Re: Lawns

You could do that. Also,  that little strip could easily be converted to a
no-maintenance bed of ivy, juniper (blue rug or something along those lines),
and bearberry, with bulbs planted underneath. Go for a sweep of large
daffodils for a real spring punch.
Steve Hatch
Marshfield, MA
Zone 6b

Don Martinson wrote:

> >I couldn't agree more with Claire about lawns, and do my best to replace
> >grass with ajuga, and violets.  Such low growing green plants, which
> >flower early in spring and then just stay there all summer, not growing
> >taller and needing mowing, are the very things!
> >
> >Isabelle Hayes
>
>   Below is a link to a photo of the only remnant of lawn that I have,
> actually a piece of city-owned land between my sidewalk and the
> street.  I don't know why the city didn't place the walk right next
> to the street and give us a bit more land on the house side of the
> walk.
>
> I've been agonizing for years about what to do with this.  Brick it
> in? (work, expense, permission from city)  Plant with perennials?
> (there's no parking along this side, but it's a dead end street and
> used as playground by local kids - also would be exposed to street
> salting in winter).
>
> One thought I had was to lay sod this fall, but before putting down
> the sod, fill the area liberally with crocus.  I could afford to
> leave this strip unmowed until the foliage of the bulbs ripens, then
> just keep it mowed for the rest of the summer.  I'd have some early
> spring color, but not have to worry about things being trampled in
> the warmer weather.
>
> Does this sound as if it would be successful?
>
> --
> Don Martinson
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> l*@wi.rr.com
>
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