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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
People up north with small yards would plant hedges in the front facing the street to block dust. They often used push lawnmowers. The Villages does NOT allow road-facing hedges for some (?) reason? The fast, riding commercial lawnmower may spew dirt particles in the air, which end up inside neighbor's homes. I saw a real problematic situation with one neighbor (fortunately about a block away) that cuts his own grass and THEN uses a blower to blow HIS grass clippings out onto the PUBLIC road. These do NOT magically disappear - as cars go by they grind up HIS grass clippings and spew the smaller particles up into the air to finally make their way into HIS and HIS neighbor's homes. There should be a nuisance law against that SICK practice!
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Nothing is perfect. I don't think any of the lawn mowing guys bag the clippings. I've had a lawn most of my life and I mowed my own lawn till I moved to the villages. The bag on a lawnmower is very porous. It does not really pick up much dust, it goes right through the bag.
These posts. Everyone seems to think they are perfect. We have chosen to live on top of each other and that has pluses as well as minuses.
As far as hedges, I doubt they block dust. The ones that flower, release pollen part of what people call dust. In any case they do block vision. People in cars could not see you as you step out of your home. Your car? Your dog? Your grand kids?