Comments on: Confronting addictions: sprinklers http://www.southofsunnyside.com/2008/06/confronting-addictions-sprinklers/ The grass is greener where the water is turned on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:13:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Austin Ward http://www.southofsunnyside.com/2008/06/confronting-addictions-sprinklers/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Austin Ward Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:16:12 +0000 http://www.southofsunnyside.com/2008/06/confronting-addictions-sprinklers/#comment-19 Not a lot recently, but about from the age of four to eight I did. I probably could have been raised like that. At our house in Washington, the neighborhood had a few acres of grass in the middle so we spent most of our time there. There was no reason to stay on the grass in the front yard when that pseudo-park was there. In that environment, rock gardens or other non-lawn yard alternatives would have sufficed. But I would be happy to have a rock garden now and not have to deal with our ever-breaking sprinkler system. I don't think a rock garden would require much maintenance, if any. Not a lot recently, but about from the age of four to eight I did.

I probably could have been raised like that. At our house in Washington, the neighborhood had a few acres of grass in the middle so we spent most of our time there. There was no reason to stay on the grass in the front yard when that pseudo-park was there. In that environment, rock gardens or other non-lawn yard alternatives would have sufficed.

But I would be happy to have a rock garden now and not have to deal with our ever-breaking sprinkler system. I don’t think a rock garden would require much maintenance, if any.

]]> By: james http://www.southofsunnyside.com/2008/06/confronting-addictions-sprinklers/comment-page-1/#comment-14 james Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:20:22 +0000 http://www.southofsunnyside.com/2008/06/confronting-addictions-sprinklers/#comment-14 Fair enough. So, as a kid growing up here, how much time do/have you spent playing outside in the grass? And how much of that is based on your cultural background (as in, could you have been "trained" as a child to spend that time at an area park)? Fair enough.
So, as a kid growing up here, how much time do/have you spent playing outside in the grass? And how much of that is based on your cultural background (as in, could you have been “trained” as a child to spend that time at an area park)?

]]> By: Austin Ward http://www.southofsunnyside.com/2008/06/confronting-addictions-sprinklers/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Austin Ward Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:42:24 +0000 http://www.southofsunnyside.com/2008/06/confronting-addictions-sprinklers/#comment-8 "So why do we covert manicured grass?" If you were a kid, would you rather play outside on relatively soft grass or a "rock garden"? “So why do we covert manicured grass?”

If you were a kid, would you rather play outside on relatively soft grass or a “rock garden”?

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