Mowing The Lawn Etiquette

[jadedscenester]

No, not that, racist...

How late should you wait to crank up the lawnmower? Last saturday was forced awake at 8am with a terrible hangover, and wanted to throw a rock at them.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Personally, I wait until 9:00.

 

[accuratehorn]

At least 9:30. Anyone mowing the lawn at 8 a.m. on a weekend should be cast into a fiery pit.

 

[LAktownhorn]

i remember my neighbor doing it at 7 am when i was little. i was a kid so i didn't think anything of it.

 

[LITNIN HORN]

City ordinance(Austin) not before 7:00am and not after 10:00pm. Being neighborly is a totally different thing. I'd say on weekends, hold off until after 9:00am.

 

[Tom Anderson]

9 AM

 

[GHoward]

In the deep summer, I'd pull the cord as soon as the sun shows up. It'll be in the 90's by 9am.

 

[Lat22]

Lawn mowers don't bother me. It's the ******* leaf blowers that get me.

 

[Texas Horn fan]

Nothing wrong with 8am mowing. I would prefer to stay in bed but if you have a lot of work for the day you might as well get started before it gets to hot. Just cause you are hungover doesn't mean I have to wait to get my chores done.

 

[tex-horn]

Early lawn mowing doesn't bother me provided someone isn't mowing within a few feet of my window. My dad used to do that to piss me off on the occasions where he mowed the yard. Otherwise, I don't even notice it.

What does piss me off is construction. They've built a few new homes by me over the past few years and I have wanted to kill every construction worker who has started jack-hammering at 7 AM, and goes till past dark. I used to joke that I never heard it during the semester, but provided there's a lengthy break (spring break, summer, winter) they're out there making as much noise as they can.

I really hate the sound of a jack-hammer. Sorry for the tangent.

 

[Steel Shank]

I mow naked at 8:00am and haven't heard any complaints.

 

[4th and 2]

Mowing at 8am is common here in Wichita Falls. By noon most days in the summer it's already too hot to start mowing.

 

[hobbs4heisman]

I work construction and we start at 7 every day. If you don't like it to damn bad. We have deadlines to make and I sure as hell bet you didn't care when it was your house being built.

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

I recall mowing the lawn in houston in the summer and it was freaking hot so I think as early as possible

 

[NCAAFBALLROX]

Yeah, but we want to know the standards in Hong Kong...

I often get my crews tearing up a roof by 0730 or so, but make sure "hammers down' doesn't happen until 0800 or later.

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

Labor is cheap in Hong Kong - I have a dude who must be at least 80 come by and do my tiny lawn.

 

[gobears92]

10 am for me..I love the heat and humidity...

 

[PacSER]

my neighbor routinely begins well before 8am..he lives for his yard. he has mowed it twice this week..he was weed eating at 630am this morning for whatever reason right next to our bedroom..

 

[DRAG69]

Grass is usually too damp to mow it that early. It is better if it dries out first.

 

[CottonEyedHorn]

What GHoward said. I try to be done before 10AM in the summer.

 

[STLHornFan]

I had a neighbor starting mowing at 10:30 AT NIGHT! Dude I know you ride-on mower has headlights but please. Its not like he even had much of anything to mow in his backyard anyway, most all of it was dirt, dirt that was kicked up into a dust cloud to be blown right at my house.

I went outside to yell at him "Do you know how late it is?!" The way in which he replied "beg your pardon" made it clear to me that further attempts at communication would be futile.

 

[Statalyzer]

Hey, he was doing it when it was cooler outside, can you blame him?

 

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[Texanne]

I mowed yesterday at noon and woke up my husband.

Of course, he's a newpaperman for a morning daily, so he sleeps until about 2 p.m. It felt good to wake him up.

Yeah, I'm a *****.

 

[Sii]

I'm not sure how or why anyone would even want to get up at 7-8 on a ******* Saturday to mow

After working hard all week and just wanting to relax - no way in hell I would be getting up on a Sat/Sun to do that ****. Thank God I live in a condo - lol

 

[Horn69]

I never mow before noon.

Hook'em!!!

 

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[smwhorn]

8:00 am yard mowing is perfectly appropriate, especially in summer.

 

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