“Someone has commented on the presence of the suburban lawn as a yearning for past agricultural practices: fields to be maintained and tilled.”
I saw a show on the lawns and gardens of old English manor houses. The line of thought on this show was having a large grass lawn and ornamental plants, hedges, follies, etc., was a demonstration of wealth by not needing to have cash crops or pasture occupying every square foot of available land.
Near me, adjacent to a deli that we frequent, there’s a huge lot that has always been empty of anything but grass. Whenever I saw it, or any space like it, I thought it was a horrible waste.
We happened to go to that deli a few weeks ago after being away a long time; and we saw that somebody had planted a big part of that lot with flowers and vegetables :-)
“Someone has commented on the presence of the suburban lawn as a yearning for past agricultural practices: fields to be maintained and tilled.”
I saw a show on the lawns and gardens of old English manor houses. The line of thought on this show was having a large grass lawn and ornamental plants, hedges, follies, etc., was a demonstration of wealth by not needing to have cash crops or pasture occupying every square foot of available land.
Thanks, that was it.
Might explain why some HOAs don’t like residents growing vegetables in the front yard.