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Clive Thompson Sep 20, 2023

"It's Time To Kill The Lawn"

Between their voracious thirst for water, the flattening of local biodiversity, and the gnarly pollutants coughed up by mowing ...

... American lawns are the products of an exquisite mania for Order

Time to uproot them

My essay: https://clivethompson.medium.com/its-time-to-kill-the-lawn-46ecb2e1ba9a

A "friend" link in case you're not a Medium subscriber: https://clivethompson.medium.com/its-time-to-kill-the-lawn-46ecb2e1ba9a?sk=dfd130469d2659410259f1365778dcea

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Rev. Dr. Mazigazi

@clive I always thought lawns were part of the “American dream” about every home a castle, etc., and copying Versailles or some such place. Americans seem to insist that they are all royalty. Me? I’ve expanded the garden into 70% of the front yard. Screw that stuff