It's about 1.5 acres of lawn.... (Reply #15)

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Thu May 12, 2016, 12:06 PM

15. It's about 1.5 acres of lawn....

...and 1 acre of trees.

Minus the house, of course.

My neighbors grumble that I leave patches of wild in various places throughout the season.

The bees, butterflies, rabbits, birds, squirrels, deer (and a bear, once) thank me.

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30 replies	Author	Time	Post
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

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