The lawn artifice, Ithink, is imported from those who aspired tobe, or perhaps once were, great barons of land and livestock and thought it was mighty impressive to show wide swards of perfectly good pasture they didn't need to use -- a status symbol indicating affluence.

I think the ideal scenario would be in a wooded surround, where the plants that could grow would grow, the trees would do what they do on their own, mostly, and if I needed walkways I could just clear them.

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