Cut the Lawn!

It’s said that Americans have over 30 million acres devoted to lawn and that fully 1/3 of water consumed on the East Coast goes to watering lawns.  Tending lawns in this day and age usually means power mowing, trimming, blowing.  The average lawn mower emits 10 times more hydrocarbon than an average car, a string trimmer emits 21 times more, and those oh so noisy blowers, 34 times.  Conventional lawns add to pollution of both air and water and use nonrenewable resources such as water and fuel.  So maybe it’s time to walk outside and ask ourselves, Can we cut the lawn?  Any part of a lawn that could be converted to sedge grasses or landscaped with native trees, shrubs, and groundcovers will help the environment, and will save you money.