@alyssa2891
this didn’t even mention the NOISE all of this lawn maintenance makes. as someone who lives in a neighborhood, more days that not I get to listen to a couple hours of mowing, leaf blowing, weed eating. It makes it awful to sit outside, the thing that a lawn should supposedly inspire you to do.
@kylemunley
There's a homeowner in my neighborhood who has taken a very similar approach to their yard as Sara Bendrick discusses in your video here and I have to say, I think it's the most beautiful and interesting yard in our community and was the catalyst for me to begin talking to landscape designers about how to transition my yard into something similar. That really is a fantastic way to not only make something more eco-supportive to your neighborhood, but also add some real visual flair to your home.
@mr.timeman
"A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule." - Michael Pollan
@katethegoat7507
It's wild to me that Americans would be so detached from their environment to not have regional variations on something this simple
@John-Smith02
You guys should talk more about low water lawns like clover lawns. Or ones similar to clover lawns that are good for pollinators, low maintenance and low water, low to the ground, and still covers the entire yard, rather than mulch or dirt covering like 70%.
@0ISanderI0
As a European (Dutch specifically) it's wild to me that lawns are so desirable. The alternative shown in this video is actually the standard where I'm from, and to me looks so much nicer!
@rafaelvieira4267
To plant plants that fight zombies, ain’t that obvious?
@ShadoSpartan44
the worst thing that you forgot to mention is the growing number of HOA homes require to have these kinds of lawns and you have to keep up with maintenance otherwise you get fined hundreds of dollars. You know, because HOAs have nothing better to do than find the tiniest infraction to charge you extra money
@mho...
long story short: "its an outside carpet" personally like "wild grasslands" waaay more & prefer moss'es & other flowers & "weeds" freely growing over these artificial green carpets ( wich have their charm, but more work then worth imho)!
@Daniellahehehe
Local plants and grasses will always look better than grass we see in the suburbs
@theecherokeerose
my lawn is native prairie grass on land that's never been plowed. When it's mowed, it looks like an ordinary lawn. Outside of a 2 acre zone around the house, the land that is not mowed gets harvested by a local farmer once a year for winter hay fed to cows. For agricultural property tax purposes, the county considers it to be a crop.
@alexbaxter3730
In the UK its becoming more common for home owners and councils to leave patches of green to grow wild - in some cases even seeding wild flowers, so that there is natural variation for wildlife. Really helps break up towns and cities more with these urban meadows.
@SamYoungnz
We live in New Zealand and made the decision to avoid all lawns at our house. We began with decking attached to the house, native NZ plants in plant zones, a lot of vege gardens, and crushed shell on the open ground. However, we shifted to gravel as shell tracked into the house. It works well. I weed by boiling the kettle and pouring hot water on weeds when they show up. No pesticides, no watering, no hours of weekend maintenance.
@tapio_m6861
I don't understand watering your lawn. Seems like if your city's climate isn't able to provide the necessary amount of water for that plant, then that plant is not supposed to live there.
@embodythejotun
In hot arid areas totally doesn't make sense. Here in the northern midwest, I have a lawn, but never water it because it doesn't get that hot and there's so much humidity and rain that watering is just not needed. Most people here do not have sprinkler systems or bother ever watering. Yards should reflect their environment.
@satriaamiluhur622
I live in indonesia and in my backyard there's papaya tree, mango tree, a small 2 y/o guava tree, and several banana trees from 3 different cultivars. Free fruits during fruiting season !!!! 😂😂😂
@Eoin-B
Coming from the UK and Ireland, all that lawn care is pretty hilarious. We just have to cut it and that's pretty much it. There was a reason they were popular here. We had the ideal climate and soil. Italians and Spanish didn't even try to have them.
@LeaveCurious
Soo happy you rounded is one off in the way you did. Now is the time to re-define what we consider a status symbol in our front and back gardens -> lots of native plants and a little wildlife pond! 🌿
@brtecson
In my first house the previous owner left a lawn fertilizer bag and a spreader so i used it and i had a very cookie cutter green lawn. then i ran out of fertilizer and went without it from then on, and my lawn looked a lot less green that year. the following year the lawn was super green with a mix of clover and grass, and I loved it. I had bluish/purpleish clover flowers occasionally that looked nice too. it was like nature gifted me a nice lawn when i stopped messing with it lol
@juliegolick