Re:Florida couple wins the right to plant veggies in front yard
by pjc50 on Thursday July 04, 2019 @03:28AM
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That's not really what the linked article is arguing; while we could blame Capability Brown, a lawn is just a pasture that's been tidied. In the UK you can usually keep one just by mowing and ambient rainfall. No, the problem was copying that in a very different climate - and then Leavittown, which forced lawns on people with restrictive covenants.
Re:Florida couple wins the right to plant veggies in front yard
by rags2riches on Thursday July 04, 2019 @06:13AM
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An actual pasture will have a much greater diversity in species than your typical lawn.
That's the point. The whole idiotic point of grassy yards was that only rich people in feudal Europe could afford them historically because they were such an utter waste. The planners of these great nations thought what a great idea, what if everyone could be rich like that... yes we'll make everyone waste land so they can pretend that they are rich... while the banks own most of it.
For anyone who thinks that this is a conspiracy theory: https://www.planetnatural.com/organic-lawn-care-101/history/