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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/SilxKareN on 2025-05-29 06:35:02+00:00.
I live in a neighborhood with an HOA that loves making rules for the sake of making rules. They sent me a letter saying my front yard lawn (a mix of grass, herbs and clover) was too wild and not in compliance with neighborhood aesthetic guidelines.
Specifically, the letter stated:
The front yard must be uniformly green in appearance to match the neighborhood standard.
I guess they expected boring old Bermuda grass like everyone else. But they said uniformly green, not grass, right?
So I complied, maliciously.
I ripped up the existing patchy grass and replaced it with over 50 different species of moss from a local nursery and some online specialty stores. Shade moss, rock moss, fern moss you name it. Some bright green, some deep forest green, some almost velvety in texture.
It took a few weeks, but now my yard is a soft, surreal, undulating blanket of lush green mosses. And guess what? It’s completely uniform in color from the street.
The HOA hasn’t said a word since. I think they’re too confused or afraid to admit they don’t know how to argue with it. Meanwhile, the neighbors come by to touch it and say it’s the coolest yard on the block.
Mission accomplished.