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A little too "green".
People use the word "green" to mean something that's good for the environment, but what about
"green" lawns? Is a greener lawn better for the planet? What about the pesticides and fertilizer on required for a green lawn that gets absorbed into the water supply? Good for the green, bad for environment. What about the increased runoff caused by lawns? Can't be good. What about the environmental impact of hundreds of square miles of green lawn versus the environmental impact of hundreds of square miles of forest? There is no comparison, the green lawn is itself a pollutant. Go "green" with caution.
"green" lawns? Is a greener lawn better for the planet? What about the pesticides and fertilizer on required for a green lawn that gets absorbed into the water supply? Good for the green, bad for environment. What about the increased runoff caused by lawns? Can't be good. What about the environmental impact of hundreds of square miles of green lawn versus the environmental impact of hundreds of square miles of forest? There is no comparison, the green lawn is itself a pollutant. Go "green" with caution.
posted by Megalopolis at
4:19 PM
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My lawn is green, but it's not all traditional grass. Wild plantain, wild grasses, dandy-lions (a type of recycled cat I think), and I have only added fertilizer once in 20 years. Since I don't add Preen or other 'weed killers' to the soil, it grows just fine, it's green and I have to cut it. I'd like sheep to do the job for me, but there are ordinances against that in town. I will sometimes use Roundup on the poison ivy though if husband can't pull the plant out completely. I have limits.
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