Artist: Grow Food, Not Grass

Wisconsin State Journal ^ | February 20, 2009 | Susan Troller

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I love it. The more people that tear up their lawns and plant food & herb gardens means more customers for me!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Lettuce and herbs can be grown for their beauty as well as for the practical use, as shown in this display at Olbrich Garden.

[Lorianne]

That’s lovely!

[cripplecreek]

Victory gardens.

[hinckley buzzard]

Why is America so in love with pristine, empty front lawns that isolate neighbor from neighbor, require dirty fuels to mow, harsh chemicals to prevent weeds and loads of water to keep green?

Because, they look really nice and relaxing and they make it easy to spot nitwit artiste a-holes who can't resist the urge to pester their neighbors over nothing.

[dfwgator]

Artist: Grow Food, Not Grass

He's obviously not a Libertarian. ;)

[Krankor]

To a lot of people, their lawn is a work of art.

[hinckley buzzard]

Haeg is a harsh critic of the expansive and perfectly manicured lawn. He sees it as a symbol of an idealized elitism that has encouraged Americans to separate themselves from each other, and from the natural world.

Projects like his Edible Estates.

C'm here Haeg. Eat this.

[djf]

MTD Turf King bump.

Took me about two hours yeaterday, but finaly got it running primo and tore up a bunch more of my yard.

Gotta get a bag or two of steer manure.

I’m going heavy duty into veggies this year, ain’t monkeying around...

[LibFreeOrDie]

I say let people who want lawns have lawns, and let people like me who want gardens instead of lawns to have them. I can’t stand nosy neighbors who dictate what I should grow.

[ventana]

Not a bad idea, but where I live, we are so overrun with dear, they’d eat everything in the yard! V’s wife.

[Trailerpark Badass]

And kids can play on them alot easier than a yard with raised beds with stone borders or railroad ties.

[raybbr]

Hah! I couldn’t get a C of O for my house till the grass was planted.

[airborne]

Not a bad idea, but where I live, we are so overrun with dear, they’d eat everything in the yard!

Eat the deer!!

[cc2k]

cripplecreek wrote:

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Victory gardens.

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Like that. Mine is because the wife and I are both unemployed, and looking for any job right now. We'll call it an "Obama garden" in honor of The One who ruined the economy and destroyed our jobs.

[NVDave]

That’s a stunning garden.

Where is that (ie, what region of the country?)

[JoeProBono]

[wac3rd]

Because I can.

Repeat.

PS - My garden (veggie & fruit) is in the backyard.

[cripplecreek]

I can’t stand nosy neighbors who dictate what I should grow.

Understood and agree but during WWII your neighbors whold have harrassed you into growing the garden. It was the patriotic thing to do.

[caseinpoint]

Corn, tomatoes and beans grow well in my part of the country. Think anybody would object to digging up my front yard and planting them? Oh, and if this artist thinks you can get much out of a garden without the liberal use of pesticides and other chemicals, water and machinery, he probably hasn’t gardened much.