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March 7, 2014

Why We Have Grass Lawns

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Turns out, the grass lawn as a status symbol has its origins in European aristocracy.
The very first lawns were grassy fields that surrounded English and French castles. Castle grounds had to be kept clear of trees so that the soldiers protecting them had a clear view of their surroundings. It wouldn’t do for enemies to be able to sneak up on the castle through the forest. Without trees, grasses sprouted naturally just like they do in fields and clearings today. -- Today I

Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 7, 2014 1:19 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Everybody has always been aping the aristocracy.

Posted by: Eric Blair at March 7, 2014 1:45 PM

Why We Have Grass Lawns
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If you live in Cape Coral, FL you have a lawn because THEY said so and you have nothing to say about it. If you try to debate THEM about this, or anything else, THEY will make your life miserable by attacking your ass pocket from 11 different directions.

And yes, you will maintain that lawn THEY require you to have in a manner THEY prescribe. For example, if your lawn is ever more than 6" tall THEY will attack your ass pocket AND publicly embarrass you.

How will they know if your lawn is more than 6" tall, you ask?

Your neighbors will snitch on your ass because THEY pay the snitches reward money for doing so.

Where does this reward money come from?
Why, your property taxes of course.

Posted by: ghostsniper at March 7, 2014 1:50 PM

We have grass because it keeps the cars up on cinder blocks from sinking into the mud.

Posted by: SteveS at March 7, 2014 3:19 PM

Down here in NM grass or any other manicured landscape is a luxury, a vanity thing. It takes a lot of water and grooming and in the 100°F 10% humidity environment you have to really want it to look like back home in Ohio or wherever you came from. Think: hostile environment.

Check this out, this is what it's what it is like down by me:
http://dpjk.blogspot.com/2014/02/down-by-me.html

Posted by: chasmatic at March 7, 2014 4:08 PM

Fuck off fuckmoff fuckmoff.

"Turns out."

Turns IN.

IN.

IN.

IN.

Posted by: Notquiteunbuckley at March 7, 2014 8:02 PM

I'd LIKE to think the original grass "kill zone" was at LEAST some sort of productive grain that became food for something when scythed, and all the closest trees became timber or firewood.
Here in "the country" I keep a "kill zone" so the trees don't invade the house or septic system, and squirrels don't invade from their branches.It's not even close to the well manicured Hank Hill dream. I happily trade lack of shade in the summer for lack of tree falling on house(again) in the nasty seasons. I TRY to keep my Karma in stasis by planting fruit trees-over in the orchard.

Posted by: CaptDMO at March 8, 2014 5:08 AM

Pour concrete. Paint it green. While it is tacky, flock it with short grain wood chips and dye them green. Blow clean as necessary.

Posted by: Peccable at March 8, 2014 5:42 AM

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