I'll be honest, this post is the result of the relentless summer mowing I do with a push mower in the Texas heat for 2-1/2 hours every two weeks and from reading the new Lawnreform blog and a book review on meadows.

I have the equivalent of the Gardener's Enemy, Bermuda, for my front lawn. I doubt it was planted, but rather traveled from the neighbor's yard. We bought our plot of land as a vacant lot. We moved our house on it.

Over the years, I have never mowed or fertilized the Bermuda, and it continues to survive on about 1" of top soil over caliche. In places, the caliche even shows through, and the grass won't grow there. It drains well and gets full sun.

When spring rains are plentiful, the Bermuda sometimes grows tall before I can mow it, and it's actually pretty. I also have wild pink onions and other natives that grow in it, which add interest and color.

Since my neighbors don't live in their house, they are often delinquent in mowing, and there have been times their Bermuda became a lanky silver and was stunning.

Our neighborhood isn't the typical city neighborhood.

Long story short, if I didn't mow my lawn but once or twice a season, what would happen? (Besides getting a ticket from the city's code enforcement.)

Thanks!