re: Lawns
- To: Katherine Pyle <k*@ix.netcom.com>
- Subject: re: Lawns
- From: W* B* <b*@math.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:26:16 -0800 (PST)
Yes! Lawns are for children, and even in areas with rationed water a
small one can be managed for them to play on.
Elly Bade
On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Katherine Pyle wrote:
> >
> >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
>
>
