Hamish's Lawn

[bubba]

Many of the native grasses and plants around here are classified as noxious weeds and you have to keep em down. The obsession with the golf course lawn drives me nuts because it doesn't belong in the area. Native grasses and plants are the best way to go but local ordinances usually forbid it.

[Yaish]

Someone, I dont remember who, wrote a story just about lawn care. The story was told from the perspective of a youngster who was totally new to human tendencies seeing a human mow their lawn for the first time.

It went something like this;

"Why are they cutting that green stuff?"

"That's grass, and people spend a lot of time mowing it down to just the right height."

"Oh. Then they must really appreciate it when the summer drought comes along, and all that grass dies."

"No, in fact then they go to extremes to make sure it stays watered, and they will use fertilizer to make it grow faster."

"Doesnt that mean they have to cut it more?"

"Yes, it does."

[Southern Breeze]

Someone, I dont remember who, wrote a story just about lawn care. The story was told from the perspective of a youngster who was totally new to human tendencies seeing a human mow their lawn for the first time.

It went something like this;

"Why are they cutting that green stuff?"

"That's grass, and people spend a lot of time mowing it down to just the right height."

"Oh. Then they must really appreciate it when the summer drought comes along, and all that grass dies."

"No, in fact then they go to extremes to make sure it stays watered, and they will use fertilizer to make it grow faster."

"Doesnt that mean they have to cut it more?"

"Yes, it does."

And then there's this view of lawns:
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