tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post6891522395395738846..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Victory Gardens and Grassless LawnsROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-62058863879712421402008-07-29T19:17:00.000-04:002008-07-29T19:17:00.000-04:00We have a few "eccentrics" in town who mow no gras...We have a few "eccentrics" in town who mow no grass. Their yards are planted with ground cover, salad herbs, and perrenials. They used to be "different." Now they're written up the Sunday newspaper.<BR/><BR/>One "green" neighbor is an artist with a fair knock-off of Jan Vermeer's "Girl in a Hat" she painted on the side of her garage like a big Mail Pouch ad.<BR/><BR/>Thank god for nonconformists - we'd never get anywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-45124207652793477472008-07-29T12:38:00.000-04:002008-07-29T12:38:00.000-04:00I read you every day. Simply mahvelous, darling, a...I read you every day. Simply mahvelous, darling, as Tahlula would say.<BR/>I am so excited about converting lawns to produce. Every year I add more garden and subtract more lawn. It's the only way to go what with rising food prices and ecological damage that lawns are responsible for.<BR/>I was born in 1942 and even after the war, those who could, always had something growing to eat. It was the thing to do.<BR/>Now if only I could convince my neighbors. HmmmmmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com