# Proper Lawn-Mowing Procedure?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-lawn-mowing-procedure/197583>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-lawn-mowing-procedure/197583 "2003-08-25T19:58:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-lawn-mowing-procedure/197583/21 "2003-08-26T17:15:44Z")

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**Proper Lawn-Mowing Procedure?**

Pay someone else to do it.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-lawn-mowing-procedure/197583/22 "2003-08-26T21:13:30Z")

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Slightly off topic - how often should you mow?  
I have my deck set as high as it will go and when I cut my grass on Sunday it has grown so much since the last Sunday that I have to cut more that a third of it.

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