No mow woman heads to court

SKANEATELES, New York (Reuters): A woman who has refused to mow her lawn for four years heads to court next week in her effort to fend off angry neighbors who want it cut.

Bourke Kennedy, who lives in a village in upstate New York, says she is not growing a lawn but a garden and has a right to keep a mower from ruining her herbs and wild flowers.

Neighbors say Kennedy's lawn ruins the neighborhood and decreases their property values.

Village workers were set to mow her lawn this week, but State Supreme Court Justice Parker Stone signed an order to keep the mowers away, at least temporarily.

Next Monday, another judge will decide whether to enforce the temporary restraining order.