Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
Backyard Makeover Game
15 Deer-Resistant Plants
Building a Compost Bin
Enchanting Japanese Maples
The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow
How to Start a Vegetable Garden
Bold and Beautiful Zinnias
Soil Testing is Worth the Effort
Variegated Plants Create Drama
Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
10 Perennials Easily Grown from Seed
A gardener's checklist for early summer
Off With Their Heads: Deadheading Perennials
Big Flowers from Bigleaf Hydrangeas
All About Starting Seeds
Friendly Ways to Battle Garden Pests
How to Grow Raspberries
Find the Perfect Tomato
25 Robust Summer Bloomers
Free Download: Rose Pruning and Bed Prep
Garden Catalog Collector
Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs

philipwitak

member

Recent comments

Re: Part I -- When The Well Runs Dry

pomonabelvedere [above] writes that lawns "...started as a status symbol in England: manors had lawns to prove they had enough land to NOT run animals or grow crops on part of it."

for many years i have been under the impression that exactly the opposite is correct; that 'lawns' first developed as an unintended result of allowing livestock - primarily sheep - to graze continually on their property.

can anybody confirm this one way or the other for me?

posted: 12:19 pm on July 20th