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CompanyFirstSergeant

(1,558 posts) Thu May 12, 2016, 10:58 AM May 2016

I have plenty of bees.... I don't mow my lawn..... [View all]

They love my lawn. I am surrounded by bees, birds, all kinds of beautiful critters....

Unlike my neighbors, I do not mow my lawn until nature is in full bloom.

Which means, for upstate New York, around Memorial Day.

Yes, the place looks a little ragged - long grass, wild flowers, dandelions.

To make up for it, my house and the surroundings are immaculately well kept.

Don't mow your lawn until the leaves on the trees are out fully. You are helping the planet.

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I have plenty of bees.... I don't mow my lawn..... [View all] CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 OP

And don't put pesticides on your lawn. lagomorph777 May 2016 #1

I just mow. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #2

I am not surprised. lagomorph777 May 2016 #5

I mow the lawn - but because I have grandkids that love to play ouitside tonyt53 May 2016 #3

That is what I do, when the heat goes up and they start to wither I start mowing. By that time LiberalArkie May 2016 #4

Great post CompanyFirstSergeant felix_numinous May 2016 #6

Obsess... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #10

Yes! felix_numinous May 2016 #13

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #7

Me too. My Good Babushka May 2016 #8

i'm sure my neighbors hate it, but Viva_La_Revolution May 2016 #9

Oh, and one other thing.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #11

I mow the front in order to avoid a citation, back yard is a meadow :) MH1 May 2016 #12

25% of my 2 acres is set aside safeinOhio May 2016 #14

It's about 1.5 acres of lawn.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #15

I mow my lawn so I don't get plenty of ticks when i'm enjoying it. Bonx May 2016 #16

i have plenty of ticks. I don't mow my lawn. Atman May 2016 #17

You evidently don't have an HOA to contend with. nt B2G May 2016 #18

No CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #19

I mow my lawn, and have plenty of bees, too. MineralMan May 2016 #20

Hieght setting. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #21

That's what I do too. Mariana May 2016 #23

bees are very attracted to Lavender IcyPeas May 2016 #22

I have a bottlebrush tree, and it is loaded with honey bees right now. ScreamingMeemie May 2016 #24

Dandelions are among the most underrated of plants KamaAina May 2016 #25

And we just poison them out. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #26

I got rid of my lawn altogether The Velveteen Ocelot May 2016 #27

Well, unless you live in snake country and your little kids play out there Warpy May 2016 #28

I thought everyone in NY used goats chained to dog houses ileus May 2016 #29

Not me!!! CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #30