How did the creation of a lawn come about? What do I turn to for information, but 'Wikipedia'.
A lawn is an area of land planted with grasses or (rarely) other durable plants, which are maintained at a short height and used for aesthetic and recreational purposes. Common characteristics of a lawn are that it is composed only of grass species, it is subject to weed and pest control, it is subject to practices aimed at maintaining its green color, and it is regularly mowed to ensure an acceptable length,[1] although these characteristics are not binding as a definition.
Want to know the real 'dirt'? I believe that our male cave ancestors actually came up with this concept so that their cave female counterparts would not spend too many stones, or whatever was the currency back than on unusual and aesthetically pleasing plants. Instead of spending time pulling thugs from the garden and puttering around the flower bed. Somehow our historic male ancestors convince the women-folk that it was 'beautiful' and 'necessary' to mow and keep the weeds out of what I consider the biggest 'thug' in the garden.
Personally, I would rather blow-torch the lawn, or replace it with paths and more flower beds.
Then again, perhaps, it has something in the X-chromosome.
Cheers,
Laura
A lawn is an area of land planted with grasses or (rarely) other durable plants, which are maintained at a short height and used for aesthetic and recreational purposes. Common characteristics of a lawn are that it is composed only of grass species, it is subject to weed and pest control, it is subject to practices aimed at maintaining its green color, and it is regularly mowed to ensure an acceptable length,[1] although these characteristics are not binding as a definition.
Want to know the real 'dirt'? I believe that our male cave ancestors actually came up with this concept so that their cave female counterparts would not spend too many stones, or whatever was the currency back than on unusual and aesthetically pleasing plants. Instead of spending time pulling thugs from the garden and puttering around the flower bed. Somehow our historic male ancestors convince the women-folk that it was 'beautiful' and 'necessary' to mow and keep the weeds out of what I consider the biggest 'thug' in the garden.
Personally, I would rather blow-torch the lawn, or replace it with paths and more flower beds.
Then again, perhaps, it has something in the X-chromosome.
Cheers,
Laura
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