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Ticks live in tall grass.

https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/2012/4-5/ticks.html

ticks, rats, snakes, mosquitoes

there’s a reason we mow the grass as a society.

I would love to stop mowing my lawn, but after the first warning from the local government, it becomes a $50 a day fine for grass over 8 (or is it 6?) inches.

However, there is an exemption for pollinator gardens…

Start by not de-thatching to have more variety. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dethatcher)

A lawn should be soft and not too high.

The argument against mowing has been compellingly let to music.

https://www.discogs.com/release/3930185-Ray-Anderson-Alligat...

This looks cool in theory, but if there is one thing I have learnt about lawns in Texas, that would be that snakes love tall grass.

As a resident of the northeast, the hour I'd save by not mowing would be offset by the 3 hours a day I'd need to remove ticks from my dog and family.

My HOA will fine me $39 per dandelion.

6 inches or more, or else!!! i am in kansas the sunflower state. theres no sunflowers, no shade and they meticulously mow their lawns :/

I'm a Kansan as well. If you move to some areas of Kansas you don't have to mow at all for >half the summer since grass needs water to grow. :)

Don't Mow Your Lawn