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Kill Your Lawn AFTER-SCHOOL-SPECIAL (Original Post) redqueen Oct 2023 OP
Hey, guys! Don't sugar coat it. Tell it like it really is! Wonder Why Oct 2023 #1
I murdered my own lawn 25+ years ago Warpy Oct 2023 #2
I murdered a big one... 2naSalit Oct 2023 #3
That's wonderful redqueen Oct 2023 #4
Just gonna share this too - just one more :) redqueen Oct 2023 #5

Warpy

(114,614 posts)
2. I murdered my own lawn 25+ years ago
Fri Oct 20, 2023, 06:06 PM
Oct 2023

Lawns in the desert! I couldn't see paying over a hundred bucks a month for water for the pleasure or mowing the damned thing in triple digit heat.

Anything is better than lawn grass unless maybe you live in northwestern Europe. The shit works there.

2naSalit

(102,778 posts)
3. I murdered a big one...
Fri Oct 20, 2023, 06:14 PM
Oct 2023

While I was in college. It turned out really nice and is still being managed by the current owner. It was a kind of trashy yard that needed cleaning up. But I have never owned a mower and rarely agree to use one. I mowed that place twice and after that, I notified my landlord that it wasn't going to be a lawn anymore. He didn't protest and actually thanked me when it was clear what I had done and how it all worked. I turned a trashy yard into an outdoor reading room with shaded patios and flowers everywhere. I encouraged as much native stuff as I could. There were heirloom shrubs so I revived those.

Anyway, there should be some kind of incentive to forego the stupid and costly lawn.

redqueen

(115,186 posts)
4. That's wonderful
Fri Oct 20, 2023, 06:34 PM
Oct 2023

I hope it catches on. The desire to imitate upper class British people shouldn't be so hard to end.

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