Re: Lawns
Michael Mace wrote:
> Hmmm.
>
> We complain bitterly when homeowner associations and
> neighborhood yard vigilantes try to stop us from gardening
> with drought-tolerant plants. We say they should mind their
> own business and respect our right to landscape the way we
> want to.
>
> Then we turn around and try to eliminate their lawns.
>
> Two sides of the same coin. If we try to force our tastes
> on 'them,' they are sure to impose theirs on us.
>
> I think we should do this through persuasion and gentle
> education, not regulation. If water and fertilizer are
> precious, let's tax them directly and let people make their
> own decisions about how to spend their money.
>
> Mike
> San Jose, CA (zone 9, min temp 20F)
I agree Mike;
That's why I really knock myself out to keep the small front garden I
spoke of, cleaner and neater than any of the other properties in my
association. All the rest are grass and bedding begonias. But sometimes
I really feel embattled!
Jan
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Jan Smithen, gardening teacher
California Arboretum Foundation
jansmithen@earthlink.net
Sunset zone : 19
USDA zone : 10
Visit the California Arboretum homepage at :
http://www.arboretum.org/
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