fuck lawns (fuck lawns) fuck them very very much

You can use electric mowers. They solve the belching fumes problem and nothing else.

I used to think lawns were dumb but then I moved to a place where if you don't take care of your yard, it's just overrun with bugs and weeds. Planting too many trees makes things damp and miserable, open areas are key, but that's where stuff grows. Most plants can't survive being mowed, but grass loves it, and the birds can pick out insects when it's low. So now I like lawns, it's the human version of a meadow. And I don't see an alternative, other than growing an extra long beard, converting myself in mud, and becoming a druid

Look at Mr rich pants here, needing a ride on petrol mower. Most people round my way have small push along electric mowers.

Reject modernity. Return to scythe.

I’ve planted clover and creeping thyme and wildflowers in my garden. I have a reel mower that I push at highest setting over the clover when it has a growth spurt.

I happy with my decisions.

Get a push mower. It's insane how much better it is in every single way. There's no reason at all to push a 2 stroke across your lawn after paying for gas and getting it to star. You just quietly glide over that grass quiet. And some have a bag too.

i mean you don't have to pick grass to be the lawn you have, unless you live in a HOA that requires it

I’ve got a reel mower and lawn cutting doubles as exercise without noise or cables or bags. Just have to do it regularly.

But then, I also don’t water my lawn, so it’s dormant for large parts of the year, like nature intended.

In my whole life, mowing the lawn was fun exactly once.

It was the first time that I got to mow the lawn at the house that I just bought. Every other time Ive had to do it, it sucks.

I like the way my backyard looks with all the clover and stuff for ground cover, but it also makes it almost impossible to enjoy it. The amount of insects and stuff that fly in my face or bite me while I'm out there just makes me miserable. I didn't have this issue when it was just mowed down grass.

Lawns are one of those things we do without thinking about it because it's what everyone else has.

If you have space for a lawn, why not turn it into something beautiful and productive like a garden?

Oh, because your neighbors will get made at you for being different.

You could do what I did:

only buy a house in a place that has no HOA
xeriscape the front, let most of the back just grow out wild, and keep a small patch of grass in an area where you like to chill (for me this is in a courtyard)
use an old school push mower for this small patch. You get a little exercise with this, but not enough to ever stress ya, and it requires no gas, no oil, no electricity and barely ever any maintenance.

My parents always had lawns but always had a battery powered mower. They currently have a small lawn that continues to their neighbor's yard that they're planning to replace with something more eco-friendly & drought-tolerant.

Taking notes from Saltburn?

We have a nice wee patch for our daughter to play on that we maintain with a push mower. No extra power needed. Very satisfying.

i have a reel mower. until i can completely subvert my lawn, i don't need to tolerate the smoke and noise, at least.

I love mowing lawns. Put some headphones on and a good audiobook and I can mow for hours. I'm actually a little sad that I only have a small lawn now, because I can barely get into a rhythm before I'm done.

Lawns:

require artificial irrigation that contributes to depletion ofvaquifers
create monocultures that reduce biodiversity and harm ecosystems
require maintenance that usually involves burning fossil fuels
shadeless lawns contribute to warmer neighborhoods
act as nitrogen sinks

The only care my lawn gets is a mowing or needle raking once in a year. Some bush trimming maybe, but that's it. Rabbits, neighborhood cats, and deer hang out in it all the time.

I would rather live in a dense area and not even have a yard, and instead visit the nearby park for my greenery needs.

Then we spread water unnecessarily all over the lawn to help it grow?

A good compromise is to leave some "wild" patches for flowers and bugs and so on and use a mower robot to keep the rest short. Best of both worlds.