Outside Asylum

Posted by RobertB53 (A) on May 10, 2004 at 21:46:14

In Reply to: xeriscape posted by tcain on May 10, 2004 at 08:46:37:

Yes! Heavy watering and fertilizing are somewhat passe among the smart set now. If I had my way, I'd borrow one of those "real" tractors, plow up the back yard and plant wildflowers. I'm almost sorry that I responded to this thread in the first place. I drive cross town on Sunday mornings to cut my mother's grass on foot. She's a stroke victim and I don't mind saving her some money. But I'm not going to cut my three and a half acres on foot. No way. I'm no perfectionist. And I snicker at the prissy, manicured lawns of those unsatisfied with a fine, healthy sward. (Look it up, Yankee.) Far prettier are the hemlock, oak, dogwood, magnolia, big-leaf magnolia, pear, Japanese maple, redbud and crepe myrtle I've planted. One more thing: aren't you a Southerner, too, tcain? Is there anything viler than a damned amateur redneck?