<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Wow, what a bizarre article. On the one hand, it sounds like artificial turf has a lot going for it, but the thought of it gives me the creeps. What are we doing to do this planet? What about all insects and birds that are not going to be nourished by plastic? And all the microorganisms getting stifled below it? Not that lawns are particularly nourishing, but one would hope they would be slightly more alive than plastic. Isn't there some form of xeriscaping that could be used in place of lawns? <br><br> Here in MD I've been encouraging people to eliminate lawns and plant natives, and so far I've had a very positive response. We don't have the water problems that California has, but we do have dreadfully hot summers that are tough on lawns and the people mowing them, so I promote going lawn free as a way to avoid that
chore while inviting pollinators to frolic in the yard. I do wonder if I'll be confronted some day with a local ordinance saying having a yard full of perennials and no lawn is illegal. <br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 11/21/08, native-plants-request@lists.plantconservation.org <i><native-plants-request@lists.plantconservation.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: native-plants-request@lists.plantconservation.org <native-plants-request@lists.plantconservation.org><br>Subject: native-plants Digest, Vol 63, Issue 7<br>To: native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org<br>Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 1:00 PM<br><br><pre>Send native-plants mailing list submissions to<br> native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0811210824360.26049@cpanel1-bb.epconline.net><br>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed<br><br>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hklNnY-Y6rMCBFn9AdWAmJ992ZuwD94ISE600<br><br>Calif. cities consider green alternatives to lawns<br>By NOAKI SCHWARTZ -- 18 hours ago<br><br>GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) -- Cookie Smith was surprised to learn the fake <br>lawn that earned her a home-beautification award violated a city ban on <br>artificial grass.<br><br>Her neighbor was shocked when he complied with a state order to conserve <br>water and was instead threatened with a $50 fine for letting his grass <br>wither to a brittle brown.<br><br>See the link above for the full article text.<br><br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>native-plants mailing
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