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If you don't want to live in a neighborhood where people take care of their lawns... then don't... why you need to bother those people... oh thats right, they have better lawns than you... and you just can't stand that... next thing you'll know is they'll start saying since you have better lawns there should be a law that you take care of other people's lawns too... give me a break...
Actually, the problem is people in dry desert climates trying to maintain lush green lawns by huge amounts of watering when there's a water shortage in that part of the country.
Some folks out in Cali last year, can't remember the exact town, tried to remedy this problem by installing artificial lawns but the city council banned em. LOL.
I don't know what I would do without my lawn. I am known in the neighhood as the "lawn god"
My two dogs have hurt my rep a little with their spots but it's still pretty good. I'm out there fertilizing and got an underground sprinkling system my brother and I installed. Nice green grass and a BBQ on the weekend on the patio. That's heaven for me.
You are actually known as the person who wastes too much time on their lawn when they could be doing many other things.
If you don't want to live in a neighborhood where people take care of their lawns... then don't... why you need to bother those people... oh thats right, they have better lawns than you... and you just can't stand that... next thing you'll know is they'll start saying since you have better lawns there should be a law that you take care of other people's lawns too... give me a break...
Usually its the other way around. The lawn chemical loving zealots usually don't like those who know a lawn is basically a farcical concept that cannot exist in nature.
I live in a not very dense condominium with roughly 30 acres of "grass". We do not do anything but cut whatever survives. It is a very interesting little ecology and, indeed, is greener over the septic fields except for one that wwas covered in very hard clay. Nothing significant grows there.
Usually its the other way around. The lawn chemical loving zealots usually don't like those who know a lawn is basically a farcical concept that cannot exist in nature.
A lawn is a man-made object... omg... man-made objects are now farcical concepts that cannot exist in nature so we must destroy it? No... calm down...
Our house sits on a whole acre in the middle of the city. It's nice to not have neighbors living 3 feet from my house. I thoroughly enjoy my lawn - and the 3 gardens that are part of it. Sometimes I fertilize my lawn (gasp!), occasionally water it (double gasp!!!), and I spray for weeds (triple gasp!!!).
However, if it's a dry August, I don't water my lawn to keep it green. I know it will green up when the rains return, and besides, by August I'm tired of mowing it anyway.
On the other hand, I really do think there's a problem with the millions of people who, in the arid Southwest, are determined to have lawns that look like they're in Ireland. It's kind of silly, and the constant water of those lawns (and golf courses) is causing a VERY serious problem for aquifers.
A lawn is a man-made object... omg... man-made objects are now farcical concepts that cannot exist in nature so we must destroy it? No... calm down...
Again, I get far more defensive maniacs who seem to think their lawn is sacred. Do I run sprinklers on the sidewalks, run up the water bill or let crap leech into the lawn? I am perfectly calm. I just happen to think those people are complete morons with no sense of priority. They are free to feel the same about me not having a love for efficiency or anything edible. I remember my neighbor who didn't care what his wife was going to get from taco bell with his weed wacker in hand while I was picking basil for my black cherry tomatoes. He if free to be a moron. So are you.
Again, I get far more defensive maniacs who seem to think their lawn is sacred. Do I run sprinklers on the sidewalks, run up the water bill or let crap leech into the lawn? I am perfectly calm. I just happen to think those people are complete morons with no sense of priority. They are free to feel the same about me not having a love for efficiency or anything edible. I remember my neighbor who didn't care what his wife was going to get from taco bell with his weed wacker in hand while I was picking basil for my black cherry tomatoes. He if free to be a moron. So are you.
So... If somebody doesn't share your priorities, he's a moron?
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