[vidarh]

Or affect change to not need it. My advice is to not have a lawn, and instead culture semi-wild patches of flowers by only weeding what is unattractive. No mowing for me, and no high maintenance manicured flower beds, and lots of bees.

[RobertMiller]

Many people are required to have and mow lawns by their HOA or local government. For those people, the choice is mow, move, or eat some fines.

Mowing may also be necessary if you live somewhere with a rodent problem, or particularly if you live somewhere with a rodent and snake problem. You don't want rats nesting right up against your house, nor vipers (attracted to the rats) nipping at your heels every time you go outside to check your mailbox.

Of course there are outside-the-box solutions like surrounding your house with gravel.

[worik]

I agree, but also have a lawn.

I have a lot of space around the edges that have trees (fruit trees, nut trees and decorative native trees as) I pull out the plants I want to discourage (hemlock, stinging nettle, dock by the roots...) and other plants like ferns, flaxes, butter cups fill in the spaces.

[amanaplanacanal]

Yep. Bought a house last summer, in process of getting rid of the lawn. Less noise, less work, less chemicals.

I mean what would I do with it? Play croquet?