 Because by mowing it, I would crush all that brown-green stuff, and then I'd have more weeds come up, and then I'd have to do more work, and then it would even look crappier than it did in these lawns. These lawns received no water, so they were dead by the end of the summer. That matters because if you mow high and you've got reasonable care on your lawn, yes, you'll get some field-bind weed. Yes, if you have any perennial plants that you didn't take care of