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.
- 1Replacing natural grass with turf or all gravel
- 2Using a weed wacker for hard-to-reach corners
- 3Switching to different grass types like Bermuda or low-watering options
- 4Taking out the lawn to build a pool
- 5Changing the direction of the remaining sod or grass layout by 90 degrees.
- 6Reading beginner guides
- 7Doing 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
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
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 2Why is my riding lawn mower cutting unevenly?
- 4Why is my heavily maintained lawn still getting brown patches and disease?
- 6How to mow a sloped or uneven lawn without slipping
- 4Why are there strange symmetrical patterns and holes in my lawn?
- 90Why is my overseeding failing to grow?
- 2Why is my grass getting bright lime green patches?