Boycott Lawns

I find it absurd that we collectively pour more resources into lawns and artificial landscaping than the GNP of many small countries, meanwhile destroying the environment and using absurd amounts of water, and burning fossil fuels to keep it cut and maintained.

I'm sure we could do a lot of good by replacing our lawns with low maintenance, short grass like fescue, and native wildflowers and cool weeds.

I know, how "un-American" of me, sorry.

 

I used to think that way but got into trouble with the council.

Out the front of my house I covered the lawn with weedmat and red scoria.

 

Weedmat and red scoria, shame on you, lol.

I just find it ridiculous that so much to-do is based on appearances, yet it's so environmentally destructive.

 

I want to live at peace with the world.Think of all the lawnmower fuel I have saved since going with weedmat and red scoria.

 

Never had a lawn; flower beds, veggie garden and 1/8 acre of 'wild' area for the native birds and animals

And all those yuppies who dumps all that fertilizer on their lawns, give me the clippings to compost.

 

Now you're talkin', I hope they don't label you a terrorist or something, lol. Think of all the unemployed landscapers and the displaced workers at scott's, they're gonna need to find another way to make an honest living, damn hippie-naturalists, killing the economy

It's like a vicious circle, an addiction, use more chemicals and water so your grass grows faster so you gotta mow it. Now I'm not a big consipiracy theory nut, but I think we've got a conspiracy in the making right here between the agri-tech businesses that sell us the fastest growing grass, and the fertilizer, and the grub killer, then there's the machinery we need to cut it down.

If you look at bodies of water near densely populated residential areas, there's often highly invasive species of algea that choke the life out of the other wild life, 'cause they're the only strains that are hardy enough to withstand the chemicals in the runoff from everyone's lawns.

Just say no to chemlawn.

 

Lawns have their uses, it's hard to play bocce or golf anywhere else. But not everyone needs one.

 

Oh man, don't get me started on how wasteful golf courses are!

 

When I lived in Tibooburra that is in the NW corner of NSW , they had a golf course in native bushland. No lawn.It shows it can be done.If there is to be any lawn for golf courses they should keep the grass trimmed using meat sheep.

 

Thank you. Good One. We waste so many resources on a bunch of plants that are useless. Edible Landscaping is the way to go. Keep everything you grow as native and as useful as possible. You could also think about setting up a system where your gray water from the house runs through a filter into a holding tank that you can use for watering. I got tired of scooping the dishwater out of my sink and catching the cold water in pans while i waited on it to turn hot, so i could run it outside and water my plants.

 

Organically grown pineapples.

 

Right on. And if you're resourceful and patient, you can work with what you've got to the point where it's almost effortless. The time you spend driving your car to the places that sell the lawn chemicals and waiting in line at the checkout is better spent pruning and pulling weeds, eventually it all works, and you're not wasting resources keeping it up. I've been playing with what just grows naturally in my yard, yanking and cutting the weeds I don't want, and leaving the cool ones.

 

I have the greenest healthiest lawn on the block. I do NOTHING to it. I don't even water it....when I cut it, I use a reel mower, with a hand scythe for edging, I don't pull weeds, and it annoys the neighbors. My secret? my lawn gets all the earthworms they run out of their yards with their chemicals. HA! fie upon them! for the earthworms are my friends, and soon we shall take over the world...muhuhahaha....umm..never mind.

 

I think the emphasis placed on lawncare and how it must be meticulous, neat, and orderly is absurd. We've had above average rainfall these past few weeks but people are still out there watering their yard in the middle of a water shortage. Hell, I even drove by a guy's house that had the sprinklers on in the middle of a thunder storm.

I was letting my yard grow wild for a long time until the surrounding neighbors started complaining. I paid a kid $15 to mow my lawn a month ago and haven't touched it since. Yeah, I guess I'm "that neighbor" but I'm not trying to keep up with the Joneses.

 

I love my lawn, and it's one of the best kept in the neighbourhood.
To get rid of weeds? Simple, I just go out every other day and yank them out myself.
Why is it so green? With the winter we just had and amount of rain we've gotten there was enough water. Even if we go a month without rain, I don't see the point in watering it.

 

I enjoy looking at my lawn. Thus the resources I use in maintaining my lawn are not wasted because they satisfy my wants.

 

Turn Your Lawns Into Gardens!

 

I hate that! I see that happen all the time! its so stupid!

 

Good idea. I'm planning to convert a good size portion of my front lawn into a garden, particularly the part that gets most of the sun. That way I'll be reminded to take care of it when I come and go.

Fortunately for me, my place is wooded, so my neighbors can't see my sorry excuse for lawn, which is good, 'cause I do the minimum necessary to keep it up; no watering, no chemicals, just trimming every few weeks to keep it from becoming a jungle. I've also been planting trees to keep it more shady, then it won't grow so fast.

 

I wish my lawn would go bald. I've cut my grass only 3 times this year, at a gas cost of about 50 cents per cutting.