The main reason I hadn't mowed the front yard was that I simply hadn't been around. Truth be told, though, I've long preferred the wild look, not having either the inclination nor the discipline to maintain the manicured, sterile living-astroturf of our fussier neighbors.
Nevertheless, it seems churlish to lower our friend's property values without need. But I feel bad winding that engine to life at just the time all that Kentucky bluegrass is vigorously flowering and making whoopy.
Nevertheless, it seems churlish to lower our friend's property values without need. But I feel bad winding that engine to life at just the time all that Kentucky bluegrass is vigorously flowering and making whoopy.
"Before" photos. I didn't
have the heart for "afters."
Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis). Species of Poa can be recognized
by their "boat-shaped leaf tips."
On the other hand, I assert that my neighbors get no say in my back yard--a Wild Place in its own right that boasts several species of grasses as well as at least two sedges, a fern, and other plants in wild profusion. Who knows? Without the excuse of needing a place to play croquet, I may not mow it this year!
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