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Neighbor harassed my landlord until he made me cut all this natural growth down. Look like a downgrade to anyone else?
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Yo wtf that frame of natural growth as a border looks sooooooooooo much better than the shit afterwards. I genuinely like how it was before.
I so agree. I was actually really proud of how I'd managed to balance the close-cut lawn I'm required to keep with at least a little bit of growth, and did it in a way that looked really nice and intentional, not like I'd just been missing a spot all year.
I thought it was a great compromise and I loved it. Sadly, the crackers next door disagreed, and I guess that's what matters to the owner (who has insisted they will never sell this house, so it's not a property value thing).
Maybe some grass plants can be used for the same vertical effect without pissing off the neighbour? Put in some Luzula or Carex and he couldn't possibly pretend they're supposed to be cut. This is "mow your lawn" mindset taken to its extreme, it can't be applied to actual plants. If you remove a portion of the grass and make it a "bed" then put in Luzula and Perennials it could have the same effect and nobody would say "cut your planting bed". With that said, it would be 100-200 worth of planting needed.