[throwaway-87398]

What? That's just absurd. I live in a house with tall grass that gets mowed only once, in fall, and there is a absolutely no pest problem. Jest a sea of colorful flowers ans beautiful insects doing their thing minding their own business.

[pengaru]

> What? That's just absurd. I live in a house with tall grass that gets mowed only once, in fall, and there is a absolutely no pest problem. Jest a sea of colorful flowers ans beautiful insects doing their thing minding their own business.

You're right, your sample of one clearly proves the absurdity of it.

[morsch]

At this point that is more data than you have provided.

[chrisweekly]

I'd bet you don't live in the northeast, where deer ticks about this size: . carry Lyme and other dangerous diseases. Untamed wilderness is a beautiful and precious thing -- one which bears little relation to your back yard (let alone an urban lot in Detroit).

[klyrs]

As somebody who abhors yard maintenance and considers that a real perk of renting, I gotta ask... why once a year and not less?

(But also I'm with the sibling comments here -- lyme's is no joke and I'm terrified to know that it's been migrating west)

[throwaway-87398]

its moved once a year to prevent bushes and trees from appearing. Maybe to simulate the wild fire that would briefly sweep over the meadow and clear the small dry plants in fall.

[rhinoceraptor]

The house I lived at previously, if I didn't mow regularly, the dog would come in covered in ticks.