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I often thought that if people were serious about the environment they would grow food instead of lawns. The typical HOA frowns on this though. I was a big fan
by TopHand 7y ago
I often thought that if people were serious about the environment they would grow food instead of lawns. The typical HOA frowns on this though. I was a big fan of John Jeavons back in the 90's. I'm sure he still has a lot of good things to say.
http://www.johnjeavons.info/john-jeavons.html http://www.johnjeavons.info/john-jeavons.html
- HeyLaughingBoy 7y agoI've done that living in the middle of Minneapolis. Half of my back lawn was prairie "garden" and corn and a good portion of the other half was a vegetable garden. The only issue I ever had with neighbors was one concern that my water garden was breeding mosquitos. It wasn't: fish did a good job of seeing to that.
- Nasrudith 7y agoPSA: Please do soil and environmental status testing in the area first please. Many suburban areas are perfectly fine to live in but may have contaminated soil for natural or manmade reasons.
- gbrown 7y agoAnd/or native plants. Growing a lawn is an atrocity in an arid climate, and a different kind of travesty where prairie would thrive.
- bcrosby95 7y agoSeveral people in our neighborhood have done this. We've debated it too. No HOA, but the houses are older. If you want a new house, it usually comes with an HOA.