hmfly or pigs [or using surphls (rep, um need; my
fateful ylnnning and flung ll p rmlslng ls lo be an
occupihun. It lakes 3-5 years |o develoy a lull
mmplmnl u! loads on mgr, and can same ol ms
musl ba mmwn om lhz lent: In tho plus, as .s no case
[or bananas mm papayas

   

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THE LAWN

"lawn “swans do MK pain“ ms chum lnlmslon ol
vegmblz garden: .slnm vegetable galdrmng smackd
at pavzfly or pelunlry. many ol ma new muddle (lass
(flvm IM nnwamll: Wm lullhz lo suny Ilmr nnl wnh
mm loud " (Bob smldgsn, ~Lawns: Amarica‘s
Creeping Carpfl“. rum: Sim, Novrmhtr low

We mu lo 50m: extent, lax the owslopmonl ul en.
lawn [mm [hose shonmppcd ulsnss devtloped by
pen and shnpm mnl males ln we! humid annulus.
"In: photo hum wusm Yearbook ol 1397, a flodsof
may gluingln Cum-l Park (New ankD am desmbed
as «no hwn mowers or luxl nukus‘ u! the park,"
(5rhlldgtn, .me

ln lnu USA us “mam: llul lo milhnn arms were
dwnled |a lawn by we (The [Naval UYblm Hum.
Farallunes lnlkilukr, 1979), and a vast expansmn ol
lawns nas nken plasu mm In mam yen“. A| that

 

hmz, lawns wem mnslumd N) be “he imglr largesl
"crap" syslem .n m USA. vequlnng s73 Illlonlones
pol square mm (0 mm. 7mm! man um energy
used in m. production aim or "Edibles m ylolsls
ol nus igntulmu (male a massxvc publlt alsposal
pmbkm, mnslsnns as they am olpolsoneu yass waslu.
nth ln Diddnn. um, blofldzs. ind “muse".

Mullons ol huts nl pmul in used .n lawn and mrl
mamkmm By ms, llwns used I520% nllhe nnnual
lnmlmpnsdnmon ol m USA. Equal lo lnal used an
m lanl moo sgncullure a: lnola. As [or
water use, an. ol domesllc cunsumpunn m Calllorma
ls used for lawns, whxch ls anulher enormous public
can ol lawns, as we)! as |unglerm grnundwam,
amosphmc,and sell pollmmn ms.

m us now sly that may sunny lnal glows
ulenswe lawns could pmusa all Its loo-1 on «he same
am, uims m sun: mums. and that world lemme
could be locally mums: ll we dunked (he mm o:
lawn cullum lo looo mlmm m poor mas. These (acts
I]: Mime us Thus, we can lmk al lawns, llkl: dnubk'
gangs Ind large guard rings, as a badge ol wllilul
wasle, mmpicwus mmumpuon, and Ink nl (am [or
ml. or “5 people

We (an dearly m the lawn as llna world's "thud
amlmn". am loud smells nnd lams Few pooplu
realise msl how large llus asntulmn nas bemm:
lollowlng |hl developmem nl aulomixed mowers.
slnsllus, "whlpptr smpprrs". edgexs, plugrcunus,

 

 

Flinn! 12,15

DMHAMMAYIE FEM uvaur

m m m spams swnlsdnnx ml min: was mm a. cluslIy
mm a: mum um mum mum mm m 15le Wm H;
mull spool-s, a»: mlm luvs:- sum

 

 

 

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