permaculture

["J. Hobbs" <hobbsj@efn.org>]

Hello All,


Remember the old saying you get more with honey than you do with vinegar?

My goal as a landscape designer is to evolve  beautiful sites that function
for the earth, and the client.  If getting along with  neighbors is a goal
for one's self or a  client, then why not be an example of promoting  a
site that is productive and beautiful.

My recommendation is to mulch, mulch, mulch........plant guilds within the
mulch -food for wildlife and humans- add flowers to the mix which will melt
most  'hardcore' of hearts.  Share the surplus!    Evolving change through
example.

J


 Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

>On Wed, 24 May 2000 20:34:32 -0400, "Claude Genest"
><genest@together.net> wrote:
>
>>I'm slowly succumbing to the great American obsession with lawns that very
>>much pervades my new home town.
>
>>Someone, STOP ME !!
>
>At your service.
>
>>I bought 3.5 acres of perfect Vemont soil with nary a tree on it.
>>
>>This is my second year here and I've already planted over 70 trees so I'm on
>>my way but.....
>>
>>In the meantime I've added to an already onerous mowing chore. ( have to mow
>>AROUND all those trees now).
>>
>>At one point last summer I let my lawn get a little long and one of my well
>>intentioned neighbors came over to offer to mow it for me ( no kidding).
>
>You have 3 1/2 acres of land and they get bent out of shape over the
>state of your yard, much less your lawn? They have a problem. Suggest
>they seek counseling.
>
>>Now I know that this dilemma may be as simple as "Just stop mowing" BUT....
>
>It is that simple. Just say no to mowing lawns.
>
>>here is my specific question:
>>
>>Is just letting a lawn go (back to wildness)  a good ( or the best) Pc idea
>
>Yes. There are millions of things you can do with open land without
>doing grass alone. Want morew ideas? I spent 16 years as a landscape
>designer/contractor and can offer a combination of pc and landscape
>solutions. How much money do you want to spend?
>
>>I'm being told that I'll be creating  a mosquitio paradise. IS that so?
>
>No. Not necessarily, at any rate.
>
>>Just what does happen when you let a lawn grow wild?
>
>Plants get taller and wider then go to seed.
>
>>(e.g. "they run you out of town" or "you are shunned by the community at
>>large" :-)
>
>Who cares what they think. If they have a problem with the way your
>yard looks, its just that: _their_ problem.
>
>
>Lawrence F. London, Jr. Venaura Farm ICQ#27930345
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