Given the rising cost of food and petrol, as well as continued concern about food miles and food origins, it seems that the once-subversive idea of not having a lawn is far less controversial than it once was.
There’s a growing number of people who have decided to permanently get rid of their lawn and grow food instead. Here’s two books to get you started:
We’ve got plenty of books to help you on your way to growing your own food. Try a subject search for :
If community gardens are more your thing, check out:
- Local Food : how to make it happen in your community
- Growing a garden city – community gardening in Missoula, Montana
- A green granny’s garden : a year of the good life in Grey Lynn – Aucklander Fionna Hill documents her experiences as a beginner urban gardener in a communal environment.
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Love the idea of getting rid of the lawn. Mine has always been of a dubious nature anyway. I have never quite understood the need to fertilize and feed lawns, let alone mow them!
I know what you mean about trying to maintain a lawn. So perhaps digging it up for non-lawn alternatives is the perfect solution 😉
I love this post!
I am glad that people are showing this type of interest 🙂 Thanks for the reading list, too.
Glad to help inspire you to perhaps dig up your lawn, or start a community garden with the reading ideas listed. Enjoy. If you do decide to dig up your lawn, then let us know how it went!
When you have kids it is nice to give them grass to play on. I’d describe my house as having grass as distinct from lawn which I see as a more pampered beast.
But now the kids have left home I must admit my thoughts turn to raised vege beds and pea gravel. Not to mention the end to struggling to get the lawn mower started.
*lol* lawn vs. grass distinction – so very true. And glad to hear that the kids enjoyed the grass in days gone past, and now you get to enjoy the vegie patch instead.