Yet some of me wonders if it's us or if it's our neighbors who like to mow their lawn. A LOT. LOT. LOT. Seriously, for every time we mow our lawn, it seems they've mown theirs twice. Which makes their grass look even shorter and ours look rather shaggy.
I'd really love to send a memo to the block and say "hey, lighten up a bit so we are all equal" but I know that won't happen.
I was annoyed until last fall when I was at a lecture about native Kansas plants/flowers. In the presentation, the guy mentioned that mowing your lawn less has less of an impact on the environment.
A light bulb went off in my head.
We weren't the bad neighbors. We were the hippies who care about the environment and make a conscious choice to mow less, thus being kinder to the planet.
Ok, so the motivation isn't exactly true, but it made me feel GOOD about our "whenever we get to it" approach to lawn mowing.
I'd love to provide you with hard core numbers on this, but really, who do you believe when you google something?
I did, however, find this really cool calculator to help calculate the impact of lawn mowing. I am not 100% sure of the size of our lawn, but I'd really like to find out, because I'm supremely curious about the numbers.
So, in conclusion ..... MOW YOUR LAWN LESS, and do it shame-free. Because, after all, you're helping to lessen your carbon footprint!
Now if I could only find a tactful way to share this enlightened approach with my lawn-mowing-obsessed neighbors....
