I like my lawn, I like doing my lawn, I like looking at my lawn because it relaxes me, and I like my children being able to play on my lawn. It is my lawn on my property to do with as I wish. Someone else’s judgement of that doesn’t matter to me because it’s mine, not theirs.
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...but not necessarily a good one. I've been in neighborhoods where lawns are beautiful, except for one that looks like the home is abandoned. When one person's behavior affects others, there is what is called an externality. Externalities can be good or bad. If you choose not to mow your lawn, you create a bad externality for your neighbors, especially if they are trying to sell their house. If you don't want to care for your lawn, why buy a house with a yard? Buy a condo with no yard or one where the HOA fees cover lawn care. Imposing your slovenly behavior on your neighbors, to me at least, is simply wrong.
I agree but in a different way...we are Bee Keepers and the obsession to have the “perfect” lawn is killing the bees.
Our “perfect” lawn is a lawn covered in dandelions and clover...
Instead of a lawn everyone should put in a nice vegetable garden. In the war they were called Victory Gardens and planted for a different reason.
The author is a liberal loser who’s just trying to justify his laziness.
A very old argument.
The US has more fresh water then most anywhere else but we do have regions of draught and water supply issues that have existed for many decades, largely due to urban sprawl.
In many of these regions, lawns are not advisable, and most use rock gardens etc..
There is no imperative for government to step into this in any direct way, IMO.
Water is regulated already and has always been so, and customers will have to deal with these regs on a case by case basis. lawn or no lawn is a matter of money and personal taste or in some cases impossible..
The other day, I peeked outside the window and found that 70-something neighbor had taken it upon himself to mow our front yard. It's not something I'm proud of, but my wife and I figured it'd be best to retreat quietly from the windows. We wouldn't want to startle him and make him fall.
This American’s lawn died a long time ago. I have a Dirt landscape with an interesting collection of flowering weeds. I do pull out the stick-tights and sandspurs and try to keep down the smilax but I don’t sweat the St Augustine or Bahia..
No lawns for me. Give me an orchard or a field with cattle and horses. Not only a waste of water (all the green grass is burned up in the tribulation so maybe God doesn’t agree with lawn mowers either) but also a stinking waste of time. Gardens. Grow veggies and flowers. Maybe a patch 10 feet around a bird bath in the middle of a tree grove where the sun shines through every once in a blood moon.
You want to see lawn crazies? Go to Denver sometime!
Another watermelon. I’ll keep my lawn. If he wants to save water, he can find alternatives to washing his clothes. By far, washing clothes does more to harm the environment than any other water activity.
The other thing he can do is find other uses for his time other than looking over my fence and feeling inferior.
The writer is lazy, got it. :)
The biggest libs I know have the biggest lawns.
No well or sprinkler system, so I’m good.
When you live in an area which snakes are know to exist, the best thing you can do is maintain short grass.
I had to pay a $250 fine a year ago, because the dandelions in my yard had gotten over 10 inches in height (the grass was still under 3-inches).
The lawn police came with their tape measures and issued me a citation. It had only been 7 days since the lawn was last cut.
Fine, I’ll follow the lead of Al Gore, George Soros, any Hollywood big shot, etc.
So we need the Federal Government to ban lawns because there might not be enough water in Vegas to keep your Kentucky Bluegrass looking good.
Our neighbors are in their 80s and keep a flawless lawn. They enjoy the results of their efforts and get healthy exercise. However, many Americans are slobs in sweat suits who never sweat.