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Anyone else a proponent of the "Freedom lawn"?
Posted on 3/20/19 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 3/20/19 at 1:25 pm
I've seen quite a few threads on lawn care that were chemical intensive and weed averse. Is anyone else out there a proponent of the "freedom lawn"? Basically, you mow, and whatever survives, survives. Regular trimming acts as a selection toward grasses over other kinds of plants.
I had my lawn sodded w/centipede as per the HOA when I moved in, but 5 years later, it's a mix of centipede, wild bermuda, and whatever else wants to grow that survives mowing. No one has given me one speck of hassle about it, it looks green and lush, and I never water, fertilize, or do anything other than (very rarely) spray herbicide selectively on the torpedo grass (to keep it out of my landscaping beds).
My lot adjoins an intermittently mowed servitude and 100 acre cow pasture, so keeping the so-called weeds out of my turf would be an endless battle.
Who's with me? Freedom Lawn: LINK
I had my lawn sodded w/centipede as per the HOA when I moved in, but 5 years later, it's a mix of centipede, wild bermuda, and whatever else wants to grow that survives mowing. No one has given me one speck of hassle about it, it looks green and lush, and I never water, fertilize, or do anything other than (very rarely) spray herbicide selectively on the torpedo grass (to keep it out of my landscaping beds).
My lot adjoins an intermittently mowed servitude and 100 acre cow pasture, so keeping the so-called weeds out of my turf would be an endless battle.
Who's with me? Freedom Lawn: LINK
This post was edited on 3/20/19 at 6:43 pm
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Posted on 3/20/19 at 1:29 pm to hungryone
uh, no.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 1:56 pm to hungryone
if I did this, my entire lawn would be crabgrass and other shite like that. No thanks
Posted on 3/20/19 at 2:02 pm to AU_251
I do dig up the occasional clump of crabgrass and backfill the hole with a little compost.
Right now, I'm enjoying the thick spread of clover. Plenty of flowers attracting plenty of bees to pollinate my citrus trees. I'll mow the clover down a couple times before the lawn really wakes up from winter.
Right now, I'm enjoying the thick spread of clover. Plenty of flowers attracting plenty of bees to pollinate my citrus trees. I'll mow the clover down a couple times before the lawn really wakes up from winter.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 2:49 pm to hungryone
I did this a little bit because of how poor the soil is in my yard. We had some bad droughts during summers a few years ago and I seeded Bermuda into the centipede in our front lawn in areas it struggled. It greened up and meshed with the centipede really well.
Now that I’ve actually got the chemical load for my lawn to a correct level, it’s not as big a deal and the centipede does well enough that I don’t have the same problem.
Now that I’ve actually got the chemical load for my lawn to a correct level, it’s not as big a deal and the centipede does well enough that I don’t have the same problem.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 4:30 pm to hungryone
You're going to lose your battle with crabgrass or bahia without chemicals.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 4:37 pm to hungryone
quote:
Who's with me?
No thanks.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 4:55 pm to hungryone
My lawn is basically that. My entire landscape is a native texas prairie with various grasses I've seeded including sideoats gramma, buffalo grass and wildflowers. God abhors a mono-culture.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 6:03 pm to Zappas Stache
Amen to that.
I am going on 5 years. Haven’t been overrun by crabgrass yet.
I am going on 5 years. Haven’t been overrun by crabgrass yet.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 6:35 pm to Zappas Stache
You should post the pic of your front yard again. I actually dug it.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 8:58 pm to hungryone
You must be who I bought my new house from... thanks for the endless effort to get this goat ranch under control.
I’ll tell yes, both my neighbors were excited to see me out there with a sprayer killing weeds when I moved in. The weeds from this “freedom lawn” had started encoaching their yards
I’ll tell yes, both my neighbors were excited to see me out there with a sprayer killing weeds when I moved in. The weeds from this “freedom lawn” had started encoaching their yards
Posted on 3/20/19 at 9:34 pm to hungryone
I’m with you, bahia grass looks good if you can cut it before the V stems pop up.
Posted on 3/21/19 at 7:09 am to Zappas Stache
quote:
My lawn is basically that. My entire landscape is a native texas prairie with various grasses I've seeded including sideoats gramma, buffalo grass and wildflowers. God abhors a mono-culture.
Please post a pic if this without a mow for a week.
Posted on 3/21/19 at 8:27 am to hungryone
Had to double-check ... thought I might have been on the Politics Board for a minute as the question sounded a little SJW ... but no, when it comes to my lawn it is a dictatorship and I kill whatever I don’t want!!!
Posted on 3/21/19 at 10:22 am to 4WHLN
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I’ll tell yes, both my neighbors were excited to see me out there with a sprayer killing weeds when I moved in. The weeds from this “freedom lawn” had started encoaching their yards
I can see how the neighbors might be annoyed, but my neighbors on either side back up to the fields as well, so we are all in the same boat. If I had a nickle for every chadron (thistle) I've uprooted this year....you gotta hack those bad boys out with a sharp shovel.
Posted on 3/21/19 at 12:49 pm to hungryone
I quit the fight/hassle years ago. Basically (with exceptions), if it is green, its grass.
Posted on 3/21/19 at 7:29 pm to hungryone
I feel like this is a term some hipster made up to make himself feel better about not keeping up with the Joneses.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with just mowing your grass every Saturday and leaving it at that, but let's not glorify it.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with just mowing your grass every Saturday and leaving it at that, but let's not glorify it.
Posted on 3/21/19 at 8:38 pm to hungryone
I'm rocking a lush green field of dollar weed right now as we speak
Posted on 3/21/19 at 8:50 pm to hungryone
Didn't know it was called a freedom lawn but that's exactly what I do. We are on just over 2 acres and there is no way I am going to fight weeds, clover, etc... no way.
I keep it mowed and trimmed and it looks very nice. Always have a lot of clover now but it seems to disappear when the St. Augustine starts growing.
Now ants... I'm on them like stink on shite. The entire 2 acres.
I keep it mowed and trimmed and it looks very nice. Always have a lot of clover now but it seems to disappear when the St. Augustine starts growing.
Now ants... I'm on them like stink on shite. The entire 2 acres.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 12:31 pm to Tridentds
Hate on me all yall want but I am not an anal lawn care guy. Old me likes nature and natural if its green its good oK I mow it. I fertilize my fruit and pecan trees, poison ants at the nest but I let every thing else go and don't like chemicals. Our yard is crawling with earth worms, lizards, toads and we don't like to poison them.
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