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Eyeing the fruit tree, irrigated front lawn

Posted by: Maven on January 9, 2010 at 8:17 am

From the Los Angeles Daily News:

“Amid thoughts concerning alternatives to the front lawn, I recently came across “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson’s classic essay, composed in 1841. “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” he wrote. “Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist,” and, finally, “Insist upon yourself; never imitate.”

Emerson’s non-conformist, if not rebellious, tendencies are distinctively American, and are more and more in evidence as you drive the streets of Los Angeles. Slowly but surely, front lawns are shrinking and, in some cases, disappearing altogether. Will lawns some day be as exotic as typewriters, cloth diapers and rotary phones?

Of course, there are legal and economic aspects to having a lawn, and/or conventional sprinklers, which make rebellion easier.

No one wants to be told when or how much to water what grows in front of the house. However, as long as you have a lawn or even a lawn-less yard, but with conventional sprinklers, you will be under the watchful eye of the local water police. And, even if you obey all the water laws, if you use more than your allotted quantity of water, you will pay a huge premium for it to LADWP. … “

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January 9, 2010 · Filed Under Drought Tolerant Landscaping

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One Response to “Eyeing the fruit tree, irrigated front lawn”

  1. saving water on January 9th, 2010 3:21 pm

    I was looking for an alternative to my rotary sprinkler as it seems to waste more water than i’d like and was considering an in-ground system until i stumbled across the tractor sprinkler. It might not satisfy the people who believe lawns should be allowed to brown-out naturally, but it’s a heck of a lot better than a regular rotating sprinkler and much cheaper than installing/maintaining an in-ground system.

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