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Abolishinist

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8. I still remember being a 'kid' of lawn-mowing age in the

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Tue Jun 7, 2022, 11:26 PM

Jun 2022

1960's. A good summer job that paid up to $2.00 for mowing. Lawns and their upkeep were important, a status symbol of sorts. Now, the small amount of grass we once had was replaced by the artificial a number of years ago. I DON'T miss the weekly mowing, and of course it's the right thing to do for conservation.

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Experts reveal why the anti-lawn movement is taking off in the US [View all] NJCher Jun 2022 OP

BRING IT ON Skittles Jun 2022 #1

I SO hear you on that! thucythucy Jun 2022 #12

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT Skittles Jun 2022 #13

I got rid of my lawn about 7 years ago, put in shrubs and mostly native plants, Ocelot II Jun 2022 #2

Saving water... rubbersole Jun 2022 #3

I was amazed visiting Germany in the 80s how lovely small front gardens looked. halfulglas Jun 2022 #4

In the midst of our megadrought here in the West, lawns are wasteful and niyad Jun 2022 #5

American spite toward clover in their lawns speaks volumes. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2022 #6

When I was a kid in the 60s, out riding my bike, rsdsharp Jun 2022 #7

Yes, and that wonderful smell of fresh mowed alfalfa hay.... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2022 #9

I still remember being a 'kid' of lawn-mowing age in the Abolishinist Jun 2022 #8

When I was a mail carrier I walked over thousands of lawns. alfredo Jun 2022 #10

I never water my lawn Siwsan Jun 2022 #11

Where I am, we don't have a water crisis (yet) Chainfire Jun 2022 #14

My neighbors need to be born again. peacebuzzard Jun 2022 #15

I seeded much of my lawn with Dutch white clover. NutmegYankee Jun 2022 #16