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Lawn Madness!
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 at 18:21:16 Les &/or Claire
wrote: Reading back through the posts over the last few months I'm still puzzled by peoples need for a mono-culture lawn. I can think of nothing more boring in a garden than a "perfect" lawn. The amount of work, feed and weedkiller it takes to produce a "bowling green" type lawn must be horrendous. Not to mention the expense of turf, seed and water. To my mind, the plants, fungi and moss ( a mossy lawn in bare feet in the summer..... delicious! ) that arrive if you just mow an area are much more interesting, beautiful to look at, harder wearing, better for the environment and more practical than a luminous green, over fed, fragile, artificial lawn. I would hate a garden without daises, dandelions and fairy rings. Plus, a mixture of plants in a lawn attract many beneficial insects and help to preserve bio diversity, a thing much undervalued in our gardens. So, throw away the moss killer, weedkiller, lawn feed, roller and raise the blades on your mower a few inches. Let nature back in and let your lawn be part of nature, not apart from nature! Les ) We all have our individual likes and dislikes: some of us enjoy growing vegetables, others are obsessed with organic methods, some like hard landscaping, others prefer a more rustic environment. There's nothing wrong with a perfect lawn ... I admire them, and if I had the time, I would strive to perfection also. Cheers, Joe -- |
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