re: Lawns
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: re: Lawns
- From: K* P* <k*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:08:11 -0800
>
>We complain bitterly when homeowner associations and
>neighborhood yard vigilantes try to stop us from gardening
>with drought-tolerant plants....
>Then we turn around and try to eliminate their lawns.
I agree wholeheartedly.
>I think we should do this through persuasion and gentle
>education, not regulation.
I and I think we should admit that there are times when nothing else can
really replace a good lawn. When I was growing up, we children played on
lawns a lot -- and for some activities, neither tarmac nor wood-chips nor a
sand pit nor wood deck nor packed dirt field nor cement sidewalk was nearly
as satisfactory. Especially for young children, a lawn is by far the nicest
surface to play on.
If a family wants to put in a modest-size lawn for their kids to play on, I
think they ought to be allowed to do it...and not be penalized monitarily
for that action.
Katherine Pyle
Berkeley, California
