tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902797764033099143.post1620622536602522369..comments2024-02-22T07:51:22.415-08:00Comments on Garden Wise Guy: I’m a Little Gray About GreenGarden Wise Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785776337799149082noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902797764033099143.post-79386184631004191662008-08-27T11:56:00.000-07:002008-08-27T11:56:00.000-07:00Artificial wouldn't work for me. BUT, I'm also slo...Artificial wouldn't work for me. BUT, I'm also slowly trying to rid myself of the real grass in my inherited landscape and add native plantings and ornamentals. It's a slow process, but you have to eat an elephant a bite at a time. I think if the focus is on sustainability, and you take your local conditions into account, there is a good green solution for everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902797764033099143.post-53098603584777906042008-08-20T03:43:00.000-07:002008-08-20T03:43:00.000-07:00A little research tells me that the American fixat...A little research tells me that the American fixation on lawns probably dates back to the Chicago World's Fair, aka the World's Columbian Exposition that was held in Chicago in 1893. The White City covered 600 acres and featured huge areas of lawns, designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted who also designed Central Park in New York City... I'm not sure that he would neccesarily have approved of trying to turn deserts into green rolling hills, but he's where most Americans got the idea. Before that, lawns were either swept to bare dirt, or left unmowed, or gardens.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568424354642247198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902797764033099143.post-40693849664121906712008-08-19T08:00:00.000-07:002008-08-19T08:00:00.000-07:00I was at the Santa Barbara Home Show today - three...I was at the Santa Barbara Home Show today - three booths selling artificial turf. I surreptitiously listened in on the "advantages." Lots of heads nodding as potential customers listened.<BR/><BR/>I very much wanted to take these people aside and counter each of the apparently pursuasive arguments but the gentleman in me had to let it slide. It's unfortunate that the majority of people don't see that our landscapes more than a bauble on our house and are part of a delicate, living system.Garden Wise Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785776337799149082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902797764033099143.post-48815124263008050292008-08-19T07:41:00.000-07:002008-08-19T07:41:00.000-07:00I've never understood this American obsession with...I've never understood this American obsession with green lawns. When I watch a tv-series from the US I'm struck time and time again with that endless snorefest of lawn in every suburban street. What happened to nice individual front gardens? <BR/><BR/>Why oh why have lawn when there are so many other, much nicer, things to have in the garden. And why anyone would want a lawn in a climate where there is very little or no rain is beyond me. And don't get me started about the fact that front lawns are mandatory in many a city or village in the US. Sheer madness!<BR/><BR/>Excellent post Billy and very informative!Yolanda Elizabet Heuzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506031220151023088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902797764033099143.post-25349534967257245772008-08-17T07:38:00.000-07:002008-08-17T07:38:00.000-07:00Interesting pros and consInteresting pros and consRosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126209675266816687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902797764033099143.post-65624895153486478322008-08-16T08:43:00.000-07:002008-08-16T08:43:00.000-07:00It's good to see that no one hast taken an "over m...It's good to see that no one hast taken an "over my dead body" position. I agree that there are probably a few cases where it can work. For me, it has less to do with the aesthetics and a hell of a lot more to do with the environmental impacts of production, disposal and choking the life out of the soil. That's the bigger issue.Garden Wise Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785776337799149082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902797764033099143.post-78214229225553859082008-08-16T08:36:00.000-07:002008-08-16T08:36:00.000-07:00I have seen a plastic lawns that was well utilized...I have seen a plastic lawns that was well utilized... 1 covering existing concrete, and another that was covering an area that had been soaked with salt water, and wasn't going to grow anything, no matter what. The give and take of the situation is that I would probably opt for a natural, greener solution, given a choice, but there are extreme situations where this might be the best option.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568424354642247198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902797764033099143.post-38223415496955100242008-08-15T00:17:00.000-07:002008-08-15T00:17:00.000-07:00Hi Billie,Great info and well presented. I'm gray....Hi Billie,<BR/>Great info and well presented. I'm gray.<BR/>ShirleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902797764033099143.post-77677634141447786082008-08-14T22:58:00.000-07:002008-08-14T22:58:00.000-07:00This idea is totally rediculous to me. Why not to ...This idea is totally rediculous to me. Why not to put concrete everywhere?<BR/>Most important is that, under that bloody plastic life is dying, because of no air, so sil is getting poorer.<BR/>aarrrghhh, what an idea.Ewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460827662984311538noreply@blogger.com