sheep mowers, not lawn mowers
11mon 24d ago by slrpnk.net/u/activistPnk in nolawns@slrpnk.net from www.ucdavis.edu
Discover how UC Davis is using its sheep mowers to not only cut grass on campus, but also to boost sustainability and relieve stress and anxiety for students.
Lawn mower: a device for mowing the lawn
Sheep mower: a device for mowing the sheep?
fuck lawns and fuck the "grazing" pseudosciences promoted by UC Davis
I can understand the /fuck lawns/ ideology in some specific contexts, like lawns that are in water-starved regions. But I don’t get the across the board blanket stance that all lawns are always a bad idea.
What about buffalo grass lawns, as opposed to blue grass? Or whatever kinds of sustainable grass species that do not need to be watered artificially for a given region?
What about use cases like turf for dogs and kids to play on?
But I don’t get the across the board blanket stance that all lawns are always a bad idea.
Because you're not a nomadic herder living in skin tent.
That lawn land area is replacing some better ecosystem: a forest, a wetland, a natural grassland. If it replaces desert, it's probably a huge waste of water, which is a different but related problem.
It's the principle of it. If you want to have a game surface, have that, but use it.