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About 10 liters of gas will see me through the mowing season in a moderately sized lot. Now, I could probably manage that decently with a push mower, and the fo
by cafard 10y ago
About 10 liters of gas will see me through the mowing season in a moderately sized lot. Now, I could probably manage that decently with a push mower, and the folks out in Great Falls or Potomac on quarter-acre lots must be burning more.
Lots are eco friendly in the sense that they make very good ground cover: the dirt under my lawn is running out to silt up the Chesapeake Bay. And they are permeable: most of the rain that falls on the lawn goes into the water table rather than running off into storm sewers.
- geebee 10y agoI tend to agree with you that lawns aren't necessarily a bad thing. There are also more eco-friendly varieties of grass (though in my experience, they don't tend to be the nice soft grass). If all you're looking for is ground cover to provide soil filter and avoid erosion, there may be better choices than lawn. I thought this was a good summary: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hodel-pittenger-water-lawn-20150917-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hodel-pittenger-w...