Spring is imminent. In fact, here in Virginia, Spring appears to have sprung a little early this year. As my lawn greens-up for the season, it occurs to me that my attitude about my lawn could be much improved with a slight change of view.
Last fall, I paid good money to have my lawn reseeded (front and back) after a very harsh, hot, dry summer. The good news is that my lawn is green again. The bad news is that they seemed to have planted more weeds than grass.
To resolve this issue, I've been googling how to delouse my lawn, there are all kinds of interesting rememdies including various concoctions made with ingrediants such as talcum powder, coke, vinegar, ground up bone, ashes, lemon juice, tea, and coffee among others. But as I was coming in today, I realized that this would be a huge waste of time. In fact, I think I can turn this in to a profitable idea.
After all, who said the best lawn is actually grass? I mean clover appears to grow in any conditions. It is soft, hardy, very green, smells good, and it flowers! How pretty. Oh, it is also self-weeding as it strangles the life out of just about any other lawn-type and it is an excellent, economical choice for new construction and other empy lots. And, best of all, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE MOWING!!!!!! So I'm going to suggest someone (not me, I'm too lazy), but the rights to this idea and market a new product...CLAWN! Clover lawns. I would be happy to provide my own lawn for marketing purposes. You couldn't ask for a better green idea! (Well, maybe this one....)
I can feel my paradigm shifting already! Woo-hoo.
Another excellent idea, my friend, and super green. Lawns are a tremendous waste of resources and they produce no payoff except for their ability to turn CO2 into oxygen. Clover is an excellent choice, and here's the truly brilliant, but obvious, next step: Goats and chickens! Both of them would keep it trimmed down with absolutely no effort on your part AND give you needed supplies: eggs, hair for sweaters, milk..... GOOD MOVE!
ReplyDeleteGOATs lay eggs? And I don't know what kind of crazy hairy chickens you are talking about, but I'm pretty sure they put off high levels or radiation. Probably not safe for your average clawn.
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