tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post2201711114209499015..comments2023-07-16T06:34:24.888-04:00Comments on Tales Of Two Cities: In Defense of the Suburban Yardwordboneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00250201271555676642noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-88313215201292643142009-05-13T13:32:00.000-04:002009-05-13T13:32:00.000-04:00Donovan,
I'm stricken by your sincere yet matter-...Donovan,<br /><br />I'm stricken by your sincere yet matter-of-fact tone. Usually when people are pro-chem they are arrogant and belligerent beyond belief. Not so with your sensible reply.<br /><br />Yes, kids and dogs need short grass, though I wish we all liked longer grass I do cut mine to keep the snakes away in any case. (eee!) I don’t put chemicals down and then send kids and dogs to play/touch/eat the grass as little ones are wont to do. When neighbors treat I can smell it in the air, like I just walked into the chem aisle of a hardware store. I know a guy who had such a disregard for the ‘hype’ over chemicals that he would just reach in the bag and broadcast by hand. Sadly for his family he died of lou gehrig’s following a tragic period of disintegration. Young guy, under than 40 years old.<br /><br />The chemicals used to kill weeds are carcinogenic to organic growing things in some dose – everyone agrees on that. Over time, dosages build up and cause problems in humans as we are organic – not everyone agrees on that.<br /><br />Thanks for the reply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-67514311484289037292009-05-13T08:45:00.000-04:002009-05-13T08:45:00.000-04:00Anon 2:12,
Although the lawn doesn’t need to be w...Anon 2:12,<br /><br />Although the lawn doesn’t need to be weed free, it does need to maintained. As much as you don’t like it, a maintained lawn is a requirement in today’s neighborhoods. A lawn that is uncut and overgrown, will detract from the house value (and the neighbors). <br /><br />So, if I follow your logic, the lawn at your house has been completely left to nature?? Do you have any pictures to post? <br /><br />One of the main reasons I take care of my lawn as it gives a place for my kids to run and play. It’s hard to kick a soccer ball around when you are dodging poison ivy and briar bushes. I do understand your reasoning though… the more natural we can be the better, though, we need to find a middle ground as we still need to live there also. <br /><br />DonovanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-30361207489816792662009-05-11T14:12:00.000-04:002009-05-11T14:12:00.000-04:00Pride in your lawn is a relic of the past when we ...Pride in your lawn is a relic of the past when we were ignorant regarding the ways of nature. Or maybe we just professed ignorance so we could keep something we liked – artificially created green lawns. And you know what they say about pride: Cometh before the fall.<br /><br />Might as well put down astro-turf, guys. Looks strangely green and thick just-so. <br /><br />Transparent attempts to associate the justifiably outdated status of the ‘perfect lawn’ with negative connotations is amusing, but not particularly effective for readers who are awake on a daily basis, not comatose for the past 5 years or so.<br /><br />And there is the fear tactic yet again, “Have green lawns, or housing values in the toilet!!”. Oh my. <br /><br />Conglomerating businesses up and down the food chain while combining retail banking with investment banking while mandating everyone get a mortgage while extending credit out 40, 50 years had **nothing** to do with our current housing value situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-60975401733152875392009-05-11T12:47:00.000-04:002009-05-11T12:47:00.000-04:00There are plenty of environmentally friendly ways ...There are plenty of environmentally friendly ways of treating a yard. Angie's List just did a piece on this.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850260357908532001noreply@blogger.com