He also saw no reason to rake leaves or trimmings. Now he does do some raking to collect some of the stuff into a pile for the garden, but the rest just gets a run over with the mower and is left to go back to nature. As long as it's short enough to keep the health department from knocking on the door, it's ok with me.
LOL! We have never had time or inclination to try to have a manicured lawn either! turns out we also arrived at proper practice through the back door!