Comments on: The Great Lawn http://blog.blithewold.org/the-archives/the-great-lawn/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Blackswampgirl Kim http://blog.blithewold.org/the-archives/the-great-lawn/comment-page-1/#comment-6404 Blackswampgirl Kim Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:55:47 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2465#comment-6404 Great post, Kris! I love that you gave people lots to think about re: lawns... :) <em>Thanks, Kim. I know you and I have similar tiny lawn, 5 minute mow goals! -kris</em> Great post, Kris! I love that you gave people lots to think about re: lawns… :)

Thanks, Kim. I know you and I have similar tiny lawn, 5 minute mow goals! -kris

]]> By: Jared http://blog.blithewold.org/the-archives/the-great-lawn/comment-page-1/#comment-6402 Jared Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:39:57 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2465#comment-6402 What an interesting post, Kris! Fascinating reading about how the family really lived in their surroundings. Love that. I love lawns, too, as politically incorrect as that might be these days. We don't ever water or fertilize (and if we let it grow—always a possibility if mowing it gets too troublesome—it would revert to meadow immediately), but it is getting mowed once a week right now. Whoever graded our property did a spectacular job, because the slope is so regular and gentle. The hills around Hebron, New York, are echoed in the slope of the lawn. I think our house looks sweeter for the fact that it's nestled at the top of a nice green lawn. We mostly just walk across it or sled down the slope in the winter, but in the summer I like to lay out on it in the evening and watch the sky. I guess we could certainly do with less, but for now we'll just enjoy it. B and I were in Rhode Island two weekends ago; Charlestown. We mostly just chilled out, but next time we're over there I want to visit Blithewold and see that lawn! <em>Jared, Your lawn sounds like the dreamy kind of great lawn that I would keep and enjoy too. And what perfect uses for it! I'm sorry we missed seeing you when you were so close by (though by RI standards, Charlestown is a pack-a-lunch daytrip from here) but I'll look forward to meeting you next time! -kris</em> What an interesting post, Kris! Fascinating reading about how the family really lived in their surroundings. Love that. I love lawns, too, as politically incorrect as that might be these days. We don’t ever water or fertilize (and if we let it grow—always a possibility if mowing it gets too troublesome—it would revert to meadow immediately), but it is getting mowed once a week right now. Whoever graded our property did a spectacular job, because the slope is so regular and gentle. The hills around Hebron, New York, are echoed in the slope of the lawn. I think our house looks sweeter for the fact that it’s nestled at the top of a nice green lawn. We mostly just walk across it or sled down the slope in the winter, but in the summer I like to lay out on it in the evening and watch the sky. I guess we could certainly do with less, but for now we’ll just enjoy it.

B and I were in Rhode Island two weekends ago; Charlestown. We mostly just chilled out, but next time we’re over there I want to visit Blithewold and see that lawn!

Jared, Your lawn sounds like the dreamy kind of great lawn that I would keep and enjoy too. And what perfect uses for it! I’m sorry we missed seeing you when you were so close by (though by RI standards, Charlestown is a pack-a-lunch daytrip from here) but I’ll look forward to meeting you next time! -kris

]]> By: Susan Sims http://blog.blithewold.org/the-archives/the-great-lawn/comment-page-1/#comment-6399 Susan Sims Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:17:57 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2465#comment-6399 Ah! The lawn.... I live in a desert; the lawn sucks up more water than anything else on my property, house included. I would replace my thirsty kentucky blue with something less needy, but my trees need the water and they keep it too shady for less needy grasses. But it is so soft and green and pretty! I'm tearing out large chunks of it and putting in groundcovers to save me mowing time. Maybe if we all had to mow our lawns with a scythe we'd have smaller ones. <em>Susan, I think a scythe might be easier than the dull mower I use at home! I'll bet in the desert, a bit of green is balm for the eyes as well as the toes. -kris</em> Ah! The lawn…. I live in a desert; the lawn sucks up more water than anything else on my property, house included. I would replace my thirsty kentucky blue with something less needy, but my trees need the water and they keep it too shady for less needy grasses. But it is so soft and green and pretty! I’m tearing out large chunks of it and putting in groundcovers to save me mowing time. Maybe if we all had to mow our lawns with a scythe we’d have smaller ones.

Susan, I think a scythe might be easier than the dull mower I use at home! I’ll bet in the desert, a bit of green is balm for the eyes as well as the toes. -kris

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