• @StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    222 months ago

    Are you supposed to do it more? When I lived with my parents and had access to a yard that’s about how much we did it (cause it was annoying to do it more)

    • @BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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      52 months ago

      Much, much less. The city I live in wants to promote biodiversity and has adapted their mowing schedule for this. Large parts of public greenery are only mowed once or twice per year. Other parts 6 times a year. Some parts are mowed 20 times a year, e.g. fields for kids to play on, or where it would be a safety issue (e.g. high growth blocking view around a corner), but that’s just a small portion.

      Also in some parts they only partially mow, to create spaces where there are different heights of greenery. They also sowed a lot of mixed flowers, which looks really nice.

    • @plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.world
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      42 months ago

      I usually have to mow once a week when we’re not in drought, otherwise the lawn gets too high, but during the heat of summer I don’t have to mow at all because the grass goes dormant.

    • @Zectivi@sh.itjust.works
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      22 months ago

      Before I bought a house, I only knew once a week when I was growing up. Seemed to be based on the neighborhood (upper Midwest).