When do you start and stop mowing the grass where you live?

[Bullwinkle123]

If you don't like snow, why live in Vermont?

I actually love snow...most the time (by most the time, don't like it when I'm driving, but enjoy watching it snow (sipping on a liquid refreshment) and I enjoy snow blowing).
Plus, snow provides a lot of water for the aquifer so our wells don't go dry. That's a real bummer, f you've never experienced it

Love snow, but dislike shoveling it in proportion to years of age. Also, our water table is high because we've had higher than average precipitation for months, which is why I was wondering about what winter was going to be like this year.

 

[ArlyA]

Last winter was a bismal snow year for us in the lake superior snow belt but NOAA now says we'll get some el-nino effect and get good snow again. Last year we were about 100" short of normal.

 

[sixdogs]

I am curious and full of dread about this winter. The last couple of years we've had so little snow. Lots of rain, in winter, but not so much snow, and I've been enjoying that lack of snow.

Enter 2021, and we've had 5 of 7 days a week cool, cloudy, and often with rain. If you look at the national weather charts, we're definitely below temp and above precipitation compared to usual for the summer.

I'm worried that the above average precipitation will continue into winter with weather cold enough to make it snow. We'll see. This week, if the forecast is right, will be one of the few where it hasn't been completely cloudy most of the week. Though they've completely revised the forecast on sunday from the projected clouds and intermittent showers to one that's a bit more sunny.

Really seemed like we had Washington state's weather since June. So muddy I couldn't do some of the things I wanted to do with my tractor because the ground is just too wet. Even now, my field is only half cut because of rain.

Here's a link to long range--1 year-- weather forecasting by people that have a pretty good record. Last I looked it showed a warm and wet winter for New England and those are the conditions for big snows.

Climate Prediction Center - Official Long-Lead Forecasts

I used to live in northern New England and just when people got lulled into complacency we got whacked with a huge snowfall. Ditto on the reverse. I knew a guy that actually moved because the mild winters and his fear that global warming would kill his downhill skiing. The very next year was lots of snow early, late and way too much of it. The perfect storm for skiing.

 

[Thomas]

First of May-second week October that's if old man winter doesn't decide to visit.

 

[Doughknob]

Can't remember when i last mowed. And with freezing temps and snow forecast tonight, i don't see mowing any more. I hate grass! I should mow it short and often just to put it in its place. But i let it get a good jump on me between each mowing.

So right now it is good and long and strong and i plan to not mow again. Why!? IDK. I just hate mowing grass. I would not make a good 3-5 acre grass-farmer.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

In central south Ohio we start in mid-late March and end around Thanksgiving This year it's been a banner time for grass to grow and need to be cut. We didn't even have a brownout in August and it's just been mow, mow and mow some more. I'm tuckered out.

When do other parts of the country start and stop mowing?

I usually try to start at 5 pm or 1700 hrs and try to quit at dark.

 

[BravoXray]

Here in northern Indiana, I usually start mowing in late March or early April, and finish up in October.
This was the first year I remember mowing in November, as I had to mow, for the last time I hope, on Monday. All the rain and warm weather lately was to blame.

 

[ultrarunner]

Year round in SF Bay Area until drought stopped watering and grass turns to dirt.

72 hours after bomb cyclone the dirt turned to a carpet of green... it goes/grows that quick with copious water.

 

[ponytug]

I let the cows do it.

 

[sandman2234]

I didn't know we ever got to stop mowing! When the grass quits, it is time to mow the brush!
David from jax