landscaping

Environmentally Conscious Landscaping

June 18, 2008
By lowcarbonhome

In another article we talked about the idea of killing your front lawn. The idea being that in the United States a huge amount of resources go into keeping lawns green. 40 billions dollars is spent annually on 18 million acres of residential lawns in the United States. The treatment and upkeep of those...

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Kill your front lawn- or at least really neglect it.

March 23, 2008
By lowcarbonhome
Kill your front lawn- or at least really neglect it.

This article is about what happens if you ignore propaganda that your front lawn is supposed to look like a fairway at Cog Hill. DO YOU REALLY CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEIGHBORS THINK? Who said that a well kept home is supposed be surrounded by sea of manicured grass. Do people actually...

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