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Positive 'don't mow' signage? Burma Shave style?

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Without any negativity we need ideas for burma shave type signage across our front yard outside of the fence.

The town is happy to let us maintain as we like but we keep getting neighborhood guerilla mowers thinking they are helping....so need something that will solve more permanently rather than haviing to tell each mower after the fact and deal with hurt feelings.

This is the 12 foot verge between our yard fence and the street...we let it grow and scythe a few times for garden mulch.
Most know us and accept what we do but there's always a new guy with a big machine.........

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I love the pleasant picture and the worded direction is direct. I tend to put up signs that are direct and to the point at my work because anything with 'fluff' seems to turn invisible to the people who are intended to read them. That is my two cents anyway! I just wish I could find something like that but on a big board. I want to get one now, thanks for inspiring me!

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I found this here on the forum, it is a book cover though I like the wording:

Grow, Dont Mow

https://permies.com/w/192358/ebooks/Grow-Don-Mow-Book-Roots

I found these at Pinterest that I like the wording:

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I am looking forward to what other suggest.

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"Pollinators enjoying - I'm going to mow it next week"

kinda like "free beer tomorrow"

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Mike Haasl wrote:"Pollinators enjoying - I'm going to mow it next week"

kinda like "free beer tomorrow"

I like it!

'Pollinator habitat' was one we thought of but I like the tone of yours.

We do mow a mowers width swath of the street edge short so it looks deliberate and edged neatly...I might even use ' scything soon' since neighbors have seen us using one and know the word.

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Signs are lovely, but personally I would supplement that by pounding in a lot of painted, highly visible rebar or angle iron around the perimeter. (Don't poke any underground utilities!)

No matter how mow-horny somebody might be, they are not going to trash their mower in that patch of steel.

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Douglas Alpenstock wrote:Signs are lovely, but personally I would supplement that by pounding in a lot of painted, highly visible rebar or angle iron around the perimeter. (Don't poke any underground utilities!)

No matter how mow-horny somebody might be, they are not going to trash their mower in that patch of steel.

Well yes, we have considered things along that line

but have been working harder at being a good influence rather than antagonistic.

Our immediate neighbors are single old guys who don't do much outdoors but ride their mowers and spout conspiracy theories....so....slightly delicate situation.

We are driving board pickets along the edges that we can remove when we do want to scythe or mow.

This is a bit of a unique four corners...there are many shaggy yards here in town...ours is neatly shaggy and doesn't have one pile of beer cans or any dead cars and appliances

Interesting...of all the things I thought would be difficult when we moved to town, this 'neighborly' mowing was not on my radar.

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I love what Mike said.

"we're taking it slow
please don't mow"

"plants reserved for bees
don't mow please"

"we're letting it grow tall
for animals big and small"

I asked the AI bot, which is usually good at weird rhyming stuff, and the suggestions were uninspiring....

Signs for your Pollinator Patch (inspired by Burma Shave):
Sign 1: Lawn a mess? Don't you fret!
Sign 2: Flowers bloom, bees they hum,
Sign 3: Nature thrives, a happy buzz!
Sign 4: Let it grow, for all that buzzes!

Another Option:

Sign 1: Grass ain't short, that's the plan,
Sign 2: Helping bees, a helping hand!
Sign 3: Pollinators love the scene,
Sign 4: Wildflowers bloom, a vibrant dream!

Bonus Sign (place at the end): Thanks for letting nature grow!

(i asked for two more and they started getting even weirder and judgmental, i'll spare you)

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Tereza,
Those are great! And fun!
We have an interum set up that will work for now and give us time to plan something nicer.

I have always wanted a 'Little Library' out front also and a give away stand for plants and produce...so this is kind of a first step in taking a visable stance.

The other day someone was asking where we lived and when I told them they said 'oh, the house with the flowers'! Made my day

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