Bored with manicured lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long

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7. I gave up on mowing the grass about five years ago.

I live in a part of the country that once the weather warms and there are spring rains the growth explodes into luxurious thick green. I have let the dandelins have their way. Right now the yard is lush green and yellow.

You can't keep a lawn looking like a golf course without herbacides, pesticides and fertlizer. I have two cats and a free range bunny that live in the yard. I feed the bunny during the winter, but during the warm weather she browses on all the greens in the yard. I am not going to expose my animals and myself to chemicals. Then when the lawn dries up and turns brown in July (I don't bother trying to keep it green because the cost of watering has become prohibitive) I mow the lawn. In the fall the yard cuttings and leaves go into the garden as mulch. I also have gone no till organic in the garden. I have much less problem with weeds, huge numbers of earth worms and my produce is better than ever. As a bonus I also now have swarms of bees, both domestic and wild. I wish I had started this years ago.

It seems to be spreading because my neighbors on both sides of me no longer use chemicals and are also not mowing until the dry weather.