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DOWN WITH LAWN!!!!!


Second, don't try to make part of your garden a lawn. At best it will be a rod for your back, as you waste valuable hours each weekend mowing it. Ask yourself, what is it for? And don't be fooled by stock answers like the kids need somewhere to play: kids will play anywhere. How often have you seen kids playing on a lawn? If you are unlucky enough to already own a lawn, and would like to get rid of it, see the following article, "Down with Lawn". DOWN WITH LAWN!!
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Are you sick of mowing grass? Does your lawnmower monopolise your leisure time? Are you constantly weeding your "lawn", thenfeeding it, then watering it, and then mowing it, again and again? And don't you hate the ghastly noise your mower makes, and the heat and fumes it discharges? And isn't it always going wrong, or needs new blades or won't start? Don't you wish the bloody thing would go away? If you have answered yes to any one of these, let alone yes to the whole lot, then read on. Salvation is at hand!Convert your "lawn" into a mulched area, free of weeds. The work is minimal, the costs are small, and the aesthetics are superb. Begin by collecting old newspapers (but do not include glossy paper publications like magazines). If you haven't enough right now, wait until garbage night, creep around and steal other people's piles of old newspapers: the best and cleanest are usually tied up with string. When you have a big enough pile (say waist high) you can begin to cover up your "lawn". No digging, no poisoning, no raking, no nothing. Just lay the papers on the lawn, about 100 pages thick, make sure they overlap, and soak them thoroughly using the garden hose. This will collapse the papers onto the grass and exclude light and air. Your "lawn" will die. Hurrah!





























