Lawn Craze

[ysabetwordsmith]

Here's a comic about the lawn craze.  Some further thoughts ...

It goes a lot farther back than postwar suburbs.  Lawns started as a status symbol among European aristocracy.

Advice to stop watering, fertilizing, mowing, etc. or to replace lawns with something else is great -- if it's legal.  In many areas it is not, and people are fined or even evicted for being unwilling or unable to keep their lawn in a manner pleasing to others. Such laws are bad for disability and bad for the environment, but those are things fewer people care about than power. Check the local level of tyranny before trying to solve lawn-related problems.

Comments

[silver_chipmunk]

That was pretty interesting, thanks for posting it.

You're welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm a fan of personal freedom and environmental issues. I wish more people were willing and free to grow things other than short grass.

Re: You're welcome!

[silver_chipmunk]

Yeah. Short grass is better than a concrete yard, but not very satisfactory in and of itself.