tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post291237586780275219..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Guilted EnvironmentBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-33165370380696393192012-02-01T09:28:27.903-06:002012-02-01T09:28:27.903-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Heather Holmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614164765858960174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-75691018051693424602012-01-31T08:42:33.659-06:002012-01-31T08:42:33.659-06:00Sh--tell her that those plastic toys off gas and p...Sh--tell her that those plastic toys off gas and poison her kids, and that the chemicals on her lawn are doing even more damage. Maybe spell it out with coneflowers in your garden? I wish I knew the answer to educating without coming off as some hippy didactic jerk. I'm too passionate about the evils we reflect on the planet, and that come back to us even tough we think the earth is a sponge.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-91604365861941831272012-01-30T22:03:55.050-06:002012-01-30T22:03:55.050-06:00P.S. She calls my yard a 'field', oops - s...P.S. She calls my yard a 'field', oops - she meant 'field of dreams' (quote/end quote).Shyrlenehttp://thebunniesbuffet.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-30351578646098262552012-01-30T22:00:40.630-06:002012-01-30T22:00:40.630-06:00Benjamin - you made my day! I just spent the last...Benjamin - you made my day! I just spent the last 3 days (skipped "school" on Friday) planning on how I was going to remove more 'lawn' (which is really mostly clover and misc. greens), expand my gardens and made a list of Midwest natives for the extended gardens. <br /><br />"Gladys Kravitz" next door hates my 'prairie' garden style, but as I look at the Shyrlenehttp://thebunniesbuffet.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-19669796469369038512012-01-30T18:07:46.083-06:002012-01-30T18:07:46.083-06:00Learning--And no no fertilizers ANYWHERE, right? C...Learning--And no no fertilizers ANYWHERE, right? Come on, go all the way with me. I always wonder how much leaches in under the fence from the neighbors. This is why I fling seed over the fence--hey, Id' had wildflowers pop up in my lawn.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-69088057169986548452012-01-30T08:27:14.281-06:002012-01-30T08:27:14.281-06:00Thanks so much for your post! I often wonder why p...Thanks so much for your post! I often wonder why pristine green lawns are the ideal. I know at our last house we had to take care of the lawn because we knew we wouldn't be staying long. For re-sale value it seems important to keep a decent lawn. I'm really looking forward to our new house that we plan to stay in a long time. We hope to have as little "green lawn" as possibleLearninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16209172271312925568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-54521694981241978892012-01-29T20:55:43.229-06:002012-01-29T20:55:43.229-06:00I figured that would be your mowing practices Benj...I figured that would be your mowing practices Benjamin. Without extra water and fertilizer there is no need to mow 3 times a week or even once a week.<br /><br />There is a block of old houses in Hazelwood, NC that I drive by regularly. The grape hyacinth and violets have run amuck in the tiny "lawns" of the poorer looking houses for a good stretch of the block. In the spring those Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-12337817705586391112012-01-29T18:30:52.990-06:002012-01-29T18:30:52.990-06:00EE--Geeze, to walk dogs? Fight the good fight.
BM-...EE--Geeze, to walk dogs? Fight the good fight.<br />BM--You got it!<br />ST--I always hear about highway prgorams that plant wildflowers on the edges, but always see them mowing edges and never see flowers. Could you imagine if that were habitat?<br />LA--And the wildlife loves it too. I'm preaching to the choir again. <br />CNC--I mow it, about once a month, with a cordless electric black Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-3536444678215284302012-01-29T17:40:44.990-06:002012-01-29T17:40:44.990-06:00I agree! Lawns take a lot of work, and around whe...I agree! Lawns take a lot of work, and around where I live, most people pay a service to take care of it because they are working and commuting. I only have a little grass and a lot of woods and a meadow that I'm slowly losing to Purple Loosestrife. I wish it looked a little more cared for than it does, but I love all the wildlife that thrives around our house! We have seen foxes, Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15804215782785482027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-90649178858542865872012-01-29T15:02:57.589-06:002012-01-29T15:02:57.589-06:00I don't think anything is wrong for wanting to...I don't think anything is wrong for wanting to get beyond lawns and chemicals. But the culture needs to think first why they want what they want, and discern between wants and needs...and then refine their wants. Seeing the power of their ecoregion, and then expressing that more, is also beneficial.<br /><br />When I was a kid in the early 70's, we lived where bluegrass actually *is* Desert Dwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952727692048782529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-9512360073043061072012-01-29T14:52:21.046-06:002012-01-29T14:52:21.046-06:00I wanna know who mows your remnant resale piece of...I wanna know who mows your remnant resale piece of lawn, with what and how often?<br /><br />No you're not crazy to feel this way. Children should play in the dirt, more than their parents.Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-46466219372781170702012-01-29T14:39:30.308-06:002012-01-29T14:39:30.308-06:00I really enjoyed reading this post, since most of ...I really enjoyed reading this post, since most of what you wrote is how I feel. My little garden looks wild and untamed and I love it.laveta'splacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07574226638011827352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-11548390130963616112012-01-29T14:15:16.798-06:002012-01-29T14:15:16.798-06:00Nice mood piece...
How many people that buy into ...Nice mood piece...<br /><br />How many people that buy into the whole round hedges and one half inch tall blades of grass, do you think, are going to have any feelings whatsoever about NWF's sellout to Scotts chemicals?<br /><br />I suspect that the people that are concerned are already avoiding the Scotts products... and garden like you.... and me.<br /><br />Our energy could well be better stonehttp://www.stonethegardener.com/wp/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-47628456886899362432012-01-29T14:03:00.512-06:002012-01-29T14:03:00.512-06:00How refreshing! Thanks.How refreshing! Thanks.Beatriz Moissethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745938472052790104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-3703146399242119182012-01-29T13:31:26.031-06:002012-01-29T13:31:26.031-06:00Rondebosch Common is protected, a remnant of what ...Rondebosch Common is protected, a remnant of what the Cape Flats was like before the City of Cape Town spread out. Now we have people from the Cape Flats, who want to claim the Common for housing. It's just used to walk dogs. <br /><br />Wishing your ongoing battle against lawn every success!Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.com