Woke up at 2am to find out I'm about to be fined $200 for having dandelions on my lawn.
Someone drove through my neighborhood, took pictures of my home, (several other homes too), and instead of speaking with me directly, immediately reported my home to our neighborhood's lovely HOA. This is not the first time this has happened, several people were reported last year as well.
As the title says, I am a 21F, and live with my mom, (we're under the same lease). neither of us have any knowledge about lawn care, I just mow it with my crappy electric lawnmower and be done with it. I have never had to take care of a lawn before as my late stepdad would do it all.
It is 2am for me, I genuinely want to cry, I don't know what to do aside from hiring lawn services. It feels like my entire neighborhood is against my mom and I, never attend events, we keep to ourselves. Last year I was reported for having overgrown grass too, when I had just mown the day before, and for our bush being just a little too out of line. :/
You know what makes this better? I get all of this treatment over a rental home. The blend of grass we have is 90% weeds, and cannot do big changes without asking.
I really am living the American dream.
$200 for dandelions. dandelions.
side note, I haven't been able to mow the grass since it has been raining nonstop for the last 2 days, dandelions were very appreciative of that. Anything else I should do aside from hiring extra help? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. ❤️