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Yes, all of those are examples of more sustainable low-impact practices that may run afoul of local regulations and/or HOA covenants. Regulations intended to prevent bad practices (and also to be socioeconomically exclusionary) now stand in the way of good
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 5, 2024 1:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mark Hamin <mhamin@larp.umass.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Harry LaCortiglia <hlacortiglia@comcast.net>; rebecca@rbladesign.com <rebecca@rbladesign.com>; massplanners@masscptc.org <massplanners@masscptc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] mowing requirements</span>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Cool discussion. Reminds me of past exchanges re: clotheslines, chickens, and home composting.</div>
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Agreed that this has been a valuable discussion of different judgments about the balance of interests between
<span style="font-size: 16px;">individual </span>private property rights (especially when ecologically beneficial) and neighborhood concerns about potential negative impacts, which may have real validity. Respecting 'cues to care' and engaging in neighborhood
conversation can be a good middle ground as well as an opportunity for a teachable moment. I do not think that anyone here is an advocate for deputizing lawn enforcement to achieve lawn order... 😉</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 5, 2024 11:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Harry LaCortiglia <hlacortiglia@comcast.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Rebecca Bachand <rebecca.bachand@rbladesign.com>; massplanners@masscptc.org <massplanners@masscptc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] mowing requirements</span>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">I love seeing so much interest from planners in more naturalized landscape approaches! You might all be interested in following Ben Vogt, whose efforts at growing and maintaining a prairie yard in a typical subdivision got him a
lot of experience in addressing these concerns. He even has tips to avoid getting fined by the community/HOA:
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<div style="direction: ltr;">"Cues to Care" are integral to the acceptance of these efforts, and as noted by others can be hard to define. </div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Research from UMASS by Susannah Lerman and her team indicates mowing every two weeks is ideal for maintaining lawns at a "respectable" (to your neighbors) level while allowing growth of plants supporting birds, bees, and other insects.
Unfortunately, the links to her easy to share graphics, etc seem to be broken, but maybe a hunt through her publications will offer good info::
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<div style="direction: ltr;">An article from PENN cites <a href="https://www.pennlive.com/life/2022/08/bee-lawns-a-lazy-mower-way-to-help-pollinators.html" id="OWA2c3c459b-5ae6-d193-c998-913918521b67" class="x_OWAAutoLink" shash="yZ0DiJ1etDmUNrmY18r506FuixzSdJFEmnQb+PvVajpIZlIYokFVx0nGEMAOgiLAQuobOKwaz1bX0g8wLo47XQjwNH9lHsI2dTs1LyTg5NSRUhyYl7Sx4KMSqt+olz9JdWhEwf31+ozDvHXG63AkeFoLyPbcHqm6pGvSHkHqqJc=" originalsrc="https://www.pennlive.com/life/2022/08/bee-lawns-a-lazy-mower-way-to-help-pollinators.html" data-auth="Verified">
Minnesota Extension/UMN Bee Labs</a>' 4-inch mowing height recommendation, but when I mow our lawn to 3" my husband doesn't think I've cut it at all! </div>
<div style="direction: ltr;">(The struggle is real, even for Landscape Architects!)</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 7:51 AM Harry LaCortiglia via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" id="OWA6bcb65a1-c344-2f1c-e709-1843ece405ea" class="x_OWAAutoLink">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 18px;">I would certainly hope that no government entity would infringe upon my right to grow the grass on my very own property, as tall as I need it to be, prior to my harvesting
it for personal use.</span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 18px;">I cultivate my grass to a certain length to be as effective as possible in my garden bed as my primary mulch, thus preventing evaporation as much as possible. (So many
communities are under to water conservation restrictions these days!)</span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 18px;">Although I guess I could bring my home grown vegetables to the ZBA Hearing when I ask for relief of any grass height zoning limitation. </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 18px;">Does anyone have a Grass Height Setback Variance application I could use?</span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 18px;">Have a great day celebrating the Independence of our nation and our inalienable right to sarcasm!</span></p>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Are we talking about private property? A homeowner’s little patch of the earth? I can’t see any legitimate role for government here, especially if the only complaint is appearance.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">On Jul 3, 2024, at 3:18 PM, Nate Card via MassPlanners
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<div style="direction: ltr;">I don't know what it would look like, nor of any precedents (as far as regulations go) but I suspect you could establish an approved ratio of mowed to un-mowed lawn, essentially requiring some degree of cues-to-care, like mowed
borders or pathways. Or perhaps waivers to the current regulations could be issued for households submitting a plan for some level of lawn conversion, to promote long-term pollinator support. </div>
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