OT:Lawn Blame Game (was herbicides)

Celia Storey writes:
> 
> But I don't understand this fixation with a "flawless" lawn.
> Where does it come from? Is lawn another dubious legacy of Capability
Brown?

Celia,

I thought that Capability Brown exercised considerable ingenuity and put
his patrons to incredible expense in order to create naturalistic
landscapes. If you are looking for someone to blame for designing
"flawless" landscapes, perhaps you should cast a glance at Andre Le Notre,
Louis XIV's chief landscape architect. All those endless geometrically
trimmed and arranged allees of pleached trees, etc. After all, "tapis vert"
(green carpet) is obviously a French term.

Jeff Walters in northern Utah  (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
Snow coming down thicker and faster now
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