MyFoxBoston.com 4/26/09: How to get a low-maintenance lawn. For most of us, the sound of a lawnmower is one we hear over and over again during the summer. But what if you only had to mow you lawn just a few times a year? “It grows so slow, with 12 inch deep roots that you only have to cut it once a month versus once a week,” says Jackson Madnick, creator of Pearl’s Premium Lawn seed. “So you save time, money and water on your lawn and you have a more environmental lawn.”