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would you do this?
so my neighbor just put up a sign in their yard that says "MOVE LAWN, GROW FOOD" and basically they have dug up their entire back and side yard and planted vegis. This is a small city lot and there's no fence, so I can see it all.
While I admire my neighbors for doing this, I just could never commit to a garden this big. I have a regular 8x4 plot for vegis in the back yard, plus a bunch of pots on our back porch for herbs and more vegis, a grape vine and a plum tree in the front yard. But I also have a few beds of native perennials, hostas and other more decorative plantings. I think its good to have other plants in your yard for the wildlife and I do like having a small patch of grass in the backyard for our friends' kids to play on.
Any thoughts?
Re: would you do this?
My garden is enough for me to handle right now (I'm not sure how big it is... about 15' x 20'?).
I have seen a few places where they've converted the front lawn into raised beds. I think it's great. The front yard is generally just wasted space, and lawns are pretty water-intensive with zero payoff. A front garden would leave the backyard for playing and green space - whereas my back garden takes up half the space we've got. Or there could be even more food growing space. My mom's garden was my grandma's, which grew enough to support a family year round.
I love it.
This is, in essence, what my DH and I did. We have no lawn. Our yard is a mix between an edible garden and native plants. Our back yard is redwoods and ivy. The Ivy was planted by a moron. We have yet to get rid of it. It will go.
I love it too. Our front yard is completely planted with drought-resistant beautiful plants, it blooms all season long. Our back yard is mostly veggie garden with some grass for the dog that we never water or otherwise take care of.
DH and I were just talking the other day of when in America's existence did a flat expanse of water-guzzling grass become what went around everyone's house. It seems so stupid to me honestly. The only good reason I can think of is if you have kids that play on it. But here in suburbia, everyone gets mad if you "walk on the grass." So we're dumping tons of water and chemicals onto a surface that has no use? It makes no sense.