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Yes! It's literally pollution.
For those that want but are unable to maintain a lawn due to disability or ill health then there should be a scheme by the local council to cut it for them. This could would really well if a local council leaves more public space wild also. Then the work load may reduce but not entirely.
Rain gardens are very popular in the Seattle area, here's an example of community driven programs. https://www.12000raingardens.org/
That looks great! Thanks for sharing that. Now I have to see if the UK has these.
I think a lot of your areas have similar weather, I think they would cross over nicely. There are tons of clubs and DIY videos here, this is an example: https://www.bhg.com/gardening/landscaping-projects/landscape-basics/make-a-rain-garden/
Or grow (bee friendly) plants.
Biggest downside of fake grass are. The pollution from fabrication to microplastic waste. Biodiversity unfriendly and,… and! It burns your feet in a hot summer! Shit gets hot.
Artificial soccer fields really radiate heat during sunny days.
They literally kill the soil under them too.
Lawns are also a total waste. It takes so much gas to maintain a lawn that serves literally no environmental purpose. At least fake grass you don't need to waste gas to cut.
Wild space is great though. We should be encouraging that and discouraging all lawns, fake or real.
Gas? Why does it use gas to maintain a lawn?
Most people cut their lawn with a gas mower. Even electric requires an a mount of energy that is taking it from the grid, which unless it's totally clean already is increasing dirty energy.
I’ve literally never even seen, or even heard of, a gas mower. Almost all of them are electric (and our electricity mix isn’t perfect, but is better than a lot of places) with the odd one being petrol for especially large gardens, but that’s increasingly rare.
Why the fuck would anyone use gas? That would be awful. Do you mean natural gas from the mains? Hydrogen? Bottled Calor gas? I’ve absolutely no idea what a gas mower could even be and searching is giving zero results that make sense.
Maybe they're American and so mow their ten acre lawns with a sit on mower.
UK gardens are about 3 meters long and you can just plug the mower in.
Aye, sounds about right.
Matey boy assumed the rest of the world is as wasteful as the US is.
Gas?
Wild space attracts dangerous insects like ticks. Back in my home country wild and uncut lawn is a serious administrative offence with a hefty fine.