I agree, with the apparent consensus of the thread... striving for a monoculture of kentucky bluegrass in your entire lawn, treating with fertilizer and chemicals is futile struggle and potentially harmful to our prized lakes. Why not get creative in your landscape design and incorporate a wide variety of low maintenance plants that don't need haircuts every week? I suggested to my wife that we dig up the front lawn and cultivate rows of sweet corn and she just gave me one of those looks.
According to the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, Title 11 - Health and Sanitation, Ch. 227 - Nuisances Generally "Any weeds or grass growing upon any lot or parcel of land in the city to a greater height than eight (8) inches or which have gone or are about to go to seed are hereby declared to be a nuisance condition and dangerous to the health, safety and good order of the city." If you don't cut your grass you can be served with a notice to remove the "offensive matter". If you don't comply with in three business days, the city could remove your grass and weeds and charge you for the service. If you want to plant prairie grasses and let them grow tall, make sure you aren't also growing any noxious weeds as defined by state rules 1505.0730. http://www.mda.state.mn.us/appd/Weeds/noxiousplantsminnesota.pdf The MN DNR has information on residential planting of native gardens on the web at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/gardens/nativeplants/index.html Does the thread become local again if I quote city ordinances? Conor Donnelly WaitePark T29R24S1 Mark Snyder wrote: > I agree with Steve that the lawn-mowing thread has spread beyond > Minneapolis, with the exception of Robin Garwood, who asked some really > great questions about whether Minneapolis has ordinances "mandating crew > cuts for lawns" (man, what great a great description!) and whether renters > have any say in what lawn care methods are used on the properties at which > they live - any landlords care to weigh in on that? _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
