What constitutes a lawn?

[Bigmallly]

As there is no specific place for this, I was unsure where to post. I love the smell & the look of a nicely manicured area of "grass". After cutting the grass yesterday it dawned on me that I never cut the lawn. Do you cut the grass or mow the lawn?..........What's the difference?

[Glutton4...]

I mow the lawns in the gardens that I work in. I use a pedestrian mower. My Dad cuts the grass - he has a ride-on tractor mower. Maybe that's the difference.

Either way, it's getting blimmin long, and our neighbour is currently mowing his, as I type!

[chris]

You need chickens! I looked at my neighbours lawn last night - it's quite long and green, ready for a cut.. mine on the other hand, has been eaten by the chickens over winter

[chris]

(I mow the lawn though, dunno!)

[Newton]

come on......mowing is lawns as cutting is to grass......both are correct and mean the same thing

[SarahStrawberry]

In jest, we "mow the lawn" but in reality we cut the grass. A lovely lawn is not a priority for us mainly because it just wouldn't happen. We live on a farm so some areas of the garden are really field grass (previously grazing), we also have chickens who pick their spot for a dust bath and won't be discouraged no matter what you do and now and again if the gates have been left open a herd of either cattle or sheep charges through!!

[HeyWayne]

Whatever you call it mine is none existent in large patches. Due to being largely shaded during winter - both from the house, and being covered in leaves, and with increased usage (Bean) it is harder to maintain "green" - even the moss has given up.

I need tough stuff whatever it is. I will gladly cut, mow, trim, shear or otherwise thereafter.

[jacob]

I dig the grass up -- get off my darned veg patch!

[Aberdeenplotter]

One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow??

A lawn is defined as "A plot of grass, usually tended or mowed, " Personally I would adjust that definition to explain that the grass is usually cut often and cut short,

[solway cropper]

What constitutes a lawn?

Well, it's obviously that bit of the garden where my OH won't let me grow vegetables.

[taff]

What constitutes a lawn?

Well, it's obviously that bit of the garden where my OH won't let me grow vegetables.

me likey

I cut the grass. It's far too lumpy and has too many weeds to be called a lawn.

[Florence Fennel]

The only gardening job Himself has ever done is to "cut the grass" and now he can't, he pays to have it done. I would class a lawn as being immaculately neat, that's why ours is grass!

[Bigmallly]

I would class a lawn as being immaculately neat, that's why ours is grass!

My sentiments exactly, I have always thought of lawns as bowling green type areas.

[oldie]

I grew up on a farm and we used to mow the hay meadow- I feel a song coming on

[Alison]

I always thought that people who mowed the lawn were a bit on the posh side and the rest of us cut the grass, a bit like calling your evening meal "supper" rather than "tea"