I haven't had to cut grass until late March/early April since we moved here-I hope this year is no different. We have only native grass and bermuda, which doesn't grow all that fast-but this is an acre lot, not level, on the edge of a cliff and too many rocks for a mower to be used-you have to use a weedeater and load it with industrial strength stringline, and it takes 5-6 hours to do. The 2-2 1/2 acre lots we are looking at up the road are all more level on the building/yard sites and there is much more tree cover than we have here-vegetation won't grow so fast in the shade. A riding mower can also be used on most of that property both in the fenced and unfenced areas.
I had a sudden mental picture of hubby careening down the slope toward the cove on a riding mower run amok on one of those lots just like our next door neighbor did last summer, but hubby isn't dumb enough to go that close to where the ground gets uneven, unlike the neighbor.
I felt so sorry for hubby last year...........by the time he would get the entire property mowed, it was time to start all over again.
That was when I was out of commission last summer, he just didn't have the necessary time to devote to cutting it all in one day because he was also carrying all my chores that I couldn't get to.