Soaked

Lawns are like TV's. Everyone has a lawn, because everyone else has a lawn and always will have a lawn. No one questions 'lawn-ness'.

In light of the dwindling water supply and that fact that people are supposed to be conserving our precious commodity, why is no one thinking about natural landscaping?

Now, before you get me wrong and think natural means wild and untamed, I saw a natural landscape around a house in Sarasota, Florida that was 'manicured' and gorgeous! Beds of native flowers, pathways of seashells and gravel, a charming pond and shady pergola..but no lawn.

Because the plants were native, they flourished without any help from sprinklers or fertilizers. No one had to 'water', mow, thatch or fertilize. There were no hoses, rakes, spreaders, edgers, mowers or chemicals...and the 'garden' was lush and thriving.

If your lawn takes gallons of water, tons of chemicals and hours of mowing and care, it's because its not natural. Think about taking out the sod, (sell it to someone else who desperately wants to spend all of their free time maintaining it!) and put in pathways, ponds, and natural shrubs and flowering plants.

Then sit back, enjoy and marvel at just how well nature can take care of itself! No high water bills, no dangerous chemicals, and no effort!