May 2021 discussion:
nature and culture could work together
talk about removing a woodchuck that hurts your garden
discussion of your lawn by your neighbor
chapter 1
bought house on long island (authors father)
A Gardner is looking for soil as much as plants
you can’t print more land
front yard is the key to your landscape
we need a democratic landscape for the neighbors
A forest was changed into a yard
start of the circular driveway
the father had a remote control yard (the controller was is his boxers)
Jimmy grew pot at a marihuana plant
hippies in a vegetable garden
Chapter 2 pest in the garden
author was using herbicide
looking for the woodchuck borrow
the author did not put up a fence. He thought a fence was out of landscape deesires
talk of loosestrife on p. 41
the woodchuck ignored the dead woodchuck that was crammed into the borrow
thousands of weed seeds are jump hanging around for the optimum time to germinate p.46
lawn grows great desire/with human intervention p.48
now trying to use an electric fence
nature has a much better solution to pests than humans p. 53
Chapter3 Why Mow?
lawns are primed in the US
trouble with lawns could have neighbor issues
mowing your yard is for civil disobedience of your yard
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