verb
- past tense of grasscycle; to leave grass clippings on a lawn after mowing instead of collecting them
Usage: informal; environmental practice
adjective
- describing a lawn or mowing practice in which clippings are left to decompose naturally rather than removed
Usage: informal
Examples
- We grasscycled our lawn last summer and noticed the grass stayed greener.
- The grasscycled yard required less fertilizer because the clippings returned nutrients to the soil.
- Many homeowners have switched to grasscycled mowing to reduce yard waste.
- Our grasscycled lawn looks just as neat as a bagged one.
- She grasscycled every week during the growing season.
- Grasscycled lawns can reduce landfill waste significantly.