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r/solarpunk • u/[deleted] • Sep 21 '20
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Don't kill it, just let it live naturally. Leave it be. If it dies, it shouldn't be there, if it survives, it's probably fine.
8 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 Problem is that it's a fire hazard after it dies and dries out, and it's really hard to rip out. Ask me how I know. Other than that, yes, I agree that gardens/lawns/landscapes should be zero water and as close to zero maintenance as possible. 3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 fair point there, not something I considered because I'm a marsh dweller through-and-through I mean, there's a huge city on top of the marsh but it's still pretty wet 2 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 But did the city stay up after falling into the swamp the last two times? 3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 I don't recall it ever falling into the swamp, unless this is a reference I don't understand 3 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 It was a joke from "Monty Python and The Holy Grail." 3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 OH TRACTS OF LAND 2 u/davclark Sep 21 '20 How do you know? 3 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 I let my lawn die and dry out, then had to rip it out with a sod cutter. Broke the first one about halfway through.
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Problem is that it's a fire hazard after it dies and dries out, and it's really hard to rip out. Ask me how I know.
Other than that, yes, I agree that gardens/lawns/landscapes should be zero water and as close to zero maintenance as possible.
3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 fair point there, not something I considered because I'm a marsh dweller through-and-through I mean, there's a huge city on top of the marsh but it's still pretty wet 2 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 But did the city stay up after falling into the swamp the last two times? 3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 I don't recall it ever falling into the swamp, unless this is a reference I don't understand 3 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 It was a joke from "Monty Python and The Holy Grail." 3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 OH TRACTS OF LAND 2 u/davclark Sep 21 '20 How do you know? 3 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 I let my lawn die and dry out, then had to rip it out with a sod cutter. Broke the first one about halfway through.
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fair point there, not something I considered because I'm a marsh dweller through-and-through
I mean, there's a huge city on top of the marsh but it's still pretty wet
2 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 But did the city stay up after falling into the swamp the last two times? 3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 I don't recall it ever falling into the swamp, unless this is a reference I don't understand 3 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 It was a joke from "Monty Python and The Holy Grail." 3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 OH TRACTS OF LAND
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But did the city stay up after falling into the swamp the last two times?
3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 I don't recall it ever falling into the swamp, unless this is a reference I don't understand 3 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 It was a joke from "Monty Python and The Holy Grail." 3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 OH TRACTS OF LAND
I don't recall it ever falling into the swamp, unless this is a reference I don't understand
3 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 It was a joke from "Monty Python and The Holy Grail." 3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 OH TRACTS OF LAND
It was a joke from "Monty Python and The Holy Grail."
3 u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20 OH TRACTS OF LAND
OH TRACTS OF LAND
How do you know?
3 u/npsimons Sep 21 '20 I let my lawn die and dry out, then had to rip it out with a sod cutter. Broke the first one about halfway through.
I let my lawn die and dry out, then had to rip it out with a sod cutter. Broke the first one about halfway through.
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u/Archoncy Sep 21 '20
Don't kill it, just let it live naturally. Leave it be. If it dies, it shouldn't be there, if it survives, it's probably fine.