I can understand the /fuck lawns/ ideology in some specific contexts, like lawns that are in water-starved regions. But I don’t get the across the board blanket stance that all lawns are always a bad idea.
What about buffalo grass lawns, as opposed to blue grass? Or whatever kinds of sustainable grass species that do not need to be watered artificially for a given region?
What about use cases like turf for dogs and kids to play on?
But I don’t get the across the board blanket stance that all lawns are always a bad idea.
Because you're not a nomadic herder living in skin tent.
That lawn land area is replacing some better ecosystem: a forest, a wetland, a natural grassland. If it replaces desert, it's probably a huge waste of water, which is a different but related problem.
It's the principle of it. If you want to have a game surface, have that, but use it.
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thedoginthewok@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Lawn mower: a device for mowing the lawn
Sheep mower: a device for mowing the sheep?
dumnezero@piefed.social · 2 pts · 1y
fuck lawns and fuck the "grazing" pseudosciences promoted by UC Davis
activistPnk@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
I can understand the /fuck lawns/ ideology in some specific contexts, like lawns that are in water-starved regions. But I don’t get the across the board blanket stance that all lawns are always a bad idea.
What about buffalo grass lawns, as opposed to blue grass? Or whatever kinds of sustainable grass species that do not need to be watered artificially for a given region?
What about use cases like turf for dogs and kids to play on?
dumnezero@piefed.social · 3 pts · 1y
Because you're not a nomadic herder living in skin tent.
That lawn land area is replacing some better ecosystem: a forest, a wetland, a natural grassland. If it replaces desert, it's probably a huge waste of water, which is a different but related problem.
It's the principle of it. If you want to have a game surface, have that, but use it.