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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Lawns are one of those things we do without thinking about it because it's what everyone else has.

If you have space for a lawn, why not turn it into something beautiful and productive like a garden?

Oh, because your neighbors will get made at you for being different.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Oh, because your neighbors will get mad at you ~~for being different.~~ because MuH pRoPeRtY vAlUe!!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Change the narrative. Tell them their property value will plummet because lawns were shit fads that are going out of style.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Homeowner’s Association moment

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If people see more value in a patch of drying grass rather that a productive garden, how could they be trusted with enough money to buy a house ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I think it's more so that people don't have the time for a productive garden. There are certain times of the year that my small garden becomes the workload equivalent to a part time job.

With composting, weeding, killing squash bugs, seeding, planting, harvesting, and pickling..... I can see why people opt to do something less time consuming.

[–] Ookami38 4 points 6 months ago

Man, guy behind us has a beautiful garden. Just a little plot, probably a quarter acre, but it looks so much nicer than the plots on either side. More functional, too.