Up here in upstate New York, it just won't stop raining. It's been all rain this week and the week before last week and according to the weather channel, it's going to continue raining with isolated/scattered thunderstorms into next week with few showers on Sunday. I have an annoyingly nosy neighbor who once complained about my house's grass being too long and apparently, grass over 8 inches of length is illegal in my town, so we had one week to mow it following the receiving of that complaint under the threat of fines and/or jail time. For one thing, what the heck? Who made such a stupid law and why is my neighbor such a jerk? For another thing, it's been getting long for a while, now, and my mom just keeps telling me to mow it. I want to, but the grass/ground is wet and I've been told not to mow grass while it's wet (slipping reasons, supposedly; more likely, in my opinion, for grass to clump together and clog the lawnmower). Is it safe to do so? Would it work, even? What is your advice on this? I don't want the neighbor to complain, again, and am not sure what another complaint would mean, considering there's already been one about our lawn. However, I'm not sure if it will work and I don't want to slip and cut my finger off or deal with whatever the potential safety risks may be.

Well, its been raining all week here in Maryland, and yet my neighbor(s?) are mowing their lawn right now. I'd say do it, but do it carefully.

Just tell him there's a zombie on your lawn.

Or if you want to be literal, tell him there's rain on your lawn.

I bet his grass is too road.

Its thundering and pouring down rain here in Maryland right now. Though I hear someone just finishing up mowing their lawn.

Pokemon in the tall grass...

That's it! Tell them you're an aspiring Pokemon Trainer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofd-SzGweTo

It's totally safe, you just won't get a good cut, because the grass is heavy. That also makes it tough to get rid of the grass clippings. I'd wait until it's dry.

Do it, cut a limb off, and sue the council for scaring you into working in unsafe conditions .

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Take your right hand, put your middle finger up, and shove it the idiot who made that law's face.

Why the hell does your neighbor care about your lawn?

Because it's USA and people have the right to care about whatever the hell they want?

If that's sarcasm, I agree. If not, then I should have the right to not be legally bound to conform to my neighbor's wishes under threat of being fined and/or thrown in jail (specifically what the letter from my town addressing the complaint mentioned).

Let's be honest, 8 inches is a pretty ridiculous lawn, cut that mess.

Home owners association?

Its been raining here in Toronto for almost 2 weeks now.

Yo momma's a sarcasm!

Nope, that just makes no sense. I fail at these. :sadvaultboy:



But how then will the town/city express their (its?) support of your neighbour's decision to act upon his right to care about whatever the hell he wants? Blasphemy! A man has the right to be supported in his decision to act upon one of his rights!

Get a 400 pound garden gnome delivered to your house at 2am, and drop it on the [censored]ers lawn. ^^

My neighbor hates me because my lawn svcks and their lawn is like really good. They also called the cops when I had a van parked in front of my house (partially on the sidewalk), because it was "blocking their view". I guess they forgot about the other 10 vehicles around our neighborhood that has been in the same exact place for years.



I wouldn't mow the lawn till the rain stops. And you're lucky. It's been sunny here for over 2 days. I hate it.

Do you own a Strimmer? Not sure what they're called in the U.S.

If so, use that to cut the grass down to a decent height. You can come back over it with the lawn mower when it's dry. It's far easier this way.

If you don't have one you could cut the grass with the mower ( Petrol? Electric?). However, you'll get a messy cut and probably clog the mower. Here's a tip for before you start. Take a long piece of rope or hose and run it through the blades of grass, this will knock the clinging water from the high blades. Make sure those mower blades are as sharp as possible, and run over it again later in the day to break up the large clumps that the mower struggled with during the first cut.

Good Luck.

>Studying Horticulture<

A Weed Whacker?

Funnily enough, I just finished mowing my lawn. I'm in Southern Ontario and it has been raining for like 2 weeks straight until today. The lawn clippings were a bit clumped, but that may just be due to the grass being quite long. It's fine to do. Infact, any wait longer and the long grass is more likely to clog our your blades than wet grass.

If my neighbor's lawn was over two feet high, yeah I'd care.

He said 8 inches, I dunno where you're getting two feet from.