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Kill
Your Lawn!
04.20.08
Our second workshop at the Sustainable Homestead!
We decided it was high-time we got rid of our boring front lawn and converted it into useful garden space.
This was a fun and informal workshop: we started the day with a screening of "Gimme Green," a film on the water-wasting/ecologically-harmful nature of the American Domestic Lawn; as the credits rolled, we were all charged-up with purpose and ready to go...
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| The mighty sod cutter taking up lawn. | Pulling up cut sod. | Cutting a roll. |
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| Starting a roll. | Rolling up more sod. | The first bits of removed sod rolled and ready to go to Animal Acres to feed the sheep, goats and cows. |
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| Feeder Roots: As the sod cutter worked across the lawn, we encountered feeder roots of our central tree and had to re-think our path. | Laying a boundary around the tree, we stopped outside of the drip line to avoid hitting any more feeder roots. | Rolling up the final sections. |
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| Outer edge. | The finished product (well, not really, but...) | The beginning of the outline for the future garden beds and pathways. See the Plan. |
It was a great deal of work, and the sod cutter was definitely a force to be reckoned with, but at day's end, we removed much of the lawn, bringing the frontyard that much closer to the garden we have planned for it. Thanks to everyone who came out -- Watch the new Front Lawn Plan page to see the transformation as it happens! |
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Note: Our lawn has had no fertilizers or chemicals added for years, so it was very safe to feed to the animals!
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Waste
to Wealth: here is the sod being enjoyed by the cows at