We have the opposite problem.....we live next to the lawn nazis. I mean, there is not a blade of grass out of place. I do what I can but they're retired and I work 50 hours a week so they're just going to havet o live with it. We do keep the grass in the back yard pretty long, but we've got a 6 ft wooden fence all around. We keep it longer so that the dogs don't tear it up so bad and make it all muddy.