Comments | graphicgardener: My diatribe on lawns.

graphicgardener

My diatribe on lawns.

Jul 06, 2008 18:16

( My first ranting article of the year. )

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graphicgardener July 7 2008, 06:29:44 UTC

I definitely agree with you - watering veggies, yes, spending energy and water to keep grass alive, no.

craftyran July 7 2008, 13:22:44 UTC

Based on my recent experience mowing my lawn (or not mowing my lawn, as it were, and then having to figure out a way to cut four feet of grass with no non-self-powered mower) I have decided that dormant grass = win. If I don't water it when it's brown, I don't have to mow it.

Then again, I don't exactly live in a posh neighborhood.

Next year I think I want to fork out some cash for shrubs and get rid of as much lawn as I can while creating what will eventually become a nice little privacy hedge. I don't mind having little garden beds for flowers and vegetables, but my lawn is slowly killing me.

nothf July 8 2008, 00:00:22 UTC

Other than needing a spot for the dogs to poop, so I can lovingly scoop it up and dispose of it properly, I am decidedly anti-grass. Especially because I am so allergic that simply looking at it nearly makes me break out in hives.

scaryshari July 8 2008, 23:44:56 UTC

That was an amazing piece on lawns! (How long did it take to compile all of that info?) I'm guessing you had this published somewhere, right? I must admit I learned several new things from it. :) I also am tempted to print it out and show it to the landscaping committee of the homeowners' association in my townhouse complex, as they seem to go from one lame landscape "maintenance" company to another. :(

graphicgardener July 10 2008, 02:26:55 UTC

Thanks! I wrote all of that on Sunday - I was really mad after reading this article in the Sac Bee:

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1054905.html

Not published anywhere, but I did send it to the journalist who wrote that article in the Sac Bee (he probably thinks I'm crazy).

wow splashy17 July 11 2008, 05:50:31 UTC

Wow, I can for sure understand how that lawn article got you riled up!!!!! Total insanity. I wonder if they have rules for homeowners in that city that you sign to force you to water your lawn all year, mow it, etc., landscape just so?

Wow linhob July 14 2008, 22:30:46 UTC

That Sac BEE article is outrageous. I noticed, in the picture, that a neighbor was watering their lawn in the background. It's one thing to have dead cars parked eternally on your lawn, it's another to let your lawn die out. LAME!