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Old 14-08-2006, 06:12 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default "Perfect" lawns are hideous

Thank you, raycruzer. The truly lazy are those who resort to chemical
quick fixes and wasteful practices that are environmentally devastating
combined with the requisite arrogance of ignorance.
There was a recent article of a woman who pours more water on her lawn per
month than I use in three years, and she wasn't the most egregious example.

"raycruzer" wrote in message
ups.com...
Some people believe that our society's fixation with lawns causes
considerable environmental problems including water depletion,
pesticide and herbicide pollution, habitat degradation, and threats to
biodiversity. The National Lawn Conversiion Program
http://www.conservationinstitute.org/lawnconversion.htm advocates
pulling out your grass and replacing it with native plants. Once it's
done, you save time in maintaining your garden (for us lazy folks),
save on chemicals, water and machines (plus gas) to keep on mowing
lawns.

For more info on lawn conversions and examples of converted lawns,
visit the Ergonica World of Weeds website weeding tips page.

What does having an expensive lawn really mean?


wrote:
bizbee wrote:

On 13 Aug 2006 14:50:01 -0700 in
. com, "Mean Mr
Mustard" graced the world with this thought:

Look fake, poisonous and manufactured by Chem-Lawn. Gimme clovers,
dandelions, mole trails, grub damage and moss any day.

His house is probably the same too!
Ah, listen! The call of the guy that's too lazy to take care of his
lawn..!