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Elderly lady (probably in her 80s) just moved into the neighborhood. The yard had not been maintained by the previous owners and then we have had a ton of rain this summer. All this led to this lady's yard looking like a jungle!

I went to her door and offered to run my tractor around her yard - an offer which she gladly accepted (and she gave my a bottle of wine and a bottle of champaign when I finished) (I don't drink but it will come in handy next time my wife's lady's group meets at our house) :D

The front yard wasn't too bad, but when I went to the back yard - YIKES! Here is a picture after cutting about half the back yard. The entire yard was just like what you see to the left of the tractor.

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All that great mulch, hay, and compost material! Any hungry cows nearby?

Mine looks similar to this, after I turned it from "mowed and watered weekly" to "no mow no water pollinator meadow" -

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I got the idea from the "No Mow May" movement last spring.
 
you are a good neighbour! I follow a guy on another forum who lives in New Zealand - as he cleared his bush lot (probably worse than that) he found many things - including a couple of lawn mowers. :ROFLMAO:
 
Been gong from our old house since middle of June and my old neighbor texted me and told me to come mow the grass. Hasn't been done in weeks
And I lived in a strict HOA neighborhood
 
DNK said:
Been gong from our old house since middle of June and my old neighbor texted me and told me to come mow the grass. Hasn't been done in weeks
And I lived in a strict HOA neighborhood
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How's island life treating you?
 
DNK said:
Been gong from our old house since middle of June and my old neighbor texted me and told me to come mow the grass. Hasn't been done in weeks
And I lived in a strict HOA neighborhood
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So, Don, why has that semi-thoughtful neighbor not done the job? Or p'raps doesn't know you've made a clean escape?
 
Oh, he knows
3 neighbors around around him moved in a 3 week timespan
And he started it
He just didn't follow through
 
Don - did you have to move *because* of that guy?
 
Goats-R-Us will munch through this job in no time! Rent the goats next time; they leave no trace but little manure pellets.
 
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