The devastating cost of America’s favorite plant: A guide to the revolution | Make Thing With Hand

2 days ago by ProdigalFrog to c/nolawns

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JohnnyEnzyme 36 points 2 days ago

My mom was a well-trained gardener who volunteered hours at the local "extension" (university dept that answers any & all gardening Q's). At some point she converted her big lawn in to a clover lawn, with the benefits being that it could feed pollinators and didn't need to be mowed, since that type of clover only grew to a certain height.

Soon after she passed, the person in charge of the lawn decided to wipe out the clover and reinstall some type of lawn grass. I couldn't believe it. They even explained to me that it was necessary, because mowing a clover lawn could be dangerous due to rocks potentially being kicked up...

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WaxRhetorical 18 points 2 days ago

Do... do rocks just spontaneously appear in the ground in his world? Like how people used to think frogs came into being

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JohnnyEnzyme 10 points 2 days ago

In his defense, I suppose a certain amount of small material (including a few little rocks) would probably accumulate over time, hidden by the clover. So that part's kind of fair, I guess.

Just that, if you don't need to actually mow it, then what matters it? If I had to speculate, I'd guess that he was used to a lifetime of grass lawns, felt a comfort zone there, and was always a bit uneasy about the clover lawn. And yet, didn't feel up to arguing that with a certified Master Gardener while she was still alive.

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wbrianwhite 6 points a day ago

But how would grass avoid rocks?

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JohnnyEnzyme 1 point a day ago

By magic, of course!

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