Said It Here

How do you mow an L-shaped lawn?

Awkward lawn shapes are difficult to maintain and often require using a weed wacker for hard-to-reach patches. This makes figuring out how to properly take care of the yard a frustrating experience for new homeowners.

What the numbers show

Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count

  • This comes up 20.4× more often in r/lawncare than across the site as a whole.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Replacing natural grass with turf or all gravel
  2. 2
    Using a weed wacker for hard-to-reach corners
  3. 3
    Switching to different grass types like Bermuda or low-watering options
  4. 4
    Taking out the lawn to build a pool
  5. 5
    Changing the direction of the remaining sod or grass layout by 90 degrees.
  6. 6
    Reading beginner guides
  7. 7
    Doing online research

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.

r/lawncare3 people · September 2026

Any tips going forward would be appreciated.source ↗

No_City6234 · r/lawncare · 18 upvotes

I am located in central California and I wanna know how to take care of this beautiful lawn of the house I just bought.source ↗

DrDecept0 · r/lawncare · 2 upvotes

That patch seems like a nightmare to maintain.source ↗

How do you mow it? With a weed wacker?source ↗

ThebigalAZ · r/lawncare · 1 upvotes
r/Landscaping1 person · September 2026

Should we continue laying the grass in this pattern or lay it the other way to prevent having to cut a long strip along the whole yard?source ↗

Traditional-Age-8549 · r/Landscaping

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