A lawn is grass under totalitarian rule.
A liberated and considerate lawn would:
- give up some water to stressed woody plants during hot dry summer months,
- not be so needy regarding fertilizer which goes mostly into the waterways i.e. Potomac
- adjust to no lime in consideration of native plants nearby
- welcome clover, dandelions, violets etc to support pollinators knowing that their numbers are plummeting
- lose some size to earth friendly beds of shrubs and understory trees
- be less insistent on leaf blowers, realizing Mother Nature decomposes many leaves all by herself
- give up every third mowing to the removal of vinca, English ivy, Japanese honeysuckle, and multiflora rose
To quote Margaret Roach, author of A Way to Garden, “Turfgrass is dimensionless, supporting none of the beneficial insect life that in turn supports birds and other wildlife, and pollinates plants.”
Karen Young
Mount Vernon