Re: Lawns

PS, don't ask the city for permission. just do it. power belongs to those who
assume it.
Steve Hatch
Marshfield, MA
Zone 6b

Steve Hatch wrote:

> 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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