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Post by whollygoats on Aug 3, 2018 21:51:35 GMT
Round here most lawns would be much better turned into parking areas to be perfectly honest. Parking is in short supply. Heh...That was the original purpose of 'lawns'....Parking for vehicles when horsepower was horse power. Or oxen. Or burro.
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Post by yooperguy on Oct 2, 2018 9:00:24 GMT
I am officially sick of yard work. I mow a 1/2 acre which is huge in a sub-division. My rider is getting tired, things are starting to wear out. You'd think they'd last longer than the 20 years I've had it. I can't believe I'm saying this but condo life is looking kinda good.
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Post by tangent on Oct 2, 2018 11:35:39 GMT
'Yard' obviously means something different in the States. In the UK, a yard is a paved area (with flagstones, concrete or tarmac) no larger than a few square metres. If it contains any living plants, then it's a garden.
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Post by JoeP on Oct 2, 2018 12:05:51 GMT
'Yard' means a distance of 0.9144 metres.
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Post by JoeP on Oct 2, 2018 12:20:44 GMT
Both "yard" and "garden" in the sense of enclosed area derive from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, as in "garth" which is often found in (northern) English place names. So in a sense they are the same
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Post by whollygoats on Oct 13, 2018 16:03:05 GMT
Yard has several attached meanings in the US.
The most common is the grassy area surrounding a domestic abode.
Other uses include paved and unpaved courts, open areas for equipment or materials storage, or marshalling areas for livestock.
It also means an Imperial measurement of three feet, and to pull a line or rope to one's self.
I also note that on boats, the yards seem to have arms. (ETA: The 'yards' are the horizontal spars on square-rigged sails. Yardarms are the tips of those spars.)
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 24, 2019 19:52:03 GMT
Oh...The lawn is gone.
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Post by Mari on Jan 27, 2019 9:22:41 GMT
We still haven't started on ours. *sigh*
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Post by Mari on Feb 14, 2019 16:58:48 GMT
I've found an alternative to grass or fake grass: lippia nodiflora. It covers the ground and some strains can handle being played and walked on. It also produces flowers for a couple of months. This is going to happen.
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Post by tangent on Feb 14, 2019 17:12:33 GMT
Previously known as Phyla nodiflora, common name frog fruit or turkey tangle.
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 14, 2019 17:29:21 GMT
I'm sticking in plugs of sagina subulata in the back. It's supposed to be walkable. I had it in the front, but despite what they say about it being a 'shady ground cover', it needs sunlight to do well. I love it because it looks like a lush mat of green moss. It's known as 'Irish moss' or, alternately, the lighter, more yellow, variety known as 'Scotch moss'. And, yes, it does produce tiny white flowers, as well.
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Post by tangent on Feb 14, 2019 23:04:50 GMT
It's known as 'Irish moss' or, alternately, the lighter, more yellow, variety known as 'Scotch moss'. No doubt the grey version would be called 'Manchester moss'.
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 14, 2019 23:49:53 GMT
No...I'm told that is called 'Welsh moss'.
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Post by Mari on Feb 15, 2019 0:46:06 GMT
That looks lovely. Is it lumpy because the ground is lumpy or is it lumpy because that's the kind of moss it is?
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 15, 2019 2:07:43 GMT
It grows in an undulating form. It is really quite pretty in large patches. It spreads slowly, provided it has sun and regular watering. It does not require near permanent moisture like real moss. I think the miniscule white flowers against the deep green background is fetching. It does, however, serve as an excellent germinating medium for weed seeds. If you want it to look like a luscious green blanket with twee tiny white flowers, you have to spend a fair amount of time hand weeding.
It IS walkable. I can atest to this. I planted it in my 'parking strip', the green space between the public walkway and the curb to the street, where it spread until the trees completed the canopy overhead and cut off most of the sunlight. It then disappeared....as did the Siberian iris I'd planted with it.
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Post by Mari on Feb 15, 2019 8:50:49 GMT
Sounds like it's too much work for me, unfortunately. The lippia nodiflora only requires me to keep it weed free while it's still growing to cover the wanted area, but that's it. No further maintenance necessary. With a baby and a husband who hates gardening ease of maintenance is a requirement.
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Post by kingedmund on Jun 19, 2019 3:43:37 GMT
I get that. I have not tended a lawn in years. I refuse to do so.
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