To Lawn or Not to Lawn

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Sooner or later peace comes. I opt for sooner.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Winter’s coming soon, and I wonder wherein lies its charm” Snow and ice might be beautiful at first, but they are full of menace. I think winter challenges us, tests our survival and adaptive abilities in ways other seasons do not. It also reminds us of death. We might not want the reminder, go to Florida or Arizona to avoid its challenges, both physical and psychological. You avoided nothing. I accept winter’s challenges and reminders. They strengthen me.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“I admire the Essenes, but the vow of obedience, poverty and chastity? That’s not for me.”

[He never said it, so perhaps that eliminates the theory of His connection with the Essenes.]

D. Blog: Doing Away with a Lawn

Thoreau objected to the time wasted on tending to a yard. I’m with Henry. Plus, I object to the waste of energy, mine and the gas in the mower, to tend a lawn. Lawns, I understand, were a recent development historically, intended to demonstrate that one had the means to pay for the sheep or gardeners to maintain such an otherwise wasteful bit of Earth. There’s also the waste of time and energy spent on clearing leaves, when all they have in mind is to nourish the soil so more vegetation can grow. I’m ready to break free of the tyranny of maintaining a lawn and spend my time rebuilding the soil and letting our plot of land produce things of sustainable value: fruit, vegetables, trees, and flowers of the perennial type. More and more, I believe we must move toward sustainability in all things.