Desperation Leads to Strange Behavior

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Yes, the photo shows my neglected front yard after the rains brought a huge crop of weeds into what was once a lawn. My gardener quit in October. But things didn't get out of hand until the last two months as the weeds started to really take over. Now many are dying down since I no longer water where the lawns used to be. I had no idea that the weedy grasses would get so high. Besides the fact that the neighbors will hate me, there's also this little thing called weed abatement I must finish before the end of May. I must get rid of tall weeds near the house. However, what really motivated me was that the tall weeds that border the flower beds were getting ugly and making it impossible to get good photos. I don't own a lawn mower anymore, and I don't plan to put a lawn in again. In desperation tonight, since I needed exercise anyway, I went out with my kitchen shears and did what I could to top off the long seed stalks on the grasses. The photo above is the "before" photo. I'm only half through. I'll show you the "after" photo when I finish. Meanwhile, does anyone have a goat I could use? I'm still wondering what the neighbors thought when they saw me out there attacking those weeds with the scissors. What would you have thought if you'd seen an old woman stooped over her lawn area trying to mow what was left with a pair of scissors?