Ok. Let’s get this out of the way. Every time I write about lawns, my inbox jams up with messages from the lawn haters.

“Biological wasteland.” “Unconscionable assault on nature.” “Abomination upon the Lord.”

I’ve been thrown in with the fathers of the Spanish Inquisition and the Defenestration of Prague. So far, at least, nobody has suggested that my name will show up in the Epstein files. Thank goodness for the little things.

But I remain an unapologetic supporter of lawns and those who find value in their cultivation.

No, lawns don’t have the broad biological diversity of, say, the Brazilian rainforest. And no, we don’t always need acres of over sprayed, overfertilized, regularly scalped lawn for no reason. But ever try to kick a soccer ball around the yard with the kids if the yard

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