Businesses have popped up that ostensibly sell other things—juice, t-shirts, backpacks, art—and tack on a little nugget of appreciation, all claiming to be Initiative 71-compliant.

The National Park Service is laying out more than 522,000 square feet of sod.

If you’ve got an overgrown lawn, why not leave it to a goat to trim it down for you? One Maryland farm is offering them up for that very purpose.

When you were a kid, mowing the lawn was something you Mom made you do. Now that you’re an adult and a homeowner, it’s something that D.C. will make you do—and fine you if you don’t.

Photo by Tracy Clayton Remember Lankward Harrington, the D.C. man who was finally convicted last fall of killing a landscaper in 2006? He’s the one who admitted shooting Jose Villatoro four times, in broad daylight, just because his lawn trimmer had kicked up some grass on Harrington’s clothes and hair as he walked by. Well Harrington, 25, has been sentenced to 61 years in prison for the crime, the AP reports (via WTOP). The…

Photo by philliefan99. I’ve met some opinionated people in my life, and if there’s anything to be learned from those experiences, it’s that universally-accepted truths are difficult to come by. Humans are an argumentative breed, whether that’s Coke against Pepsi, East Coast versus West Coast, The Sex Pistols or The Ramones. We’ve got preferences. It’s what makes us unique beings. That said, I’ve never met anyone — and I mean anyone — who prefers…

A couple of days ago Prince of Petworth posted this picture, along with a query typical of his highly observant neighborhood blog: what do you do when you have a neighbor or an absentee landlord who doesn’t mow the lawn? According to a story in today’s Examiner, the District is actually cracking down on these types of overgrown lawns for us. The city government issued nearly 1,400 citations last year to residents who failed to…