell or high water, it was the last time that I would allow it to happen. I understand where you are coming from, and I agree with you, but as soon as my grass gets to cutting height, I'll be cutting it. None the less, Thanks for the information 😊

06-02-2023 11:01pm

Mild winter? Thought winter was fooking freezing. Particularly the couple of weeks coming up to Christmas.

06-02-2023 11:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120208763#Comment_120208763

This. February is winter. (Not having a go at people cutting the grass though - bizarre complaint).

Leg End Reject · 06-02-2023 11:42pm

My grass badly needs to be cut, it needed to be cut in November but the ground was and is too wet.

I'll leave it as long as possible and leave as much clover and dandelions as I can, but there's a tipping point where the house starts to look neglected and forlorn.