Aaagh!

Our backyard May 16:
Same area, today (left), and even worse area (right; no picture from May 16):
I've been trying for weeks to get the lawn mowed.* I don't feel like going into the whole story, but I'm getting the runaround here. If the lawn's not mowed tomorrow I am going to have to fire him. Maybe I should line up someone else before I fire him. Easier said than done, though. On my initial quest to get the lawn mowed I left messages with one or two companies that never got returned. What's a woman gotta do around here to get her lawn mowed? Does that sound dirty?

*The front lawn is fine. He mowed it almost two weeks ago (which means it could use another pass, but it's not scary tall like the back is). Yes, there's been a lot of rain since then, which made mowing not ideal on those days, but there have been fine days, too. Excuses: I'm moving, I'm still moving, I'm still moving and my mower's having problems.