Lawn Upkeep, Uhgg.

I know the rule is you are not supposed to cut more than 1/3 the length of grass when you mow; but I inherited a veritable knee high meadow when I moved into my house back in June. Plus, it took a few rounds to figure out the sprinkler system and coming from Las Vegas, I probably over-watered on occasion causing faster than expected growth. It has been tough trying to get a nice terf going. Today, I decided to experiment in the back yard and simply cut some small areas of the lawn to the 2nd lowest setting on my mower to see what happens. However, my sense is, this action will shock the grass and it will take some time to recover. We shall see? In the end, the yard has too much grass anyway and is in need of a new landscape design. Such a project is not going to happen this year.