What time is "too early" on a Sunday morning to fire up the mower?

[Blue-Jay]

It's 8:00 AM right now, and I'm going to mow the lawn. I would've started an hour ago, but I figured that it was too early to make noise and disturb my neighbors.

Should I give it another hour? Two?

[MrsBrady]

1. um

do you have a city ordinance?

in texas, sometimes people do mow at 7:30 cuz it gets so hot

[Blue-Jay]

5. I dunno.

I rarely wake up this early on the weekend, so I've never really thought about it.

[Systematic Chaos]

2. I would wait until 9, personally.

You could get away with 8 or even 7 pretty easily during the week, but I dunno about Sunday after everyone was out partying last night.... :)

[Blue-Jay]

7. You're probably right.

[tigereye]

16. after 9, and don't use that dastardly leaf blower or weed whacker either!

it was hilarious when people here were mowing grass that had quit growing and was turning brown - I have never understood that. :shrug:

[Jamastiene]

3. Wait until about 10:30 or 11:00 am and you will only disturb the heathens.

Then you can just offer them(us) a little hair of the dog(vodka for me, please) and their hangovers will go away some, at least. Problem solved. :P

[Blue-Jay]

8. Hey. *I'M* a heathen too!

I usually stay in bed until 11:00 on Sunday, but I woke up early today and I feel like getting some shit done in the yard. (totally out of character for me, BTW)

[Jamastiene]

11. In that case, let her rip!

If the neighbors complain, tell them they shouldn't be in bed all day long on Sunday, then laugh. I've done that before. :evilgrin:

[Blue-Jay]

12. YEAH!

Fuck 'em! They didn't mind lighting the firecrackers on the July 4th weekend starting at 8:00 when I was trying to sleep late.

[taterguy]

4. Get one of those old fashioned mowers with no engine and do it whenever you want

A less snarky reply would be 10:00 AM local time unless it's going to be really really hot where you live by that time

[Blue-Jay]

9. I've thought about getting one of those.

Maybe when the current mower dies a painful death...

[ferrferr]

18. We just got one when we moved into this rental house

I'm fat so I burn lots of a calories using it. :p And it's nice to not have to worry about getting gas (gas cans have some personal vendetta against me).

[cwydro]

6. I would certainly wait until 9.

Myself, I would probably mow even later.

[Blue-Jay]

10. Maybe I'll start with the weed-whacker.

It's electric, so it doesn't make a whole lot of noise. That sounds reasonable, right?

[MilesColtrane]

13. Before noon is too early.

Unless you're a dick.

[WolverineDG]

14. If there is still dew on the lawn

it is too early. :) (tm Dad)

But yeah, anything before 9 a.m. on a weekend is too damn early even if the grass is dry.

dg

[Chan790]

15. I dunno.

I mow mine at night...7-8PM. It's supposed to be better for the grass or something. I just think there isn't crap on TV from 6-9PM and the sound keeps the bears away.

[ferrferr]

17. 9am at the earliest. Get a push reel mower, then you can mow at 6am if you like! :p

[Lucian]

19. Definitely 8:00 AM.

Some of us are sleeping off a hangover at 8:00 AM on a Sunday morning.

[Tektonik]

20. 8 or 9AM

[mwooldri]

21. 9am is nice... but in the heat of summer....

... sometimes you got to mow at 7am because at 9am it's too bloody hot!

But then I cure the problem for me: I outsource the mowing job to "independent contractors". Yes, that's right, my neighbour's teenagers get bribed to trim the grass. Plus they won't get up before 9am on a non-school day anyway. They'll mow at 6-7pm.

Mark.

[quakerboy]

22. anything before noon

or if you are a nice neighbor, 3.

On the other hand, you could be like our neighbors. No grass to mow, so instead they wash each of their cars several times a week. Starting between 7-8 am. Their cars each possessing rather over sized stereos that must be pumped loudly to hear. The stereos which, because we are in a plex and through the garage which MUST be left open during washing, turn our entire house into a reverb chamber. Its lovely. The kids outside screaming until 11 pm last night was a nice touch as well.

[DS1]

23. Saturday

Don't fucking mow lawns on Sunday, you fucks!

[Liberal_in_LA]

24. Any time is too early... hate the sound of mowers, blowers and weeders.

[Forkboy]

25. In some areas you can't start until 9.

Personally, I say noontime. That way it wakes me up in time to get ready for kickoff. :)

[CatholicEdHead]

26. Midnight? 1am? 3am? 5am?

[NoPasaran]

27. If it's light outside, I say let 'er rip

No reason your neighbors' indolence should keep you from doing something productive.

[Catch22Dem]

32. Is it indolence if the neighbor works the night shift?

I hate people who mow early in the morning and I'm ALWAYS up at the crack of dawn.

[pitohui]

28. in my humble opinion any time before 6 AM is too early

8 AM is fine -- MORE THAN FINE

my answer may be locational, but for health reasons, folks in southern louisiana need to do yard work for a large part of the year before 8 AM to avoid overheating (esp. older folks)and i never heard anyone complain as long as the yard work as not started before 6

if it's part of the culture you just sleep thru it, at least i do


people who do yard work between 10 AM and 4 PM actually worry me in the summer, chance of heat stroke is more worrisome than a little noise, methinks

do it now, the day gets no younger

[flvegan]

29. Did you mow your lawn yet?

It's getting late.

[Stump]

30. It depends...

are your neighbors Democrats or Freepers?

[kath]

31. 7 is definitely too early. I'd wait until 9 or so, at least.

10 would be even better - I am NOT a morning person.

[Zookeeper]

33. Anytime before 11:00 a.m. n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. 10 am

[doc03]

35. Whenever the grass dries out, screw the neighborhood. I heard

people in Alaska will mow grass sometimes 2 or 3 in the am since it is daylight 24 hours in the summer..

[nickgutierrez]

36. 10:00 seems reasonable.

Or, earlier, if you're looking for a plausible reason to irritate the neighbors. I don't think anybody could seriously complain about 8:00 or 9:00, but you know how people are.